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Hugo Boss Hugo Man Extreme & Hugo Woman Extreme ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 1 February 2016 2 Comments

Hugo Extreme

Hugo Boss has launched Hugo Man Extreme and Hugo Woman Extreme, new flankers to 1995’s Hugo Man and 1997’s Hugo Woman respectively…

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Paco Rabanne Invictus Aqua & Olympea Aqua ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 30 January 2016 Leave a Comment

Paco Rabanne Invictus Aqua & Olympea Aqua

Paco Rabanne has launched Invictus Aqua and Olympéa Aqua, new limited edition flankers to 2013’s Invictus fragrance for men and 2015’s Olympéa fragrance for women…

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5 perfumes: flankers I like better than the original fragrance

Posted by Robin on 29 January 2016 150 Comments

Thierry Mugler Angel Liqueur de Parfum

We all complain about flankers, and they’re an easy mark: there are too many of them (really, WAY too many of them) and the general tendency of flankers, of course, is to dumb down, or sportify, or summer-ize, or oud-ify, or otherwise attenuate a possibly already less-than-marvelous pillar fragrance. But I’m sure I’m not the only one that has a few flankers I like better than the original. Here are my five picks,1 do share yours!

Tops on my list is Givenchy’s Organza Indecence. I never did care, either way, about Organza…

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Karl Lagerfeld Ocean View ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 29 January 2016 2 Comments

Karl Lagerfeld Ocean View

Karl Lagerfeld will launch Ocean View, a new limited edition fragrance duo, in March. The Ocean View scents are variations on the Karl Lagerfeld for Women and Karl Lagerfeld for Men scents introduced in 2014…

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Ungaro La Diva ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 28 January 2016 9 Comments

Ungaro La Diva

Emanuel Ungaro will launch La Diva, a new fragrance for women, in March. La Diva is a follow-up to 1982’s Diva…

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