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The Monday Mail ~ help Karen find a new perfume

Posted by Robin on 8 April 2013 64 Comments

Number 24

Today we’re helping Karen. She is looking for a feminine perfume as she pulls herself together after a breakup and gets ready to start dating again. Her ideal perfume will be soft and unobtrusive but still there — a sexy skin scent, perhaps, not too sweet, and if it’s something not widely known or used, all the better. It might be a creamy white floral with wood notes, but she is open to suggestions, and she can spend up to $160. Here is what we know about Karen:

She’s in her mid 30s and lives in Germany, where she works as a real estate consultant and as a pilates teacher.

She enjoys outdoor activities of all kinds (running/trail running, mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing), does yoga and pilates, and Argentine tango.

She is also an avid reader, and a movie and film freak — especially Westerns.

She is tall and has an athletic build; her dress style is mostly casual and practical, classical and sportsy (black or blue suit trousers or jeans or chinos and a shirt; dresses or skirts only for tango dancing).

Karen likes white flowers, especially magnolia, freesia and lily…

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Basenotes Readers Awards 2013

Posted by Robin on 8 April 2013 6 Comments

Basenotes Readers Awards 2013

Basenotes has announced the winners of their 2013 Readers Awards:

Best New Fragrance
Women: Amouage Interlude Woman
Men: Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb…

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Parfums M Micallef + Denis Durand Le Parfum Denis Durand Couture ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 8 April 2013 7 Comments

Parfums M Micallef + Denis Durand Le Parfum Denis Durand Couture

French niche line Parfums M Micallef has launched Le Parfum Denis Durand Couture, a new fragrance for the fashion designer of the same name…

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Clinique Happy Summer Spray 2013 ~ new fragrance

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Clinique Happy Summer Spray 2013

Clinique has launched Happy Summer Spray 2013, the latest summer version of their popular 1997 fragrance Happy…

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Aramis Perfume Calligraphy Rose ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 8 April 2013 6 Comments

Aramis Perfume Calligraphy Rose

Aramis has launched Perfume Calligraphy Rose, a new unisex fragrance geared towards the Middle Eastern market. Perfume Calligraphy Rose follows last year’s Perfume Calligraphy…

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