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Crazy

Posted by Robin on 3 July 2020 Leave a Comment

A spot for Zadig & Voltaire Girls Can Be Crazy.

Masque Milano Petra & Dolceacqua ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 3 July 2020 13 Comments

Italian niche brand Masque Milano has launched a new collection, Le Donne di Masque, with two fragrances, Petra and Dolceacqua…

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Friday scent of the day 7/3

Posted by Robin on 3 July 2020 243 Comments

Friday! (Also, International Plastic Bag Free Day, plus a bunch of author birthdays: Franz Kafka, MFK Fisher, Tom Stoppard, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Rohinton Mistry, Dave Barry.) Our community project for today: wear a perfume with ylang ylang, if you have one.

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 in Diptyque Eau Moheli. I suspect I will have many siblings today…

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The damage so far: second quarter 2020 buying poll

Posted by Robin on 2 July 2020 203 Comments

Donatella Versace and her perfume cabinets

It’s July, and Donatella, Our Lady of Scented Excess,1 is having a busy summer (reading on the sofa, but still) so is running a wee bit late, but she would never forget to discharge her duties to her flock. She is wondering just how many bottles you might have acquired in the 2nd quarter (April, May and June) of 2020. Confession time!

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My purchases…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 2 July 2020 4 Comments

Soak's Fig laundry soap ("...modern laundry care. Clean up with Soak’s eco-friendly formulation. Developed to be as easy on the environment as it is on your clothes, it’s the no-rinse clean you trust and love") in travel sachets, in case you're actually going anywhere, or might go somewhere some day. Available in a bunch of scents. Shown is Fig ("Fresh-picked clean. Fig is ripened with sweet fig and lychee and crowned by dandelions"), $48 for 48 five ml sachets at Soak. There is also a mixed-scent set (Yuzu, Fig, Celebration, Lacey, Pineapple Grove and Scentless), same price. Also sold in a 375 ml bottle for $16, and they also sell starch-free smoothing spray, hand cream and etc.

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