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Lazy weekend poll ~ five questions, Madonna’s birthday 2014

Posted by Robin on 16 August 2014 146 Comments

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Madonna is 56 today.

We're celebrating with five questions. As always, answer as many or as few as you like. Name...

1. Your favorite perfume for a rainy day,

2. Your favorite perfume to wear to bed or to spray on sheets,

3. A fragrance you appreciate as art but find unwearable,

4. A subject you'd love to see covered in a lazy weekend poll, and

5. A great movie, tv show, book, or anything else you discovered recently and would love to tell us about.

Bond no. 9 Harrods Royal Rose ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 August 2014 Leave a Comment

Bond no. 9 Harrods Royal Rose

Bond no. 9 has launched Harrods Royal Rose, the latest in their series of department store exclusives. Harrods Royal Rose follows 2010’s Harrods Rose, and the most recent in the series, 2013’s Harrods Agarwood…

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Feathers can represent a spiritual evolution

Posted by Robin on 16 August 2014 16 Comments

Jessica Simpson takes her assets on a trip to the desert for her latest, Jessica Simpson Signature. The title comes from a recent interview with People; the dress is by Oscar de la Renta.

J. Crew + Arquiste No. 31 & No. 57 ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 16 August 2014 5 Comments

J. Crew + Arquiste No. 31 & No. 57

J. Crew will launch two fragrances, No. 31 and No. 57, developed in collaboration with niche brand Arquiste. The fragrances were developed by perfumers Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Yann Vasnier, who were asked to…

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A Lab on Fire Liquidnight ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 15 August 2014 8 Comments

A Lab on Fire Liquidnight and Carlos Benaïm

I’m slowly but surely catching up with A Lab On Fire, a New York-based “niche” line that hasn’t always been easy to find, even in New York. Liquidnight, developed by perfumer Carlos Benaïm, was released in 2012. It was inspired by “the hidden depth of the night in New York City” and it includes notes of bergamot, lime, saffron, sage, lavender, hinoki wood, incense, vanilla and musk.

I wanted to try Liquidnight because I’m very fond of some other fragrances from this line…

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