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2016 / Browsing by date: December 2016

Tuesday scent of the day 12/20

Posted by Robin on 20 December 2016 337 Comments

peter shire teapot maybe

It’s Tuesday! What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m still in Fendi Theorema. We’ll see, maybe I’ll wear it all week. And, I’m finishing off a sample of Aftelier’s Organic Aged Pu-erh Tea in Tangerine.* Partial points for the Friday project?

Reminder: 12/23 will be Just Finish It Friday…

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Scented memories

Posted by Robin on 20 December 2016 2 Comments

Dolce & Gabbana Beauty sends you best wishes for the holidays, and reminds you that they sell a few perfumes.

Vince Camuto Terra ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 20 December 2016 Leave a Comment

Vince Camuto Terra

Vince Camuto has launched Terra, a new fresh woody oriental fragrance for men…

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The Holiday Song Smell-track

Posted by Angela on 19 December 2016 110 Comments

stereo red

It’s time for the “scent a Christmas carol” game! Here’s how it works: someone tosses out the name of a carol, and the rest of us pitch in with suggestions for fragrances to accompany it. I’ll get us started.

We Three Kings: “Frankincense to offer have I…myrrh have I: it’s bitter perfume.” As Robin pointed out when I proposed this post, Eau d’Italie Baume du Doge has frankincense and myrhh. For frankincense alone, you have a hundred choices. Start with the new Tauer Perfumes Au Coeur du désert. For myrhh, try Annick Goutal Myrhhe Ardente. You kids in the back are undoubtedly remembering this song’s alternative lyrics: “We three kings of orient are / Trying to smoke a rubber cigar.” I’ve got you covered, too. Bulgari Black should do it.1

The Christmas Song: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.” Caron Nuit de Noël is a sure winner here. Not only does it have “Noël” in its name, it wafts a sweet nuttiness that’s a bulls-eye for this song…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 19 December 2016 Leave a Comment

New at beautyhabit: Memo line.

New at thebay (CA): Tory Burch Love Relentlessly, Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina In Rosso.

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