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2009 / Browsing by date: December 2009

The Monday Mail ~ help Lauren find a new tango perfume

Posted by Robin on 28 December 2009 66 Comments

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Today we’re helping Lauren, who needs a few perfumes she can tango in — right now, all she’s got is Donna Karan Black Cashmere and she’s getting tired of it. Her tango scent should not be too powerful, nor should it be too crazy: it should be interesting but crowd-friendly. Lauren is looking for “the olfactory equivalent of Cat Power’s voice — sensual, but not overly sexy, with character”.

Here is what we know about Lauren:

She’s in her 20s, and lives in the Pacific Northwest. She goes out to tango about 3 times a week.

Lauren majored in Russian Literature and now works in a veterinary diagnostic lab. She says she has a dark/dry sense of humor, and is prone to sarcasm.

Her tango wardrobe is mostly black, purple, and red, and she has two pairs of tango shoes: one purple with laces that go around the ankle, the other copper with crossing ankle straps…

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Yves Rocher dies

Posted by Robin on 28 December 2009 6 Comments

Yves Rocher, founder of the cosmetics and fragrance firm that bears his name, passed away in France Saturday at the age of 79. His grandson will take over the Yves Rocher company. You can read more at France24.

Happy Holidays!

Posted by Robin on 24 December 2009 217 Comments

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We'll be back on Sunday. Sorry, make that Monday — we're still recovering. See you tomorrow!

Note: image is christmas cactus by anee.baba at flickr; some rights reserved.

Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 23 December 2009 86 Comments

Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles

The needles of the pine punctured her behind on the floor of the forest. The girl makes ready for revenge! Into the fire of the mountain, she sends the lances that offended her rosy cheeks; their resinous aroma rises to skies overhead. To celebrate her victory victorious, the girl burns frankincense to the goddesses of the woods and prepares a fortifying compote of fruits and spices and strong wine; the orange coals glow intensely by her determination and by the fists of roots, completely dried, she adds, bunch by bunch. At last, satisfied, on pillows of grass, one for her head, one for her ass, the girl reclines and dreams of submissive needles of the pines: “Leaves of hell! Smoke of the sky! Perfume of I!”

No, I’m not celebrating Christmas with a fistful of Oxycodone and a bottle of Champagne…I’m simply having some fun — in the style of Serge Lutens advertising copy. Take no offense, Serge fans; if you fume and fulminate against my frivolous attitude towards le maître, you’ll spoil the happy mood of the season and appear overly serious! I, too, am a Lutens fan, but it’s been a looooong time since a new Lutens perfume has thrilled me. (The last two Lutens’ fragrances I bought the moment they were released were 2003’s Fumerie Turque and 2005’s Miel de Bois.) I had high hopes for Fille en Aiguilles, because I love pine and incense notes in fragrance…

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Profumum Aquae Nobilis & Oxiana ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 23 December 2009 39 Comments

Italian niche line profumum-aquaProfumum has launched two new fragrances, Aquae Nobilis and Oxiana:

Aquae Nobilis (shown) ~ “This is the real deal in vetiver scents, capturing the soul of this famed and precious ingredient.” With notes of geranium, vetiver, musk and absinthe…

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