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Narciso Rodriguez Narciso Poudree ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 4 March 2016 30 Comments

Narciso Rodriguez Narciso Poudrée, still from brand commercial

I used to hate (really, hate) powdery perfumes. Now I’m very nearly the opposite: you can take a fragrance that I don’t love all that much, give it a nice dusting of powder, and there’s a good chance I’ll at least like it better. So it goes with Narciso Poudrée, the latest from Narciso Rodriguez, and the latest entry in the current trend of powdered flankers. If they’d dumped a load of powder on Narciso by Narciso Rodriguez, a fragrance I already thought was darned good, I might have been forced to buy it. Instead, they did an Eau de Toilette version that I found distinctly less interesting, and then they dumped a load of power on that.

Actually, this one is tweaked a bit from the Eau de Toilette…

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Valentino Valentina Poudre ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 5 January 2016 5 Comments

Valentino Valentina Poudre

Valentino will launch Valentina Poudre, a new ‘ethereal’ fragrance for women, early this year. Valentina Poudre is a flanker to 2011′s Valentina and follows last year’s Valentina Pink…

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Narciso by Narciso Rodriguez Eau de Toilette ~ quick perfume review

Posted by Robin on 25 August 2015 31 Comments

Narciso by Narciso Rodriguez Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum

There was plenty to like about Narciso by Narciso Rodriguez, which launched as an Eau de Parfum in 2014. The white cube bottle was perfect, and perfumer Aurélien Guichard’s composition, which I likened to “a very thin schmear of gardenia marshmallow fluff on a wood plank”, struck a nice balance between wearable and fun. I’m no longer in buying mode, but I would not at all mind having a small bottle.

The new Eau de Toilette is clearly related to the Eau de Parfum, but as you’d expect, it inches farther along the line towards wearable…

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DSquared2 Want ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 10 June 2015 10 Comments

DSquared2 Want

DSquared2 will launch Want, a new floriental fragrance for women, in October. Want follows the recent Wild fragrance for men…

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Shiseido Ever Bloom ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 29 May 2015 5 Comments

Shiseido Ever Bloom

Shiseido will launch Ever Bloom, a new fragrance for women. The brand hopes the scent will appeal to younger consumers and expand their business in Europe and the Middle East…

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