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BCBG Max Azria Bon Chic ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2012 7 Comments

BCBG Max Azria Bon Chic

BCBG Max Azria will launch Bon Chic next month. The new fragrance for women is the brand’s first since their license was acquired by Elizabeth Arden. The name is taken from the brand’s acronym, which stands for “bon chic, bon genre”…

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Oscar de la Renta Essential Luxuries ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2012 21 Comments

Oscar de la Renta Essential Luxuries

Oscar de la Renta will launch Essential Luxuries, a new collection of six fragrances inspired by “his most loved people, places and things”, in September. The fragrances were developed by perfumer Calice Becker…

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Lady Gaga Fame ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 30 August 2012 172 Comments

Lady Gaga Fame, 2 page advert

[Note: regular readers of Now Smell This, at least, those that don’t skip all the celebrity perfume reviews, have already read this story so many times that a summary should suffice: Fame is exactly what any long-time watcher of the celebrity fragrance market would have expected it to be: a sweetish fruity floral of no particular distinction. Still, it’s wearable enough, and even after spraying it on paper, I was willing to try it on skin, which is more than I can say for Selena Gomez Eau de Parfum.]

As I’ve said here before, I am missing some portion of the gene for true fandom.1 There are famous people whose work I enjoy and whose careers I follow with some interest, but I’m not interested in meeting any of them, I don’t much care about their private lives, and I certainly would not buy a perfume just because some famous person’s name was on it. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I’m rarely more than vaguely familiar with the celebrities who land perfume contracts, I look on the celebrity fragrance market with an attitude somewhere between bemusement and detachment…

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Jul et Mad ~ new niche line

Posted by Robin on 30 August 2012 25 Comments

Jul et Mad Stilettos on Lex, Terrasse à St Germain and Amour de Palazzo

Jul et Mad is a new French niche line debuting with three fragrances inspired by a Parisian love story…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 30 August 2012 Leave a Comment

New at parfum1: Serge Lutens Santal Majuscule, Penhaligon's Peoneve, L'Artisan Seville a l'Aube.

New at ulta: Flora by Gucci The Garden, Calvin Klein Encounter, Gucci Premiere, Fan di Fendi Extreme, Beyonce Midnight Heat, Prada Candy.

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