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Bahiana by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 11 August 2005 23 Comments

Maître Parfumeur et Gantier Bahiana perfume

Maître Parfumeur et Gantier released Bahiana earlier this year to celebrate “The Year of Brazil in France”. The fragrance is geared towards a younger market than the brand usually targets, and at the time it was launched, they had not yet decided whether it would be a limited edition or part of the regular line. It features notes of Brazilian orange, caïpirinha lemon, yellow mandarin, tagette, green leaf, rosewood, gaiac wood, elemi, amber, musk, and coconut.

I have only tried Bahiana twice, and rather quickly at that, so these are early raves but I think I have found another summer favorite…

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Lulu Guinness Pink Pearls & more new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 26 April 2005 8 Comments

Lulu Guinness Pink Pearls perfume

Lulu Guinness has released her latest summer limited edition, Pink Pearls. The “radiant floral” features notes of pink grapefruit, tangerine peel, orange blossom, pink tulip, buttercup, apricot, tonka bean, amber, and sandalwood. The fragrance is a tie-in with Guinness’s new book, Put On Your Pearls, Girls! and is available in 100 ml Eau de Parfum…

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Back to orange blossom fragrances…

Posted by Robin on 2 March 2005 29 Comments

orange blossom

Continuing with the orange blossom perfume discussion that started with Santa Maria Novella Acqua di Colonia on Sunday (with apologies for the brief interruption caused by Barbara Bui), here is a round-up of some other orange blossom scents I have tried. I started to include Serge Lutens Fleurs d’Oranger, which had several mentions in the comments to Monday’s orange blossom post, but in the end I left it out. It is a much more complex perfume than the others listed here, and refused to be summed up in a few easy sentences. I will give it more space on another day.

Côté Bastide Fleurs d’Oranger: This is a basic but pretty orange blossom, with just a touch of green and possibly some light citrus notes…

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Tuberose fragrances: a few more to consider

Posted by Robin on 20 February 2005 18 Comments

i Profumi di Firenze Tuberosa d' Autunno

I will not even attempt a comprehensive list of tuberose perfumes, but here are a few tuberose soliflores that I have enjoyed trying.

Caron Tubéreuse: This is an elegant, beautiful tuberose with just a smidgen of the dark Caron undertone…

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