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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 10 December 2013 Leave a Comment

Deal at cleanperfume: take 25% off everything through 12/15.

New at debenhams (UK): Yohji Yamamoto line.

New at nordstrom: Cartier Pasha Noir.

Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey Lotus & L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Yuzu ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 10 December 2013 4 Comments

Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey Lotus & L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Yuzu

Issey Miyake will introduce L’Eau d’Issey Lotus and L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Yuzu. The new limited edition fragrances are flankers to 1993′s L’Eau d’Issey and 1994′s L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme respectively…

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Oliver & Co Nebulae series ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 10 December 2013 13 Comments

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Spanish niche brand Oliver & Co has launched the Nebulae series, with two fragrances: Nebula 1 and Nebula 2. The new scents were inspired by astronomical photographs of Orion and Carina…

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Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache & Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Amouse Bouche ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 9 December 2013 25 Comments

strawberries

Strawberry in perfume. Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Strawberry is a note so familiar from jam, yogurt, and Bonne Bell Lip Smackers that it seems like it would instantly deep-six a fragrance. Strawberry carries a lot of baggage.

Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache and Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Amouse Bouche feature strawberries in ways that are fresh and interesting. For me, neither fragrance makes me hungry for shortcake and Cool Whip, and they both lend a new appreciation for strawberry — in completely different ways.

Cape Heartache takes strawberry into unexpected territory by butching it up with resinous notes…

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Ormonde Jayne Iniquite ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 9 December 2013 7 Comments

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Iniquité is a new (very) limited edition fragrance from niche line Ormonde Jayne, created for a special auction being held by The Economist’s More Intelligent Life website to benefit literacy efforts by Shannon Trust. Iniquité was inspired by author Fay Weldon’s imagining of the scent of Becky Sharp, the anti-heroine of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair…

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