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2023 / Browsing by date: January 2023

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 10 January 2023 6 Comments

A cheap-thrills lemming for National Bittersweet Chocolate Day: Vaseline Cocoa Butter Lip Therapy, promising "an appealing cocoa and vanilla scent" (do comment if you've tried it). $5.99 for 17g at Amazon, probably even cheaper somewhere else, and also sold in a regular lip balm tube.

Jasmin Bonheur x 2

Posted by Robin on 10 January 2023 2 Comments

First up, the Matisse-inpired spot for Guerlain Jasmin Bonheur. Below the jump, perfumer Delphine Jelk talks about the fragrance.

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Paco Rabanne Invictus Victory Elixir ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 10 January 2023 8 Comments

Paco Rabanne has launched Invictus Victory Elixir, a new fragrance for men. Invictus Victory Elixir is a flanker to 2021’s Invictus Victory, which was a flanker to 2013’s Invictus…

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Tuesday scent of the day 1/10

Posted by Robin on 10 January 2023 130 Comments

It’s Tuesday and National Bittersweet Chocolate Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m running down my favorite colors for the rest of the week, starting with blue. Fragrance today is Comptoir Sud Pacifique Aqua Motu (which is really maybe more of a blue / green.) Tea at the moment, to match, is a Jin Xuan oolong.

Reminder: 1/13 will be True Colors Friday…

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Le Galion L’Astre ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 9 January 2023 8 Comments

French perfume house Le Galion will launch L’Astre, a new fragrance made under licensing agreements with The Ava Gardner Trust. L’Astre is reportedly a reissue of a custom fragrance developed for Gardner by perfumer Paul Vacher, after the actress was an ambassador for Sortilège in the late 1950s…

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