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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2017, part 6

Posted by Robin on 4 April 2017 8 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special edition bottles from Annick Goutal, Jo Malone, Christian Dior and Paco Rabanne, plus a new Eau de Toilette version of Shiseido Ever Bloom.

Annick Goutal+Claudie Pierlot Petite Chérie

From Annick Goutal, a collector edition of Petite Chérie with decorations from French brand Claudie Pierlot. Due to launch this month, in 100 ml (above left), plus 20 ml travel spray with pouch (above right) and 50 ml Hair Mist (not shown). There’s also a Claudie Pierlot Petite Chérie t-shirt. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the French non-profit La Chaîne de l’Espoir…

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Jo Malone Tobacco & Mandarin ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 29 March 2017 36 Comments

Jo Malone Tobacco & Mandarin

Inspired by the free-spirited artists of the legendary Bloomsbury group—writers, philosophers and intellectuals, most notable among them Virginia Woolf—this collection of scents captures the intoxicating essence of an unconventional life in their legendary country house in the Bloomsbury area. Each bottle in the collection is hand painted. —Nordstrom

As we perfumistas know, inspirations for scents rarely translate into realistic representations: “This perfume is SO Virginia Woolf!” That’s fine…we can still enjoy the resulting perfume even if it’s not catty, depressed, inhibited, or a genius. But why can’t Nordstrom get the country house right in the PR above? The Bloomsbury area of metro London is NOT the country and the houses there associated with the Bloomsbury group are on Gordon Square. You have to travel 90 minutes outside London to see THE country house of the Bloomsbury set: Charleston farmhouse…

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Jo Malone Blue Hyacinth and Leather & Artemisia ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 23 March 2017 41 Comments

Jo Malone Bloomsbury Set

Jo Malone recently launched its springtime limited edition collection, The Bloomsbury Set. Once again, the collection has an appropriately English theme. These five fragrances — Blue Hyacinth, Garden Lilies, Leather & Artemisia, Tobacco & Mandarin and Whisky & Cedarwood — were reportedly inspired by the Bloomsbury Group and artist Vanessa Bell’s Charleston House in Sussex. I say “reportedly” because that information was shared in early press releases, although the Jo Malone website now only refers vaguely to “free spirited artists” living “an unconventional life in their legendary country house.”

Samples of Jo Malone’s limited editions are hard to come by, so this review is based on visit to a Jo Malone counter and a generous application of two fragrances that particularly interested me…

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Jo Malone Star Magnolia ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 13 March 2017 6 Comments

Jo Malone Star Magnolia

Jo Malone will launch Star Magnolia, a new limited edition fragrance for women, in May…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 27 February 2017 10 Comments

Jo Malone bar soaps, Michael Angrove

I don't adore any of these fragrances, but I do adore the fantastic wrappings by artist Michael Angove. 100g bar soaps from Jo Malone, in Lime Basil Mandarin, Blackberry & Bay, Red Roses, English Pear & Freesia and Pomegranate Noir. $20 each. (And a tip from Angove: "Each of the soap wraps have been individually edited so that every soap has a little bug to find. While some are quite easy to find, some or impossibly difficult, especially on the English Pear and Freesia wrap, where there is a caterpillar in cognito.")

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