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Year of the dog

Posted by Robin on 16 February 2018 5 Comments

Quick Lunar New Year spots from Dior and (below the jump) Coach.

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Friday scent of the day 2/16

Posted by Robin on 16 February 2018 249 Comments

Happy Friday, and Gong Xi Fa Cai! Our community project for today: we’re celebrating the Lunar New Year…wear an auspicious fragrance to ring in the Year of the (Earth) Dog.

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.

My tenuous link to the holiday: Madonna (yes, that Madonna), is an Earth Dog (she was born in 1958, the last Earth Dog year.) Before Madonna did her own fragrance, she wore Robert Piguet Fracas. I know where my Fracas is, which is more than I can say for my sample of Truth or Dare, if I even still have it. So, Fracas it is…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 16 February 2018 4 Comments

I'm pretty sure I could run through a bottle of Daphne Flower Room & Linen Spray from Antica Farmacista while waiting for the spring flowers to start blooming: "Daphne Flower is an alluring and bright floral fragrance inspired by the daphne odora flower, found in the Pacific Northwest. A floral mélange built on notes of effervescent daphne, orange blossom and honeysuckle. Sweet meyer lemon and dewy green notes add an element of sparkle while Baltic amber and a clean white musk accord add a soft finish to the brilliance of daphne, evoking memories of springtime." $28 for 100 ml at Nordstrom.

Calvin Klein CK One Summer 2018 ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 15 February 2018 7 Comments

Calvin Klein has launched the 2018 version of CK One Summer. CK One Summer is a flanker to 1994’s CK One…

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Calvin Klein Obsessed Intense ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 15 February 2018 5 Comments

Calvin Klein has launched new Obsessed Intense fragrances for women and men. The Obsessed Intense duo are flankers to last year’s Obsessed…

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