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Lavanila Fresh Vanilla Lemon ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 2 April 2013 6 Comments

Lavanila Fresh Vanilla Lemon

Lavanila has launched Fresh Vanilla Lemon, a new fragrance for women…

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Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Iridum ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 2 April 2013 4 Comments

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Indie line Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Iridum, a new fragrance in the Secrets of Egypt collection. New interpretations of three prior fragrances from the original 2010 set, Antiu, Keni and Megaleion, have also been released…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 2 April 2013 Leave a Comment

New at luckyscent: Loree Rodkin Gothic III.

New at macys: Nicki Minaj Pink Friday limited edition.

New at nordstrom: Dolce & Gabbana The One Desire.

New at saksfifthavenue: Laura Mercier Ambre Vanille, Valentino Valentina Assoluto.

New at sephora: Calvin Klein Eternity Summer.

Boucheron Jaipur Bracelet & Jaipur Homme limited editions ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 2 April 2013 8 Comments

Boucheron Jaïpur Bracelet limited edition

Boucheron has launched summer limited editions of 2012’s Jaïpur Bracelet (shown above) and 1997’s Jaïpur Homme…

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Robert Piguet Baghari ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 1 April 2013 25 Comments

Baghari by Robert Piguet, advert

As much as I admire ruffles and lettuce-edged hems, I know they don’t suit me. Similarly, the thin-boned elegance of some aldehydic florals such as Chanel No. 5 doesn’t sit right on me, either. Yet, I’m a sucker for a fragrance with a retro feel, and richly aldehydic florals scream 1950s silhouettes and kidskin gloves.

At last I discovered that not all aldehydic florals are No. 5 clones. Instead, some are warm and boast plenty of flesh. Robert Piguet Baghari is one of those.

Baghari, developed in 1950 by perfumer Francis Fabron (also the nose behind Givenchy L’Interdit and Nina Ricci L’Air du Temps), had been long discontinued when the Robert Piguet perfume house hired Aurélien Guichard to reorchestrate it in 2006…

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