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2010 / Browsing by date: June 2010

Absolutely

Posted by Robin on 28 June 2010 14 Comments

Actress Olivia Wilde, crowd surfing for the upcoming Absolutely Me fragrance from Escada. I have a feeling this is not the final version of the commercial — surely they will edit out the wires that are holding her up.

Online fragrance shopping

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Deal at aedes: get free shipping on orders of $50 or more with coupon code ADV06, good through 6/30. New items include Comme des Garcons Wonderwood and Eau d'Italie Au Lac.

New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Boadicea the Victorious.

Guess Seductive ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 28 June 2010 7 Comments

Guess Seduction fragrance

Guess will launch Seductive, the brand’s first fragrance under new licensing arrangements with Coty…

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The Monday Mail ~ help Ann find a new perfume

Posted by Robin on 28 June 2010 57 Comments

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Ann, who says she is a long-time lurker at Now Smell This, wants some help finding her holy grail summer fragrance. Her perfume needs to stand up to Washington, DC’s heat and humidity, and it has to be something that her husband will like (and he finds many perfumes too ‘mature’). Ann has good access to perfume stores, and would prefer to sniff before buying, although she won’t rule out internet shopping. She’d like to keep the cost to around $100. Here is what we know about Ann:

Ann is in her early 30s.

She says she is “an outdoorsy, preppy kind of girl, with a twist” and “the J. Crew girl with custom-made cowboy boots (the real kind, not the frou-frou pointy toed kind)”.

In the summer, she spends a lot of time outdoors and by the ocean or bay.

Ann and her husband both love the scent of jasmine, the ocean and citrus…

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Lubin Itasca, Bluff, Figaro & Inedite ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 28 June 2010 18 Comments

Lubin Itasca & Figaro perfumes

French niche line Lubin has launched four new fragrances — the Métalliques collection — inspired by the “olfactory themes” of their Vétiver and L’Eau Neuve fragrances. Itasca and Bluff are versions of Vétiver, Figaro and Inédite of L’Eau Neuve…

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