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Mugler Aura Sensuelle ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 1 May 2019 18 Comments

Thierry Mugler has launched Aura Sensuelle, a new floral musk flanker to 2017’s Aura…

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Carthusia Tuberosa ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 1 May 2019 3 Comments

Italian niche brand Carthusia has launched Tuberosa, a new floriental fragrance…

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Wednesday scent of the day 5/1

Posted by Robin on 1 May 2019 374 Comments

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! It’s Hump Day and May Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in my May Day standby, vintage Diorissimo.

Reminder: on 5/3, wear lily of the valley for May Day (which is really on Wednesday)…

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I’m not tortured as a French poet

Posted by Robin on 1 May 2019 7 Comments

When you create a family of fragrances (unlike when you have children) you can predict their character because you are inventing them. You want them to form a harmonious, happy family. Because I think fragrance should be uplifting and eventually boost your self-esteem. It should give you confidence and make you happy. This is my way of looking at designing fragrances. I’m not tortured as a French poet, or like Tchaikovsky who needed to be miserable to write music. So that’s why I want to have this happy family.

— Perfumer Thierry Wasser talks to AEWorld. Read more at Guerlain Master Perfumer Thierry Wasser Chats Fragrance in The Middle East and Creating His Masterpiece.

True Love and Trulove Perfume

Posted by Angela on 30 April 2019 24 Comments

Looking to get him to ask you out? Desperate to regain your husband’s attention? Or maybe you simply want men killing each other to get at you? David J. Trulove can help.

David J. Trulove is the purported head of Trulove Perfume. Trulove perfume ads peppered comic books in the 1950s. Like many ads for fragrance today, they promise seduction and, curiously, bypass what the perfume actually smells like. But Mr. Trulove doesn’t mess around with fancy models in diaphonous gowns and vague references to the modern woman. No, he goes right to the meat: love and power…

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