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Oh Rosie

Posted by Robin on 25 August 2011 4 Comments

Behind the scenes of the photo shoot for Burberry Body. The model is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Clean Skin ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 25 August 2011 18 Comments

Clean Skin

Clean Fragrances has launched Skin:

This fragrance captures the delicate scent of bare skin…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 25 August 2011 3 Comments

Deal at aedes: get free shipping on orders of $140 or more with coupon code August10, good through 8/31. New items include Hussein Chalayan Airborne, Serge Lutens Vitriol d'Oeillet.

New at escentual (UK): Calvin Klein CK One Shock.

New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Molton Brown fragrances, Organic Glam line.

New at indiescents: 40 Notes line.

New at luckyscent: Mona di Orio Oud, Serge Lutens Vitriol d'Oeillet, Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Forte (all pre-order).

New at saksfifthavenue: Tom Ford Santal Blush & Jasmin Rouge.

Idea Fragrances Company (Evyan) White Shoulders ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 24 August 2011 80 Comments

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I’d be willing to bet White Shoulders was the first perfume many of you owned — or pilfered a drop or two from your mom’s dresser. From the fragrance’s tawny pink packaging with a gold cameo and font that looks like it was lifted from a Marquess’s personal letter, to its lush white floral scent, for me White Shoulders was the ne plus ultra of class.

And then I grew up. To be fair, White Shoulders changed a lot over the years, too. When it was first released in 1945, the Hartnell perfume company, later renamed Evyan Perfumes, manufactured it. Over the years, White Shoulders bounced from Evyan to Elizabeth Arden to Parfums International, and now to a company I’ve never heard of, Idea Fragrances Company. No doubt its formula changed and cheapened. Now for six dollars and a trip to Walmart, you can own a quarter ounce of White Shoulders Parfum…

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Two for Baiser Vole

Posted by Robin on 24 August 2011 7 Comments

Two commercials (one is below the jump) for Cartier Baiser Volé. Hat tip to Antonpan! Update: sorry, the second version has been removed from YouTube.

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