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DKNY Woman Fall ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 29 July 2013 4 Comments

DKNY Woman Fall

Donna Karan will introduce DKNY Woman Fall, a new limited edition seasonal version of DKNY Woman…

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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, late-July 2013

Posted by Robin on 27 July 2013 202 Comments

transparence citronnique / lemonistic transparency

Same old thing: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you didn’t think would work with the summer weather but somehow does, whatever.

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

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Elizabeth Taylor Forever Elizabeth ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 26 July 2013 65 Comments

Elizabeth Taylor Forever Elizabeth advert

Until Elizabeth Taylor Forever Elizabeth, my experience with the House of Taylor was limited to White Diamonds’s grande dame aldehydic floral and Black Pearls’s delightfully trashy peach and black patent leather. Given these extremes, what could Forever Elizabeth smell like? A delicate composition of violets, jasmine and musk, that’s what.

If White Diamonds, Black Pearls and Forever Elizabeth were at a party, White Diamonds would be sitting on the couch while suitors brought her snacks, unaware that the ingénue would morph into a diva before the night was over. Black Pearls would be adjusting her corset and practicing a bump-and-grind in front of the mirror in preparation for a show later that night. Forever Elizabeth, though, would be in the corner, writing poetry, lost in her own world…

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James Bond 007 Quantum ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 26 July 2013 12 Comments

James Bond 007 Quantum

James Bond 007 has launched James Bond 007 Quantum, the line’s third fragrance, following James Bond 007 and James Bond 007 Ocean Royale…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2013, part 14

Posted by Robin on 26 July 2013 9 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin limited edition etched bottle

From Serge Lutens, a collector bottle of La Fille de Berlin featuring an engraving of a shattered rose. 30 pieces were made, $600…

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