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2016 / Browsing by date: September 2016

Tom Ford x 3

Posted by Robin on 21 September 2016 9 Comments

First, two new adverts for Black Orchid: the SFW exploding bottle spot, and below that, the version with model Mica Arganaraz, the new face of the fragrance, wearing nothing but a strategically placed Black Orchid Bottle. Last up, 4 minutes of Tom Ford talking about the Private Blend collection.

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Wednesday scent of the day 9/21

Posted by Robin on 21 September 2016 232 Comments

peace

Happy Hump Day, and happy International Day of Peace! What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m wearing Lolita Lempicka Le Premier Parfum, from Annick Menardo.

Reminder: on 9/23, wear a perfume by Annick Menardo, if you have one…

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Liu Jo Gold ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 21 September 2016 Leave a Comment

Liu Jo Gold

Italian fashion brand Liu Jo will launch Liu Jo Gold, a new fragrance for women “composed as an Arabian olfactive tale of seduction”…

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Flower by Kenzo L’Elixir ~ perfume review & quick poll

Posted by Robin on 20 September 2016 52 Comments

Flower by Kenzo L'Elixir brand image

Kenzo launched Flower by Kenzo L’Elixir last year, and I preceded to pretty much ignore it. I did like a few of the earlier Flower flankers (Flower Oriental is my favorite of what I’ve tried so far, followed by Winter Flowers) but hours are few and perfumes, to say nothing of flankers, are many: you all know how that goes. But recently someone said in the scent-of-the-day that the Elixir was good, so I gave it a shot.

This one was developed to celebrate Flower’s 15th anniversary, and it’s billed as a “sophisticated gourmand floral”. If you took that to mean “fruity sugar bomb with a few rose petals”, you’d be right on the money…

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Bonbon Couture

Posted by Robin on 20 September 2016 Leave a Comment

An animation for Viktor & Rolf Bonbon Couture.

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