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Tauer Perfumes Sotto La Luna Tuberose ~ perfume review, with an aside on Tauerville Incense Flash

Posted by Robin on 9 October 2015 14 Comments

Tauer Perfumes Sotto La Luna Tuberose, bottle detail

When I reviewed Sotto La Luna Gardenia, the first in the ‘under the moon’ series from Tauer Perfumes, I said that it wasn’t meant to be a realistic gardenia soliflore, and of course, it didn’t turn out to be one. The latest, Sotto La Luna Tuberose, invites you, in a similar fashion, to “revisit this white flower and rethink tuberose”. To my nose, it comes closer to the soliflore concept — it is recognizably tuberose, pretty much from beginning to end — but it’s hardly the sort of Ladies-Who-Lunch pretty white floral1 you might expect from a more conventional brand…

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Mandarina Duck Black & Red ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 9 October 2015 Leave a Comment

Mandarina Duck Black & Red

Mandarina Duck will launch Black & Red, a new aromatic fougère fragrance for men, in early 2016. Black & Red is a flanker to Mandarina Duck Black.

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Angela Flanders Columbia Rose ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 9 October 2015 Leave a Comment

Angela Flanders Columbia Rose Trilogy

London-based indie line Angela Flanders has launched Columbia Rose, a new fragrance celebrating the brand’s 30th anniversary, and named for the Columbia Road Flower Market in Shoreditch, where the original Angela Flanders boutique opened in 1985. Columbia Rose is being sold in a coffret with two older fragrances, Moroccan Rose and Rose Poudrée…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 9 October 2015 Leave a Comment

New at barneys: Olfactive Studio Selfie (pre-order).

New at indiescents: Tauer Sotto La Luna Tuberose.

New at selfridges (UK): Miller Harris Rose Silence, Tea Tonique & L’Eau Magnetic.

Friday scent of the day 10/9

Posted by Robin on 9 October 2015 161 Comments

Caron perles

Is everyone happy it’s finally Friday? Our community project for today: wear a fragrance from perfumer Dominique Ropion, if you have one.

What did you pick?

As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I chose Caron Aimez Moi, which I bought for a song at a discounter many moons ago…

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