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2012 / Browsing by date: January 2012

Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 1

Posted by Robin on 5 January 2012 21 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Clinique Happy in Bloom 2012

From Clinique, the latest iteration of their Happy in Bloom fragrance: “New design, same springy feel. Our floral favorite returns with a fresh new look, at a perfect time to share the happiness. Enjoy the feeling of a world suddenly in bloom. Here for a limited time to make your world sweeter, softer and brighter.” $46 for 50 ml at Nordstrom…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 5 January 2012 Leave a Comment

Deal at beautyhabit: markdowns on selected fragrances by Calypso, Green Bird, Honore des Pres, Melissa Flagg, Miller Harris, Tokyo Milk.

New at houseoffraser (UK): Ben Sherman.

Jo Malone London Blooms ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 5 January 2012 11 Comments

Jo Malone London Blooms

Jo Malone will launch London Blooms, a new collection of scents inspired by English gardens and botanical drawings, in March. The collection comprises three limited edition fragrances, Peony & Moss (shown), White Lilac & Rhubarb and Iris & Lady Moore…

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Ben Sherman by Ben Sherman ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 4 January 2012 36 Comments

Ben Sherman fragrance

Good things come in small packages, so goes the old saying, and, using the new Ben Sherman men’s fragrance as an example, I say good things come in ugly packages, too. I think the Ben Sherman bottle is the most unsightly perfume bottle of last year; it looks like a cubist choo-choo made out of cheap, lightweight plastic.

Though the bottle is beyond Avon-Ugly, Ben Sherman, the fragrance, is one of my favorite men’s mainstream releases of last year. The perfume features notes of tangerine, bergamot, lemon, lime, mint, cardamom, nutmeg, incense, patchouli, cedar, vanilla musk, vetiver, hay, coffee and amber.

Ben Sherman starts off with cardamom-flavored coffee…

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Especially Escada

Posted by Robin on 4 January 2012 Leave a Comment

Behind the scenes of the photo shoot for Especially Escada. The model is Bar Refaeli.

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