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Raw Spirit Desert Blush & Wild Fire ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 3 December 2015 11 Comments

Raw Spirit Desert Blush & Wild Fire

As we all know by now, it’s really difficult to keep up with the fragrance world these days: so many new perfumes, so many new collections and companies and brands. Furthermore, work has demanded more and more of my attention over the course of 2015, so I’m feeling more out-of-date than usual. I became aware of Raw Spirit last summer when I spied two of the brand’s fragrances at a Birchbox boutique in New York, but I didn’t actually try anything from the line until this week.

What is Raw Spirit? According to the company website, it’s a project of Nomad Two Worlds, “a socially responsible entertainment and lifestyle brand, whose mission is to collaborate with Indigenous and marginalized communities to create culturally relevant contemporary art and entertainment and ‘meaningful’ luxury consumer products which provide economic benefit to our partner communities and further the public’s understanding and appreciation of the world’s most threatened cultures.” Got all that? I’m not sure that I do, but I’ve been giving the fragrances a shot all the same…

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Liquid Cashmere

Posted by Robin on 3 December 2015 Leave a Comment

A spot for Donna Karan Liquid Cashmere White and Liquid Cashmere Black.

Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2015, part 28

Posted by Robin on 3 December 2015 12 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector editions from Serge Lutens, Acqua di Parma, Givenchy and Yves Rocher.

Serge Lutens L'Eau Froide Cold War

From Serge Lutens, L’Eau Froide in the numbered Cold War edition, now available in Paris…

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Those who follow the money, part two

Posted by Robin on 3 December 2015 15 Comments

Roja Dove, a high-end British perfumer who has a shop in Harrods, is known throughout Europe and the Middle East for his oud fragrances, which use real oud oil and can cost upward of $500 a bottle. This summer, he introduced a Tutti Frutti Aoud line to appeal to younger customers who were drawn to the ingredient, cutting the agarwood with notes like raspberry, strawberry and violet.

— As a counterpoint to the article I posted earlier about why Hermès is not doing oud perfumes (see Those who follow the money), do read Power Perfumes Return to the Scene at the New York Times.

Thursday scent of the day 12/3

Posted by Robin on 3 December 2015 211 Comments

Catalan Atlas, showing North Africa with King Mansa Musa of Mali enthroned and a camel traveller

It’s Thursday, better known as almost-Friday! Hope everyone is having a great day so far. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Timbuktu from L’Artisan Parfumeur.

Reminder: tomorrow, wear an incense fragrance…

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