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2010 / Browsing by date: May 2010

Slave to love

Posted by Robin on 6 May 2010 19 Comments

Actor James Franco for the new Gucci by Gucci Sport. Anyone recognize the music? I think it's someone or another covering Bryan Ferry's Slave to Love.

Smell Bent Wild West Trio ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 6 May 2010 16 Comments

Smell Bent Wild West Trio

Indie line Smell Bent has introduced new Eau de Toilette concentrations of their fragrances, many of which are still available in oil-based formulas as well. They’ve also launched three new fragrances under the name Wild West Trio: Prairie Nymph, Desperado and Saddle Warmer…

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Tom Ford Azure Lime ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 5 May 2010 53 Comments

Tom Ford Azure Lime

Since I was old enough to pay for my own trips, I have not once taken a “beach vacation.” With my fair skin, I’d look like Georgia O’Keeffe: The Final Years if I sunbathed. I love beaches — but not in hot weather, so I must claim ignorance when it comes to the Caribbean and Mustique — the inspirations for Tom Ford Private Blend Azure Lime.

Azure Lime’s ingredients are “mysterious” (i.e. they are listed only in publications I don’t trust or they’re simply referred to as “citrus, flowers and musk”). Azure Lime follows a tried-and-true, summer-cologne recipe: it has a refreshing orange-lime opening with a touch of “white” flowers (mildly coconut-y and reminding me of gardenia), spices (perhaps a bit of cardamom and lemony nutmeg), and as the perfume dries down, I smell light, sweet woody (cedar-cypress) musk.

I tried Azure Lime several times at my local Nordstrom’s Tom Ford counter and was surprised at how quickly the Eau de Parfum faded…

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Iron Man!

Posted by Robin on 5 May 2010 24 Comments

A short animated promo for Diesel's new Only The Brave Iron Man 2 edition.

Roberto Verino Gold Bouquet ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 5 May 2010 6 Comments

Roberto Verino Gold Bouquet perfume

Roberto Verino has launched Gold Bouquet, a new fragrance for women and a flanker to last year’s Gold. Gold Bouquet is a floral interpretation of Gold, and is Roberto Verino’s tribute to the tenderness of women…

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