Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday, June 20th…it’ll be here before you know it.

From John Varvatos, the Artisan fragrance in a gift set with Eau de Toilette, After Shave Gel, Hair & Body Wash. $58 at Nordstrom…
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Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday, June 20th…it’ll be here before you know it.

From John Varvatos, the Artisan fragrance in a gift set with Eau de Toilette, After Shave Gel, Hair & Body Wash. $58 at Nordstrom…
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Christian Dior has added a third fragrance to the Escale collection: next month, Escale aux Marquises joins Escale à Portofino and Escale à Pondichéry…
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If you still need to come up with a gift for Mother’s Day, you’re running out of time! Here are a few more scented gift ideas:

From Laduree, scented candles in Caramel au beurre salé…
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Spring! Finally. It isn’t summer, but it’s almost summer, and if, like me, you detest the cold, that’s very nearly the best thing about it. The absolute best thing, of course, is the flowers. My list is heavily weighted towards the “pretty floral” fragrance category, and it’s also heavily weighted towards niche, and expensive. Sorry, it just worked out that way. Hopefully, my fellow bloggers did a better job on the diversity front: see Bois de Jasmin, Grain de Musc, Perfume Posse and Perfume Smellin’ Things for more top 10 lists. Meantime, here’s mine:
CB I Hate Perfume Black March: the smell of spring, and the perfect thing to wear on a warm, rainy April day, although there’s something about it that can tend towards the melancholy. If you can’t afford it, you can make do with Demeter Dirt — someone called Black March the high def version of Dirt, and that’s apt…
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Model Leticia Birkheuer for Christian Dior's Pure Poison. Jean-Baptiste Mondino, 2004.