Crabtree & Evelyn will launch Leather Musk, a new limited edition fragrance for men, later this month…
Fragrance gifts for Mother’s Day 2015, part 1
Mother’s Day (in the US, anyway) is coming up on Sunday, 10 May. Here are a few early gift ideas for anyone who wants to get started on their shopping. Watch for part 2 later this month.
From Bvlgari, the Le Gemme Collection Luxury Gift Set, with 100 ml bottles of all six of the Le Gemme fragrances…
Crabtree & Evelyn Parisian Millefleurs & Black Absinthe ~ new fragrances
Crabtree & Evelyn will add two new fragrances to their Heritage Collection, which was introduced in 2013 with seven fragrances. Parisian Millefleurs (shown above) for women and Black Absinthe (shown below) for men will debut in time for Valentine’s Day…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2014, part 4
Our series of holiday gift posts continues with gift ideas for men, although there are plenty of “unisex” ideas in the other articles, and there are probably a few things here that women might like.
From Crabtree & Evelyn, the Indian Sandalwood Traveller set, with 8 ml Indian Sandalwood Cologne, 50 ml Indian Sandalwood Hair & Body Wash, 50 g Indian Sandalwood Shave Cream and 50 ml Indian Sandalwood Aftershave Balm. $26 at Crabtree & Evelyn…
Crabtree & Evelyn Indian Sandalwood Cologne ~ fragrance review
Ah, the wonderful, long-ago days of fragrance, when perfumers used real Mysore sandalwood (santalum album); now, I only get to smell it in my vintage perfumes — where delicious, irreplaceable Indian sandalwood appears like a ghost, a reminder of a loved one long departed. I probably won’t live to see the return of Mysore sandalwood, if it ever returns — the best sandalwood oil comes from trees fifty years or older. The Indian government’s effort to save surviving, old-growth sandalwood trees is in disarray (with trees, even almost-worthless ‘teenage trees,’ being chopped down all the time on government and private property by thieves who trade in sandalwood oil).
Crabtree & Evelyn says the sandalwood in their Indian Sandalwood Cologne1 (formerly named Sandalwood, and presumably tweaked) is from sustainably harvested sandalwood trees…