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Victoria’s Secret Forever Sexy ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 20 August 2015 3 Comments

Victoria's Secret Forever Sexy

Victoria’s Secret has launched Forever Sexy, a new fragrance for women…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 20 August 2015 2 Comments

New at harrods (UK): Givenchy Gaïac Mystique.

New at luckyscent: Penhaligon's Halfeti.

New at macys: Lancome La Vie Est Belle Intense.

New at saksfifthavenue: Dior Sauvage (pre-order), Givenchy Gaïac Mystique, Guerlain Mon Exclusif

New at selfridges (UK): Creed Royal Princess Oud.

New at ulta: Lancome La Vie Est Belle Intense, Calvin Klein Eternity Now.

Odin 12 Lacha ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 20 August 2015 4 Comments

Odin 12 Lacha

New York-based clothing retailer Odin New York has launched 12 Lacha, a new unisex fragrance joining the Black Line…

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Tom Ford Venetian Bergamot ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 19 August 2015 42 Comments

Tom Ford Private Blend Venetian Bergamot1 was just released. (Does anyone know the connection between Venice and bergamot? Me neither.) A nice, but distracted — there was a Seattle Seahawks’ player standing next to me — sales assistant at my local Nordstrom made me a huge sample of Venetian Bergamot, and he let me know it was selling, selling, selling (sotto voce) “…as all Tom’s things do.”

Venetian Bergamot starts with dark bergamot seasoned with pepper, ginger and indistinct, cheap-smelling, “flowers”; the ginger is of the preserved, not fresh, variety. Venetian Bergamot then presents a so-so bergamot-ginger-light floral combo for about an hour on my skin. Then: things turn unexpectedly nasty…

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Maurer & Wirtz Tabac Gentle Men’s Care ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 19 August 2015 Leave a Comment

Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Gentle Men’s Care

Mäurer & Wirtz have launched Tabac Gentle Men’s Care, a new grooming collection featuring an “invigorating” fragrance…

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