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Time to up my smelling game

Posted by Robin on 1 September 2017 Leave a Comment

For 10 years I have scent marked myself with Unforgivable by Sean John (aka Puff Daddy) – ordering it on eBay, begging friends to bring back a bottle from the States and criss-crossing London on the Tube, visiting suburban pharmacies to see if I could track it down. [...] But the strain of sniffing it out like some kind of aromatic truffle hog, and the mortification of telling people who I’m wearing, has taken its toll and I recently decided it was time to up my smelling game.

— Read more (although really that's the only bit that made me laugh, and if the author did find a new fragrance, he's not telling) at Puff Daddy’s Unforgivable was my fragance for years – time to up my smell game at Irish Times.

Little bunny

Posted by Robin on 1 September 2017 4 Comments

A little silly to welcome September.

Olfactive Studio Close Up & Woody Mood ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 31 August 2017 5 Comments

I just spent a few enjoyable minutes doing some online window-shopping for sweaters and autumn accessories; it’s almost September, after all, and what better time to fantasize about a new pair of boots? This is the moment when I also start thinking about switching my summer perfumes (fruity roses, sheer beachy blends) for spicier, richer compositions. Fortunately, I have on hand small samples of two appropriate fragrances from French niche line Olfactive Studio: Close Up, launched in fall 2016, and the recently released Woody Mood.

Close Up was developed for Olfactive Studio by perfumer Annick Menardo and (as is customary for the brand) was inspired by a photograph: a very close view of an eyeball’s iris by Suren Malvelyan…

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Bruno Fazzolari Unsettled ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2017 6 Comments

Bruno Fazzolari Unsettled

Indie perfumer Bruno Fazzolari has launched Unsettled, a new fragrance. Unsettled was commissioned for the exhibit of the same name at the Nevada Museum of Art, and is presented there in the uranium glass bottle shown above left…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2017 Leave a Comment

Deal at luckyscent: take 15% off discontinued fragrances (list here) with coupon call LASTCALL, expiration date unknown. New items include Timothy Han The Decay of the Angel, Creed Aventus for Her.

New at saksfifthavenue: Frederic Malle Superstitious.

New at selfridges (UK): Parle Moi de Parfum line, Guerlain Shalimar Souffle Intense.

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