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Fragrance gifts for Mother’s Day 2016, part 1

Posted by Robin on 26 April 2016 9 Comments

Mother’s Day (in the US, anyway) is coming up on Sunday, 8 May. It’s time to get shopping, so here are a scented gift ideas for 2016.

Hèrmes Le Petit Bain bundle

From Hèrmes, Le Petit Bain bundle: pick a 50 ml fragrance, and add one or two body products of your choice. Prices vary; the selection show above is $219 (shipping is free). At Hèrmes USA…

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Perfume for Children & Fragonard Jasmin

Posted by Kevin on 14 October 2015 64 Comments

illustration modified from Afternoon Tea: Rhymes for Children. by J. G. Sowerby

Friends often ask me what perfumes are appropriate for…CHILDREN! Call me old fashioned, but I don’t want to smell a child wearing Kouros (the shock…like seeing a six-year-old boy sporting a handle-bar moustache) or Chanel No. 5 (as surreal an experience as any episode of Toddlers & Tiaras). Colognes for children should be light, simple, unobtrusive, but still have some lasting power (otherwise the child is likely to reapply constantly). Oh, and children’s colognes should be inexpensive (I bet they’ll leave their perfume in the car on a hot day or lose it).

I started keeping a perfume notebook a few years ago, and I just added Fragonard Jasmin1 to my list of fragrances appropriate for young, female perfume lovers…

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Fragonard Lune de Miel ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 9 June 2015 4 Comments

Fragonard Lune de Miel

Fragonard has launched Lune de Miel, a new fragrance for women…

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Fragrance gifts for Mother’s Day 2015, part 1

Posted by Robin on 17 April 2015 25 Comments

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.

Bvlgari Le Gemme Collection Luxury Gift Set

From Bvlgari, the Le Gemme Collection Luxury Gift Set, with 100 ml bottles of all six of the Le Gemme fragrances…

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Fragonard Santal Cardamome ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 March 2015 11 Comments

Fragonard Santal Cardamome

Fragonard has launched Santal Cardamome, a new addition to their Le Jardin de Fragonard collection. The last in the series was 2014’s Rose Ambre…

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