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2012 / Browsing by date: July 2012

Tommi Sooni Passerelle ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2012 2 Comments

Tommi Sooni Passerelle

Australian indie niche line Tommi Sooni has launched Passerelle, a new floral perfume for women…

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Soivohle’ Acoustic Flower & Tropic Lime Vanille ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2012 4 Comments

Soivohle’ Acoustic Flower and Tropic Lime Vanille

Indie brand Soivohle’ has launched Acoustic Flower and Tropic Lime Vanille, two new additions to the Studio Collection…

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Salvatore Ferragamo Incanto Lovely Flower ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2012 2 Comments

Salvatore Ferragamo Incanto Lovely Flower

Salvatore Ferragamo has launched Incanto Lovely Flower, a new fruity floral fragrance for women. Incanto Lovely Flower is a flanker to 2003′s Incanto, and follows 2009’s Incanto Bliss and 2010’s Incanto Bloom, among others…

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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Summer Olympics 2012

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2012 204 Comments

Citrus fruits on plate

Our usual open thread poll, a little late: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the Olympics event you’re going to watch (or not), whatever.

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

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Antonio Banderas Blue Seduction for Women ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 27 July 2012 50 Comments

Antonio Banderas Blue Seduction for Women

At the Antonio Banderas perfume website, you can take a quiz to help you select one of the many Antonio Banderas fragrances. Accompanied by a photo of Banderas casting a smoldering gaze, the quiz asks, “Tell me about yourself and I will tell you which fragrance will best suit your personality.” I can hear Banderas’s accent now. And he wants me to tell him about myself! I know I’m blushing.

The first question asks simply whether I’m a man or a woman. Easy. The next — and final — question asks me to choose from one of seven adjectives to describe myself. (Men get nineteen options.) I’m a little disappointed he doesn’t want to know more about me — I could tell him about my childhood, share my love of macaroni and cheese, show him my scars — but I’m game anyway. What should it be? Am I “casual,” “magnetic,” “spontaneous”? With another glance at Antonio’s black-fringed eyes, I choose “sensuous.” The website spits out its suggestion: Blue Seduction for Women.

Ah, Antonio. I guess we were never meant to be…

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