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Carnival Wax by Agatha Blois ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 18 July 2008 13 Comments

Carnival Wax 1965 fragranceCarnival Wax is a new line of fragrances from leather designer Agatha Blois, best known for her custom leather clothing for rock stars and other celebrities. The line includes 7 scents:

1965 (shown) ~ ” The sun danced around her, giving every degenerate hustler, trucker and lonely fugitive in the joint a glimpse of her perfectly chiseled thighs through the red skirt she wore. Spicy cinnamon and warm cloves sweetened with vanilla bean trailed behind her as she Walked through the door of the tiny roadside booze shack. It was 1965, the dog days of summer where the thick Tijuana heat was king.”…

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Jessica Simpson Fancy ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 18 July 2008 42 Comments

Jessica Simpson Fancy fragranceJessica Simpson, who as previously reported signed a fragrance deal with Parlux last year, will launch her first fragrance, Fancy Jessica Simpson, next month. According to Simpson…

With Fancy, I wanted to create a pretty fragrance, one that I could be just as comfortable wearing on the red carpet or every day with my favorite jeans.

Ms. Simpson reportedly sought “a retro vintage look” and “a romantic and feminine scent”…

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Ralph Lauren Notorious ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 17 July 2008 77 Comments

Ralph Lauren Notorious fragrance

Notorious is the lastest feminine fragrance from Ralph Lauren, and it takes its cues from the “film noir classics of Alfred Hitchcock and other Hollywood greats”:

Described as a “daring new fragrance of timeless intrigue and boundless desire”, Notorious was inspired by the sexy, mysterious, self-possessed women of the golden age of film glamour, such as Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall and Faye Dunaway.*

The juice itself, by perfumer Olivier Gillotin, is classified as an oriental, and based on all the ad copy I was expecting something dark, maybe a bit edgy, maybe a bit femme fatale. Nope. Notorious reads more like a foody comfort scent…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 17 July 2008 Leave a Comment

New at fourseasonsproducts.com: Miller et Bertaux Shanti Shanti & A Quiet Morning.

New at sephora: Sarah Jessica Parker Covet Pure Blooom

FDA Globalization Act

Posted by Robin on 17 July 2008 6 Comments

Donna Maria Coles Johnson of The Indie Beauty Network talks about the FDA's proposed Globalization Act of 2008. The Indie Beauty Network feels the Act will place crippling burdens on independent cosmetic businesses, and hopes consumers and small business owners will sign their petition. Give it a listen. (found via naturalperfumersguild.blogspot)

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