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Serge Lutens wants you to turn your perfume application into a 3 part ritual. Are you game? Step 1, Confit de Parfum, shown above left. "Confit de parfum La fille de Berlin offers a sensorial gesture, heightened by the warmth of your skin. A new gesture, more sensorial, more intimate, to discover another facet of La fille de Berlin. A touch is enough for an intense fragrance." (The main ingredient is dimethicone, so this should be like a dry oil. $195 CAD for 25 ml.) Then, step 2, you spray on your regular perfume. Step 3, Toison d'or, the hair perfume, shown above right. "In movement the scent diffuses, subtly perfuming the hair with fragrance for an alluring and bewitching trail." ($110 CAD for 50 ml). Available in La Fille de Berlin, Ambre Sultan and Chergui, at Holt Renfrew in Canada.

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Holiday gift idea? One for you and one for me? "Three fragrance must-haves from L'Artisan Parfumeur in travel sizes, wrapped in a gorgeous green leather pouch.This fragrance gift set includes the incense flower of Passage d'Enfer, the sweetness of Noir Exquis and the mischievous charm of Mûre and Musc Extrême. The collection is presented in a beautiful box designed by illustrator Katie Scott, with a winter spirit to celebrate the magical holiday season." 3 x 10 ml, $120 at Saks.

 

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Cire Trudon's latest candle: the limited edition Mary. "The fantastical world by Mary Shelley's work : a combination of spices as the recipe for a strange potion, tender and exotic wood notes expressing desire for movement, a soft amber and tobacco accord reminiscent of certain scents of her time. The Mary perfume is theatrical, with a luminous depth: floral and spicy notes of immortelle, tuberose, star aniseed and cardamom hint at maverick travels that a heady heart – composed of patchouli, Cedar, Gaiac wood – further transgresses. Mary is a subversive perfume: the testament of a rich interior life, it reveals the life of a cursed heroine." Additional notes include juniper, pepper, papyrus, labdanum and moss. $140 for 270g or $650 for the giant 2.8kg.

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It's early for a cocktail, but still, this got me thinking: "Jasmine syrup by Bacanha is an aromatic concentrate of flowers from this famous plant. Its sweet and flowery aroma combines with its exceptional scent. Raw jasmine syrup will be perfect for your tea, iced tea, lemonade, mocktail and cocktail preparations." $13 for 400 ml at Beautyhabit, where they also have Organic Raw Basil syrup, plus two syrup gift sets (Lemon Life, with Bergamot, Yuzu and Lime; or Cocktail Tonic, with Ginger, Mojito and Rose).

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New stuff from Lush UK that I hope gets to the US soon: Sweet Wild Orange Hand Balm ("Sublimely orange scented, refresh and cool with this hard working hand cream. Suitable for everyone, the glycerine and aloe formula will moisturise and repair the skin"; £12 for 100g) and Posh Chocolate Body Wash ("This deliciously self-centred chocolate body wash is packed with aloe vera and glycerine to soften and hydrate delicate skin"; £8 for 100g or £15 for 225g). Both products come in tubs. Also new-ish for the holiday season, Jolly Shower Gel ("Imagine taking all the smells of Christmas—the citrus, the spice and everything nice—and turning it into a shower gel. A Jolly thought, isn't it?") and Jilted Elf Body Spray ("Keep Jilted Elf on a shelf or somewhere close by when you need a quick spritz of its energizing grapefruit, cinnamon and ginger aroma").

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