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L’Artisan Mandarine Tout Simplement fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 4 May 2006 26 Comments

L'Artisan Mandarine Tout Simplement fragranceL'Artisan Mandarine Tout Simplement fragrance

Mandarine Tout Simplement is this year’s limited edition summer fragrance from L’Artisan Parfumeur, following last year’s Extrait de Songe and 2004’s Ananas Fizz. It was created by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti and the notes are green mandarin, ginger, yellow mandarin, frangipani, red mandarin, and white cedar.

The top notes are just a joy: tart mandarin with lots of peel and a little fizz of ginger underneath, very juicy and summery and bright. Like the most glorious summer day in early June, regrettably, it cannot last, and so goes Mandarine; it fades rapidly into a sheer, blended floral over cedar, pretty, but not nearly so compelling as what came before…

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L'Artisan Fou d'Absinthe & Diptyque Eau de Lierre ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 20 April 2006 48 Comments

L'Artisan Fou d'Absinthe

Fou d’Absinthe will be the next release from L’Artisan, and the first to feature their newly redesigned packaging. The fragrance for men, in Eau de Parfum concentration, was created by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti…

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L'Artisan Mandarine Tout Simplement & other new fragrances for Spring

Posted by Robin on 1 April 2006 10 Comments

L'Artisan Mandarine Tout Simplement

L’Artisan has launched Mandarine Tout Simplement, a limited edition summer fragrance for 2006.

The Eau de Toilette was created by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti and features green mandarin, ginger, yellow mandarin, frangipani, red mandarin, and white cedar…

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Candle report: Intreccio no. 1 by L’Artisan & Bottega Veneta

Posted by Victoria on 9 February 2006 4 Comments

Intreccio no.1 is the first candle created by Olivia Giacobetti in collaboration with L’Artisan Parfumeur and Bottega Veneta. It is meant to evoke a library in an old Venetian house, and indeed lighting the candle sends forth a whiff of leatherbound books and well-polished wood. Like opening a wooden chiffonier containing old love letters, the fragrance envelops one in the same bittersweet nostalgic tenderness that is captured on their yellowed pages. Rather than being just a pleasant scent, I find the fragrance of Intreccio no. 1 evocative of another place and time…

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Home fragrance review: L’Ambre candle by L’Artisan

Posted by Victoria on 29 December 2005 2 Comments

The most wonderful aspect of the L'Ambre candle by L'Artisan is its ability to create a festive atmosphere with a gentle relaxing touch. It is not the madness of the last minute holiday dinner preparation nor the mini crisis of a gift not purchased, but the vision of having a glass of mulled wine in front of a large fireplace. The warmth of amber, darkly powdery and vanillic is delectably underpinned by the balsamic accent of labdanum. The pine bark quality prevents L'Ambre from becoming overly sweet and gourmand, even though there are moments when I notice the scent of gingerbread wafting in the air…

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