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Paco Rabanne Lady Million ~ brief perfume review

Posted by Robin on 28 September 2010 27 Comments

Paco Rabanne Lady Million perfume advert

Lady Million is Paco Rabanne’s newish feminine counterpart to 1 Million, a fragrance that I liked even less than Kevin did — in fact, the only thing I liked about 1 Million was the fun commercial.

The commercial for Lady Million was a little less fun — it was so much like the 1 Million commercial that it seemed like an afterthought — but I like the fragrance a little better. The start is rocky: mega-sweet neon fruit punch over a darkish base, and for a moment or two I thought we were going down the same candied road as Black XS, or any number of the loud fruitcholi perfumes of the past couple years. But it dries down reasonably quickly into your basic ambery-musky woods…

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Paco Rabanne Lady Million ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 27 May 2010 50 Comments

Paco Rabanne Lady Million fragrance

Paco Rabanne will launch Lady Million, the feminine “alter ego” of Paco Rabanne 1 Million, in July. The Lady Million fragrance is a fresh woody floral, and is fronted by model Dree Hemingway…

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Beatrice Piquet dies

Posted by Robin on 19 March 2010 15 Comments

Beatrice PiquetPerfumer Beatrice Piquet passed away earlier this month after a long illness. She was 46 years old, and started working at International Flavors & Fragrances at the age of 17. In 2008, she was promoted to Senior Perfumer at IFF.

Among her many creations: Banana Republic Jade for women, Burberry The Beat, Bvlgari Rose Essentielle…

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Burberry Sport ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 11 December 2009 59 Comments

Burberry Sport fragrance advert

Burberry will launch Burberry Sport fragrances for women and men in February (look for a prestige makeup line to follow in July). The new scents “are meant to pack a high-octane punch”…

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David & Victoria Beckham Signature Story ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 14 July 2009 81 Comments

Victoria Beckham Signature Story For HerDavid & Victoria Beckham

David & Victoria Beckham will launch Signature Story, a new duo of flankers to 2008’s Beckham Signature for Him and Beckham Signature for Her fragrances, in September.

Inspired by their love of all things vintage, Signature Story conveys the modern day love story of David and Victoria Beckham…

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