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Kate Spade New York ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 November 2020 3 Comments

Kate Spade has launched Kate Spade New York, a new fruity floral fragrance. It is the brand’s first fragrance under new licensing arrangements with InterParfums…

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Singing in the rain

Posted by Robin on 16 November 2020 6 Comments

Burberry's (fragrance-free) holiday video for 2020, featuring dance collective (La)Horde and vocals by Dreya Mac.

Monday scent of the day 11/16

Posted by Robin on 16 November 2020 271 Comments

Monday! Again! It’s also the International Day for Tolerance. Birthdays: Chinua Achebe, Diana Krall, Lisa Bonet. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Balls…Said the Queen.

Reminder: on 11/20, for Bo Derek’s birthday, wear a perfume that you would rate an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10…

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Soft, enveloping and comfortable to wear

Posted by Robin on 16 November 2020 Leave a Comment

For Frenesia Pink, I created a musky-fruity eau de parfum with a rose-litchi impression. A drop of jasmine adds an impression of strawberry. For the first chapter, [with] Fendifrenesia Yellow, I wanted a bright leather note impression with no darkness nor dirtiness. A musky-leather eau de parfum with a daring twist of iris oil, which is very soft, enveloping and comfortable to wear.

— Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian on the fragrances he created for Fendi's Fendifrenesia scented bags. Read more in How a master French perfumer designed a scent for a Fendi icon at Vogue Australia.

Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-November 2020

Posted by Robin on 14 November 2020 321 Comments

We’re celebrating this November weekend with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you’re thinking you might pick up if there’s a good pre-holiday sale, whatever.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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