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Bottega Veneta Pour Homme ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 13 November 2013 15 Comments

Bottega Veneta Pour Homme’s inspiration was “the outdoors”…the Italian outdoors; the company description ignites wanderlust:

…a journey north from the Veneto region, where we find ourselves in the Dolomites. Amid the lush mountain meadows, sits a farmhouse; a rustic retreat from reality. The interior is paneled with pinewood and the windows are open wide, letting in a gentle breeze evocative of hay, fir cones, and pine needles from the nearby woods; combined with the chilled air from the glacial stream that is bordered by wild irises.

(We’ll stop there, because the rest of the narrative1 becomes muddled.)

If Bottega Veneta Pour Homme takes me to that cabin in the mountains of Italy, I’ll be happy…

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Comme des Garcons + Monocle Scent Three: Sugi ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 23 September 2013 9 Comments

Comme des Garçons + Monocle Scent Three: Sugi

Comme des Garçons will launch their third fragrance in collaboration with Monocle magazine, Scent Three: Sugi. Scent One: Hinoki launched in 2008, followed by Scent Two: Laurel in 2009…

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Comme des Garcons Blue Invasion: Blue Encens, Blue Cedrat & Blue Santal ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Kevin on 28 August 2013 16 Comments

Comme des Garçons Blue Invasion

As Robin here at Now Smell This and I decided who would review the new Comme des Garçons Blue Invasion trio of perfumes, she said: “I thought they were all nice, but maybe CdG needs to get out of this woody/incense sandbox? They have done some really great stuff…but even their weirder stuff is no longer surprising. Maybe there are no surprises left?”

Robin and I have three points of agreement:

  • I like the new Blue Invasion perfumes;
  • I agree Comme des Garçons has driven the woody incense genre to a dead end (or at least into a cul-de-sac, where it goes round and round and round);
  • I also wonder if there are many surprises in store for me as a dedicated perfume sniffer.

Now, to Blue Invasion….

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Bottega Veneta Pour Homme ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2013 20 Comments

Bottega Veneta Pour Homme

Bottega Veneta will launch Bottega Veneta pour Homme, the brand’s first masculine fragrance, in September. The feminine counterpart, Bottega Veneta Eau de Parfum, was introduced in 2011…

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Van Cleef & Arpels Rose Velours ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 23 May 2013 10 Comments

Van Cleef & Arpels Rose Velours

Van Cleef & Arpels has launched Rose Velours, the latest addition to 2009′s Collection Extraordinaire…

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