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2012 / Browsing by date: January 2012

The Monday Mail ~ help Kate find a new perfume

Posted by Robin on 30 January 2012 58 Comments

Mail slot

Today we’re helping Kate, a regular commenter (as KateReed) here at Now Smell This. Kate wants to find a nice bedtime /downtime scent — not too loud, not too quiet. It would be great if it was a natural fragrance, or at least, not “heavily chemical”. She says she has less than $90 of wiggle room in her budget every month, so it has to be reasonably priced. She usually shops online. Here is what we know about Kate:

She’s in her mid-30s, single, and works in insurance sales. She says she can sometimes be perverse simply to be perverse.

For fun, she reads and writes. She loves sci-fi and sci-fantasy books, and for movies, westerns.

She says she has little if any sense of style.

She hates being cooped up, and likes the windows open.

Kate likes dry and powdery fragrances, but she also likes many other kinds of fragrances…

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Phaedon ~ new niche line

Posted by Robin on 30 January 2012 5 Comments

Phaedon perfumes

Phaedon is a new niche line that debuted in late 2011 with six fragrances. The line was named for Phaedo of Elis and is reportedly produced by perfumer Pierre Guillaume of Parfumerie Generale…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 30 January 2012 Leave a Comment

New at belk: Rihanna Rebelle.

New at escentual (UK): Yves Saint Laurent Heritage Collection & Saharienne, Dolce & Gabbana The One Sport.

New at indiescents: Sarah Horowitz Perfect Coconut Milk, Sonoma Scent Studio Nostalgie.

New at macys: F by Ferragamo Pour Homme Free Time.

New at nordstrom: Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum.

Deal at patternbodywash: get a free Sage Body Lotion with any purchase using coupon code FSL111, good through 2/15.

New at saksfifthavenue: Tom Ford Lavender Palm, Maison Martin Margiela silver edition.

Roja Parfums Innuendo & Danger ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 30 January 2012 14 Comments

Roja Parfums Innuendo

British niche line Roja Parfums has launched three new fragrances, Innuendo for Women, Danger for Women and Danger Pour Homme…

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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Data Privacy Day 2012

Posted by Robin on 28 January 2012 254 Comments

iris

That's right, it's Data Privacy Day.

We're celebrating with the usual open thread routine: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the last perfume that made you laugh, the perfume note you're enamored with at the moment, whatever.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

Note: image is Irises [cropped] by dottieg2007 at flickr; some rights reserved.

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