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The Bubble Roome Home Sweet Home ~ home fragrance review
I rarely experiment with seasonal scents at this time of year: I traditionally wear my trusty Caron Nuit de Noel perfume to holiday parties, and I might purchase some fresh potpourri from Santa Maria Novella, but that’s about it. The Bubble Roome’s Home Sweet Home is the first new holiday-themed product I’ve adopted in a long time. It’s a multi-purpose, water-based formula fragranced with a blend of oils; its scent notes are listed as frankincense, cinnamon, peach, blood orange, plum, woody juniper, spruce, pine, vanilla, and musk.
Home Sweet Home is sold as a combination “room refresher, linen spray, body spray.” I’ve been using it liberally around the kitchen, spritzing it lightly onto curtains and sofa pillows in the living room, and testing it on my skin and hair. Any of these methods creates an instant holiday mood…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2008 part 5
From Pacifica, a “Fruits and Flowers of Paradise” coffret with five of their spray perfumes (Hawaiian Ruby Guava, Tahitian Gardenia, Tuscan Blood Orange and Mediterranean Fig), $100. For slightly less $, check out the Solid Perfume Gift box with nine solids (Bali Lime Papaya, Tahitian Gardenia, Malibu Lemon Blossom, Brazilian Mango Grapefruit, Hawaiian Ruby Guava, Waikiki Pikake, Tibetan Mountain Temple, Tuscan Blood Orange and Mediterranean Fig) for $75…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2008 part 4
From Annick Goutal: the Les Soliflores set, with 50 ml bottles of Eau de Toilette in La Violette, Neroli, Le Jasmin, Le Chevrefeuille (Honeysuckle) and Le Muguet (Lilly of the Valley). $400 at Saks Fifth Avenue…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2008 part 3
From Czech & Speake, their popular No. 88 unisex fragrance (“No.88 has a fresh, woody top note of reviving and uplifting bergamot, the richness and warmth of geranium, rose otto, cassie and exotic frangipani. Combined with dry base notes of vetiver and sandalwood, this modern classic has a full-bodied, sophisticated sensuality.”) in a Deluxe Gift Set with 200 ml Cologne Shaker, 200 ml bottle of Bath Oil and two soaps. £165 at Czech & Speake…