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2017 / Browsing by date: January 2017

Friday scent of the day 1/27

Posted by Robin on 27 January 2017 372 Comments

We're all in it together, propaganda poster from the movie Brazil

Happy Sci-Fi Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that transports you to some alternative futuristic scenario, or that matches a favorite Sci-Fi novel or movie. Thanks to Solanace for the suggestion.

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

This was a hard project! I wanted to wear something for Jean-Luc Picard or Captain Janeway, but I decided I didn’t think either of them would wear fragrance (although hopefully some of you will disagree with me and I look forward to seeing your choices!). Captain Kirk would, but I’m fresh out of Mandom. So I’m wearing Lancôme La Vie Est Belle (not for long, but I am wearing it for the moment) for Terry Gilliam’s Brazil…

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Lush Toothy Tabs in Sparkle, Oral Pleasure & Limelight ~ scented body product review

Posted by Jessica on 26 January 2017 27 Comments

Lush Toothy Tabs Sparkle, Oral Pleasure & Limelight

As long as they’ve been around, Lush have excelled at rethinking everyday bath and body products as novelties. Bubble bath in a solid orb? Body scrub molded into a palm-sized square? A heart-shaped bar of lotion? Check. Now they’ve transformed the most basic self-care ritual of all with a “solid toothpaste alternative” called Toothy Tabs.

Toothy Tabs are small pellets about the size of aspirin tablets, packaged in a container not unlike an actual aspirin bottle. You pop one “tab” into your mouth, chew it lightly so that it breaks up a bit (don’t swallow!), and then start pushing it around with a wet toothbrush. The tab will dissolve into a gently abrasive foam that really does an effective job…

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Biotherm Eau Relax ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 26 January 2017 2 Comments

Biotherm Eau Relax

Biotherm has launched Eau Relax, the latest in their series of perfumed body sprays. Eau Relax ‘transports you into the heart of an invigorating spa’, and follows 2016’s Eau Soleil…

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We’re not girls, we’re poison

Posted by Robin on 26 January 2017 9 Comments

Camille Rowe returns for a Poison Club Dance Battle, or something, for Dior Poison Girl. If you missed the original commercial it is here.

Online fragrance shopping

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Deal at arielleshoshana: spend over $25, get a free Atelier Cologne Pomelo Paradis mini using coupon code Rooster, offer good while supplies last.

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