Demeter has launched Swimming Pool, a new unisex fragrance:
Dive Into The Pool
A soft, watery, natural ozone scent… wrapped in a fresh cotton towel…
Demeter’s Swimming Pool is the lingering memory of the pool water on the skin, not the pool itself…
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Demeter has launched Swimming Pool, a new unisex fragrance:
Dive Into The Pool
A soft, watery, natural ozone scent… wrapped in a fresh cotton towel…
Demeter’s Swimming Pool is the lingering memory of the pool water on the skin, not the pool itself…
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Demeter has launched another in their series of candy-inspired collections: the Tootsie Collection. There are three fragrances named for popular sweets from Tootsie Roll Industries, established in 1896 and named for owner Leo Hirshfield's 5 year old daughter. The scents: Tootsie Roll, Tropical Dots and Junior Mints.
Tootsie Roll is “A luscious and delectable combination of fudge, caramel, chocolate and vanilla that brings back childhood memories of simple and easy pleasures”…
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Yesterday I wore two discontinued favorites: L’Artisan’s lovely Jacinthe des Bois and Gobin Daudé’s Sous Le Buis. Layered, the combination was the perfect spring-time fragrance: happy, floral, and very green. But the cool evenings of spring are also perfect for incense fragrances. Here are four worth considering:
I loved Incense extrême by Tauer Perfumes, and I can’t remember now why I took it into my head that I wouldn’t like the newer Incense rosé nearly as well. Whatever the reason, I was quite wrong, as I like it even better. This is a simply lovely fragrance, not quite so bright and airy as the extrême, but still, not quite dark: it has the same soaring quality…
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Coming this month from Aramis, Aramis Classic Reserve, a new limited edition variation on the original 1964 Aramis fragrance for men:
The company compares the fragrance to a bottle of vintage wine or aged scotch. “We harnessed the most premium ingredients from the original Aramis Classic fragrance to create an unparalleled luxury scent,” explained Trudi Loren, vice president, global fragrance development worldwide, Aramis and Designer Fragrances…
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In introducing their new Egg Nog fragrance, Demeter made the claim “If you love Egg Nog, you’ll love Demeter’s Egg Nog…and if you hate it, maybe you just haven’t had GOOD Egg Nog”. I am in a different bind: I can’t remember what egg nog really tastes like. I haven’t had it in years. I don’t think I ever liked it, but honestly I’m not even sure…