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2014 / Browsing by date: April 2014

Armani Prive Ombre & Lumiere by Giorgio Armani ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 28 April 2014 6 Comments

Armani Privé Ombre & Lumière

Giorgio Armani has launched Ombre & Lumière (Shadow & Light), a new addition to the limited edition Les Éditions Couture series in the Armani Privé fragrance range. Ombre & Lumière was inspired by Armani’s 2014 spring-summer couture collection…

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The Art and Olfaction Awards ~ 2014 winners

Posted by Robin on 27 April 2014 Leave a Comment

The Art and Olfaction Awards

The Institute for Art and Olfaction has announced the winners for their first annual Art and Olfaction Awards. There were two winners in each category. And the winners are…

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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Audubon’s birthday 2014

Posted by Robin on 26 April 2014 192 Comments

Warbler, John James Audubon

It’s John James Audubon’s birthday!

We’re holding our usual open thread poll: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the vintage perfume you’d like to find for peanuts at a yard sale, whatever.

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

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The swapmeet (episode 4) & splitmeet (episode 1) follow-up

Posted by Robin on 26 April 2014 28 Comments

orchid-thirds

Upcoming: we’ll hold our next freebiemeet in late May, and the next swapmeet will be in October.

So, for those of you who participated in the 4th swapmeet, how did it go? Feel free to tell us what you got, and whether or not you loved it.

And the first splitmeet, how did that go? It was my perception that it wasn’t a complete success, and I was wondering what the participants thought. Should we try it again, or let it go…

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Le Prix Eau Faux 2014 ~ and the winner is…

Posted by Robin on 26 April 2014 23 Comments

Le Prix Eau Faux 2014

A huge round of applause goes out to everyone who entered the contest, to the judges who helped pick the finalists, and to everyone who voted to help us pick the winner. And, of course, thank you to Twisted Lily for providing the prize, a $200 gift certificate, which goes to…

Dude d’Oud by Cowabunga Oud, submitted by songeuse. Congratulations songeuse…

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