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2016 / Browsing by date: May 2016

Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Memorial Day weekend 2016

Posted by Robin on 28 May 2016 321 Comments

blue Weber grill

Happy Memorial Day to those of you in the USA! And happy weekend to everyone else.

We’re celebrating with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume store you wish you could visit this weekend, anything.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 28 May 2016 Leave a Comment

Deal at demeterfragrance: 15% off everything, no coupon code needed, offer good through 5/31.

New at luckyscent: Majda Bekkali Tulaytulah.

New at saksfifthavenue: Bond no. 9 Liberty Island.

First instinct

Posted by Robin on 28 May 2016 Leave a Comment

The spot for the new First Instinct by Abercrombie & Fitch.

Nobile 1942 Perdizione ~ new fragrance

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Nobile 1942 Perdizione

Italian niche line Nobile 1942 has launched Perdizione, a new unisex fragrance…

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Buy them all

Posted by Robin on 28 May 2016 8 Comments

Key fashion houses - namely Chanel, Dior, Givenchy and Armani - have all expanded into a niche market sometimes referred to as “haute parfumerie,” or perhaps more accurately as “collection parfumerie”. The latter is reflecting the fact that these fragrance ranges, separate from the houses’ standard fair [sic] (Dior’s variations on Poison, Chanel’s numbered lines), are grouped into collections, in similar bottles. Like perfume Pokemon, you’re encouraged to buy them all.

— Read more at Designer perfumes: Niche fragrance collections are the heaviest hitters at Independent.

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