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Collection Noire

Posted by Robin on 30 September 2017 2 Comments

A (bottle-oriented and Serge-less) video for the reorganized and repackaged Collection Noire from Serge Lutens. (There is some discussion in the review for Dent de Lait, if you missed it.)

Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2017, part 14

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2017 7 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special edition bottles from Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs and Paco Rabanne, plus new concentrations of Chloé and Aroma M Geisha Marron.

Jean Paul Gaultier snow globes 2017

Jean Paul Gaultier does holiday snow globes for Classique (“Turn over the Classique collector’s snow globe: the iconic glass bust will appear through the snowflakes, revealing a glossy red corset, perfect for the holidays.”) and Le Mâle (“Turn over the Le Mâle collector’s snow globe: the iconic glass torso will appear through the snowflakes, revealing a red-striped marinière, perfect for the holidays.”) At John Lewis in the UK in 100 ml Eau de Toilette…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2017 Leave a Comment

New at luckyscent: Juliette Has A Gun Metal Chypre.

Deal at moltonbrown (US): take 25% off with coupon code USFF25, good through Monday.

Clive Christian Addictive Arts ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2017 7 Comments

Clive Christian Addictive Arts

Luxury niche line Clive Christian will introduce the Addictive Arts collection in October. The six fragrances* are billed as “provocative, decadent and an expression of our human tendency to excess”…

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Friday scent of the day 9/29

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2017 341 Comments

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Hey, it’s Skank Friday! Our community project for today: wear something skanky.* (If you need help, try here or here.) Thanks to Dawn and Ihadanidea for the idea!

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.

I’m practicing for our upcoming Reeking Havoc project — on one arm, I’ve got the old civet standby, Guerlain Jicky, in vintage Extrait. On the other, the indolic Tawaf from La Via del Profumo. I smell just gorgeous…

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