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Jo Malone Sweet Lime & Cedar ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2008 49 Comments

Jo Malone Sweet Lime & Cedar cologne fragranceJo Malone has introduced Sweet Lime & Cedar:

Inspired by the diverse flavours of Thai cuisine, this exotic scent balances zesty citrus fruits with aromatic leaves, delicate flowers, fragrant spices and nutty woods…

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Chopard Happy Spirit Magical Nights, Fresh Strawberry Flowers ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2008 8 Comments

Coming next month from Chopard, Happy Spirit Magical Nights, a more sensuous and intense “after dark” follow-up to last year's Happy Spirit perfume.

Happy Spirit Magical Nights features notes of blood orange, yuzu, magnolia, osmanthus, raspberry sorbet, vanilla orchid, amber, praline and caramel.

Chopard Happy Spirit Magical Nights will be available in 30 and 50 ml Eau de Parfum…

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Calvin Klein Secret Obsession ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 3 September 2008 85 Comments

Eva Mendes for Calvin Klein Secret Obsession

1985’s Obsession, from Calvin Klein, was meant to capture the “essence of the 1980’s obsession with carnal and material gratification”; Secret Obsession, the brand’s latest feminine fragrance, hopes to update that notion for modern times, to “become the meaning of what is sexy today — more personal, sophisticated and intoxicating”.* If Secret Obsession fails in that mission it won’t be the fault of Eva Mendes, who gamely writhes and moans in (presumably) perfumed ecstasy, and shows just enough nipple to get the advertising spot banned from television, thus ensuring that a bajillion people will watch it on YouTube at no expense whatsoever to Coty…

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Linari Notte Bianca, Angelo Di Fiume, Vista Sul Mare & Eleganza Luminosa ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 3 September 2008 23 Comments

Linari, best known for their home fragrances, has launched a range of four personal scents:

Notte Bianca (shown) ~ “As exciting and beguiling as a sleepless night with fruity, delicate accents of pink grapefruit, fresh bergamot and Italian orange in a delightful interplay with aromatically lively notes of star anise, absinthe elixir, cloves, sage and fine cashmere wood. Haitian chords of Vetiver and Tonka, underlined by white musk and amber give the base a seductively sensual character.” By perfumer Mark Buxton…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 3 September 2008 Leave a Comment

New at dillards: Calvin Klein Secret Obsession.

New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Comptoir Sud Pacifique Coco Extreme & Eau des Lagons.

New at harrods (UK): Prada Infusion d'Homme, Bond no. 9 Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue, Porsche Essence.

New at sephora.fr (France): Guerlain Insolence EdP, Emporio Armani Diamonds for men, Diesel Unlimited.

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