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The Monday Mail ~ help Rebecca find a new perfume

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2011 53 Comments

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Today we’re helping Rebecca, who comments here as Lollipop. Rebecca would like to find a sexy summer fragrance. The perfect perfume would be unusual, have a fair amount of sillage, and cost less than $140. She has excellent access to perfume stores, and is also happy to shop online.

Here is what we know about Rebecca:

She’s in her early 40s and living in Provence.

She’s a mom to 3, and has an eclectic career history (lawyer to air stewardess to factory worker, not necessarily in that order).

She says she is a girly girl, very romantic and positive with an unconventional side.

Interests include ballet, running and gardening. She likes to take time to smell the roses, and to help people out. Her friends are very important to her.

Rebecca likes vetiver, rose, woody notes, linden, iris, hyacinth, tuberose sometimes, gardenia, mimosa, citrus, tea. She also loves the work of perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena (favorite: Vetiver Tonka) and she loves cheap thrills (Stetson). She likes gourmands…

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Parfum d’Empire Azemour Les Orangers ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2011 15 Comments

Parfum d'Empire Azemour Les Orangers

French niche line Parfum d’Empire will launch Azemour Les Orangers, a new fragrance for women, in September. Azemour Les Orangers is a tribute to the city of Azemmour in Morocco…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2011 5 Comments

New at colette (France): Escentric Molecules #03, Hussein Chalayan Airborne.

New at dillards: Jessica Simpson I Fancy You.

New at harrods (UK): Lancome O de L'Orangerie.

New at houseoffraser (UK): Lanvin Jeanne La Plume.

Deal at parfum1: take 10% off with coupon code SAVEBIG10PX, expiration date unknown.

Annayake An’na ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 10 July 2011 8 Comments

Annayake An'na

Annayake will launch An’na, a new ‘delicate and ethereal’ fragrance for women, in September…

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Aftelier Haute Claire ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 10 July 2011 10 Comments

Aftelier Haute Claire

Indie natural line Aftelier will launch Haute Claire in July:

This name suggested by Nathan Branch refers to a famous sword from 12th century French literature…

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