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American Eagle AEO Vintage & AEO 1977 ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2013 2 Comments

American Eagle AEO Vintage & AEO 1977

American Eagle has launched two new fragrances, AEO Vintage for women and AEO 1977 for men…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2013 1 Comment

New at belk: One Direction Our Moment.

New at debenhams (UK):  Lanvin Me.

New at houseoffraser (UK): Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme Intense, One Direction Our Moment, Moschino Chic Petals, Burberry Brit Rhythm.

Deal at luckyscent: get free shipping on orders of $75 or more using coupon code latesummer, good through 9/30. New items include Le Labo city exclusives.

New at nordstrom: Diptyque Tam Dao & Eau Duelle Eau de Parfum, Bottega Veneta Pour Homme.

New at sears (CA): Estee Lauder Modern Muse.

Thierry Mugler Les Liqueurs de Parfums ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2013 10 Comments

Thierry Mugler Les Liqueurs de Parfums, Womanity and Alien

Thierry Mugler has launched (or re-launched) Les Liqueurs de Parfums, limited edition versions of Angel, Alien Womanity and A*Men. As in prior Liqueurs de Parfums editions from the brand, the fragrances have been aged in wood casks in a process similar to that used for Angel Les Parts des Anges…

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Katy Perry Killer Queen ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 3 September 2013 36 Comments

Katy Perry Killer Queen advert

I want to sell out! That’s the thing. I’m a businesswoman, and selling out sounds good to me.1

That’s Katy Perry, way back when she released her first fragrance, Purr, in 2010, and was accused of selling out. It’s refreshingly honest, at least, right? And Purr was no better or worse than any other youth-oriented celebrity fragrance. Meow!, which followed Purr, was maybe not quite up to snuff, but for all I know it was the bigger seller of the two.

Now we have Killer Queen. It’s Perry’s third fragrance, but her first with Coty — Purr and Meow! were done with Gigantic Perfumes. The tag line is “own the throne”, and the scent is supposed to be powerful, edgy and sophisticated. Longtime watchers of the celebrity perfume market, or indeed of the perfume market in general, know better than to expect any such thing, and as it turns out, unless you believe that the best way to indicate powerful, edgy and sophisticated is with (yet) another fruitchouli, you are bound to be disappointed by Killer Queen…

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Brit Rhythm

Posted by Robin on 3 September 2013 5 Comments

Suki Waterhouse and George Barnett for Burberry Brit Rhythm.

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