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Monday scent of the day 9/20

Posted by Robin on 20 September 2021 236 Comments

It’s Monday, and tonight will be the Harvest Moon (it has already looked full here for the last two nights). What fragrance are you wearing?

I’ve been at the beach all weekend, and I’m commando at the moment. My fragrance plan for the drive home later today is Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré.

Reminder: 9/24 is the birth date of Jim Henson and F. Scott Fitzgerald…

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Lazy weekend poll ~ transitional fragrances, fall 2021

Posted by Robin on 18 September 2021 200 Comments

The sixth edition of a poll about transitional fragrances: what are your favorite fragrances as summer turns to fall? What scent makes you happy as the nights get chilly and the days take on that crisp edge? And tell us what perfume you wish you owned for chilly weather.

(Or, if you’re like me, tell us what fragrances will allow you to hang on to that summer feeling just a little bit longer. And of course, if winter is turning to spring where you are, adjust the questions accordingly.)

Or, as always, talk about something else…

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Lancome La Vie Est Belle Blanche ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 18 September 2021 2 Comments

Lancôme has launched La Vie Est Belle Blanche, a new limited edition flanker to 2012’s La Vie Est Belle. La Vie Est Belle Blanche follows La Vie Est Belle Soleil Cristal, introduced earlier this year…

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The swapmeet, episode 19

Posted by Robin on 18 September 2021 70 Comments — Comments are closed

Chrysanthemum

The swapmeet (episode 19) is open for business! PLEASE read the instructions! (For those of you who refuse to read the instructions, please do not respond to anyone else’s comment except to say that their email address does not work. ANYTHING else you need to say, say it in an email. If you insist on responding to a comment, I will delete your comment. If you want to know how to swap for something, see #6 below!) For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, swapping, there will be a poll along shortly.

Don’t know what swapping is, or you know but you’ve never tried it? See here. You can also take a look at the feedback from episode 3, episode 4, episode 5, episode 6 and episodes 7-8, episodes 9-10, episodes 11-17.

Please, do not participate if you do not have time to mail your items within the next three weeks! Hopefully, another swapmeet will be coming up in the spring…

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Guerlain Shalimar Millesime Vanilla Planifolia ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 17 September 2021 18 Comments

Guerlain has launched Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia, a new fragrance for women. Shalimar Millésime Vanilla Planifolia is a limited edition flanker to 1925’s Shalimar, and follows 2020’s Shalimar Philtre de Parfum…

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