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Armani Prive Vetiver Babylone & Chanel Sycomore ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Kevin on 23 June 2008 69 Comments

If my perfume choices were limited to one type of fragrance with one note predominant, chances are I would opt for vetiver colognes. (I’d probably have to flip a coin: Sandalwood vs. Vetiver.) I love vetiver fragrances and have owned too many to list here. Recently, my introduction to Lalique Encre Noir, the reissue of Givenchy Vétyver and the debuts of Giorgio Armani's Vétiver Babylone and Chanel's Sycomore have made me very happy and ready to expand an already-overcrowded perfume collection.

Les Eaux Armani Privé Vétiver Babylone

Just as sparkling, fresh water sustained ancient Babylon’s (real or imaginary) fragrant hanging gardens, Vétiver Babylone’s vetiver, likewise sparkling and fresh, supports its other brisk ingredients — bergamot, citron, mandarin, green cardamom, coriander, pink pepper and patchouli…

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Celebrity perfume news round-up 2008, part the seventh

Posted by Robin on 6 May 2008 33 Comments

Naomi Watts for Thierry Mugler AngelActress Naomi Watts is the new face of Thierry Mugler Angel:

Naomi Watts was the inspired choice for Thierry Mugler, over and above her beauty and her star image. Displaying a modern touch, the actress projects a personality that blends sensuality, voluptuousness and evanescence to evoke the many facets of Angel. A blond fragility, a natural tenderness, an emotional seductiveness…

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Celebrity perfume news round-up 2008, part the fifth

Posted by Robin on 18 April 2008 30 Comments

Audrey Tautou

French actress Audrey Tautou (shown) is rumored to be the new face of Chanel no. 5. Tautou is also slated to play designer Coco Chanel in an upcoming biopic. (via wwd) Opinions? An improvement over actress Nicole Kidman, who signed with Chanel back in 2003? If you never saw Kidman’s commercial, watch it at YouTube; if you already saw it, check out the spoof…

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Chanel Sycomore, Kenzo 7:15 am in Bali ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 3 April 2008 19 Comments

Chanel Sycomore perfumeSycomore is the latest fragrance to join the Les Exclusifs collection at Chanel. Sycomore is named for a long-discontinued 1930 Chanel fragrance; the new interpretation is by Chanel's house perfume Jacques Polge.

The vetiver-focused fragrance includes notes of sandalwood, cypress, juniper and pink pepper…

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Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 21 March 2008 50 Comments

Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche fragrance

I wonder if my appreciation for Chanel’s Allure Homme Édition Blanche was unduly influenced by the fact I smelled it after four days of intensive testing of Allure Homme (ho-hum) and Allure Homme Sport (a nostril-searing, abrasive fragrance)? If so, I’m sorry — I can’t rewind and erase those days (and smells); compared with Allure Homme and Allure Homme Sport, Allure Homme Édition Blanche is delicious, natural smelling and ‘peaceful.’

Allure Homme Édition Blanche (created by Jacques Polge) contains lemon, bergamot, cedar, sandalwood, tonka bean, white musk, vetiver, ginger, amber, vanilla, white and pink pepper. What I noticed immediately upon spraying on Allure Homme Édition Blanche was its quality — its ingredients smell more expensive than those used in the other two Allure fragrances I tested. Allure Homme Édition Blanche is a creamy fragrance but still has some sparkle thanks to its citrus, ginger, and vetiver notes…

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