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Perfumista tip: on perfume layering

Posted by Robin on 6 December 2007 107 Comments

Sula Vixen fragrance set

Several people have asked for a post on perfume layering. I am undoubtedly not the best person to write such a post, so am counting on reader assistance here — please share advice or favorite layering combinations in the comments!

What is perfume layering

A quick Google search will show you that many consumers and perfume companies define layering as using more than one form of the same scent, that is, using the perfume over the matching body lotion or dusting powder, or what have you. What your typical perfumista means by the term is quite different, and involves applying more than one perfume at the same time to create an entirely new fragrance…

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Perfume reading in the Times

Posted by Robin on 20 September 2006 Leave a Comment

Arielle Dombasle, the French actress and singer described as "perhaps the Frenchest person alive"...

...is not content just to dab on a bit of store-bought stuff, a 20th-century practice she derides as lacking in imagination. Rather, she concocts her own mixture from Cuir de Russie by Chanel, Aromatic Elixir by Clinique and a cheap off-brand white musk she stockpiles from a shop on the Lower East Side.

Read the rest in the New York Times (and thanks to Ruth for the link!), and also check out Chandler Burr's latest fragrance reviews in Scent Strip.

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