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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 15

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2012 7 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Giorgio Armani Rose d'Arabie L’Or du Désert

From Giorgio Armani, Rose d’Arabie in the L’Or du Désert edition: “The limited edition L’Or du Désert is an exceptional and precious fragrance that mixes the iconic fragrance of The Thousand and One Nights Collection with true golden dust.” £220 at Selfridges in the UK…

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Coach Summer Edition 2012 and Burberry Brit Summer Edition 2012 ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 9 July 2012 26 Comments

Coach Summer Edition 2012 perfume

This week at lunch, a coworker and I took a walk to enjoy the first of Portland’s summer weather. “Do you mind stopping at Nordstrom?” I asked her. “I want to see if I can get samples of some summer flankers.”

“Sure,” she said. We walked in silence for a few steps. “Sweetie —” she calls everyone “sweetie” or “gal,” “— I have to ask. What’s a flanker?”

Oh, how insular our little perfume loving world is. We even have our own jargon. I explained how fragrance companies sometimes release limited-edition summer versions of their most popular fragrances. Although I’ve fallen for a few flankers — Yves Saint Laurent Opium Fleur de Shanghai comes to mind — for the most part I don’t waste my time with them. Too many other fragrances beckon. But maybe I’d been missing out.

At Nordstrom, two flankers commanded prominent display: Coach Summer Edition 2012 and Burberry Brit Summer Edition…

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Burberry Brit Summer for Men ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 March 2012 2 Comments

Burberry Brit Summer for Men

Burberry has launched Brit Summer for Men (you can see the women’s version here), a new flanker to 2004’s Brit for Men…

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Burberry Brit Summer Edition ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 13 March 2012 14 Comments

Burberry Brit Summer Edition

Burberry has launched Burberry Brit Summer Edition, a new limited edition version of 2003’s Burberry Brit…

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Holiday fragrance gifts 2011, part 3

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2011 22 Comments

Our series of holiday gift posts continues; today we’ve got more travel sizes, coffrets and roll-ons. If you missed them, here are links to part 1 (scented body products) and part 2 (travel sizes & coffrets). Coming up next: home fragrance.

Atelier Cologne Discovery set, Orange Sanguine

From Atelier Cologne, a “discovery set” in the Orange Sanguine fragrance: “Enclosed in an elegant Venetian blue gift box and tied with our signature aubergine leather ribbon” with Orange Sanguine Petite Cologne ( 30 ml) plus an Orange Sanguine Soap, a leather case, a miniature funnel and a sample pack. $65 at Neiman Marcus…

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