Yankee Candle’s scented calendar for 2010:
Perfect for the Yankee Candle® lover! Our 2010 Calendar (13″W X 10″L) printed on premium high gloss paper with scented pages each month…
The Different Company Oriental Lounge ~ fragrance review
Oriental Lounge. What an evocative name for The Different Company‘s latest fragrance, an Eau de Parfum by perfumer Celine Ellena. When I think of an “oriental lounge”, I picture a Tretchikoff painting come to life: black enameled wood, cocktail glasses, candles in red glass casting flickering light, sultry women parting beaded doorways.
My first impression on trying Oriental Lounge was that it was Guerlain Shalimar without the best parts. I smelled Oriental Lounge’s citrusy top folded into a tonka-tinged amber, and it felt flat and linear. After trying it a few more times, I figured out Oriental Lounge shouldn’t be experienced by the drop, but that a good half tube of a sample vial — or ideally a spray — is needed to get a full impression of the fragrance. It turns out I was wrong. Oriental Lounge may not be a slenderized Shalimar, but it isn’t exactly the dreamy, complex 1940s Chinese restaurant cocktail lounge of a scent I had hoped, either…
Avon + Christian Lacroix Absynthe for Him ~ new fragrance
Avon has launched Christian Lacroix Absynthe for him, a follow-up to the Avon + Christian Lacroix Absynthe for Her fragrance that was introduced earlier this year.
Absynthe, a mysteriously mesmerizing 19th century potion known as the green fairy…
Online fragrance shopping
New at barneys: Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan, Comme des Garcons + Daphne Guinness Daphne.
Deal at luckyscent: get free shipping on orders of $50 or more with coupon code november, good through 11/30. New items include November sample pack, Ego Facto line.
