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2009 / Browsing by date: January 2009

Come wander with me

Posted by Robin on 17 January 2009 16 Comments

A tv spot for Lacoste's new Love of Pink. The music is Come Wander With Me (from the 1964 Twilight Zone episode of the same name), sung by Emilie Satt.

Top 10 Winter Fragrances 2009

Posted by Erin on 16 January 2009 117 Comments

Snow!

Being an indoor sort of person, I appreciate winter only inasmuch as I can glance out the frost-feathered windows and admire the perfect pillowed hummocks of snow I won’t have to shovel. (We rent.) To heartier types I leave the joys of those first cleansing breaths of cold air, the silvery light and quiet walks in forest wonderlands. I shall stay right here, thank you, with my double scotch, my copy of A Child’s Christmas in Wales and my winter fragrance favorites, dug from the back of the perfume closet.

Serge Lutens Arabie: Say you made a Christmas pudding from dates, sugared citrus peel, cardamom, bay, a spike of cumin and some exotic, thick liquor that tastes like flowers and looks like Mountain Dew. You’d have: a) Christmas pudding I’d actually eat; and b) something darn close to Arabie…

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Last of the Gobin Daudes…

Posted by Robin on 16 January 2009 6 Comments

Suzan Becker of Shop France has made arrangements to buy a few remaining bottles from the sadly discontinued Gobin Daudé line (see my reviews of Sous Le Buis & Sève Exquise). She is not sure how many bottles she can acquire, and there may not be any Jardins Ottomans left, but contact her at shopfranceinc@yahoo.com if you're interested. The bottles will be $180 each, not including shipping and a 3% paypal fee.

Apothia Pearl ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 16 January 2009 8 Comments

Apothia Pearl fragranceApothia will launch Pearl, a new fragrance for women, this coming March. Pearl is meant to honor the brand’s 30th anniversary, and to be a versatile, day-to-evening scent.

Pearl was developed by perfumer Stephen Nilsen…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 16 January 2009 Leave a Comment

New at b-glowing: Crazylibellule and The Poppies June 26th, Ile d'Yeu, Filles des Iles perfume roll-ons.

New at elizabetharden: Britney Spears Hidden Fantasy.

New at theperfumeshoppe (Canada): Serge Lutens Nuit de Cellophane.

Update:

Deal at ebbalosangeles: take 40% off with coupon code 40off, good through 1/18.

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