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New & upcoming fragrances: Serge Lutens, Maria Sharapova, Sean Combs

Posted by Robin on 26 August 2005 10 Comments

Serge Lutens Borneo 1834

The latest from Serge Lutens, Borneo 1834, will be an homage to Indonesian Patchouli, and will feature floral notes, galbanum, patchouli, cacao accord, and ciste labdanum. (via Osmoz) I have seen several glowing reports on the fragrance boards from people who have smelled wax samples, and Luca Turin has already reviewed it on his blog, Perfume Notes (sorry, link no longer working). Unfortunately, it will be in the exclusive range so those of us in the United States will have to beg, borrow or steal to get a bottle…

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New fragrances from MAC, L'Artisan, Nicole Farhi & more

Posted by Robin on 15 August 2005 14 Comments

MAC Pinkaura perfumeNew from MAC: Pinkaura (shown), with green notes, freesia, violet, magnolia, amber, and vetiver, and Greenify, with green herbs, green fig, neroli, poppies, coco de mer, amber, vetiver, and vanilla. MV1, MV2, and MV3 have been re-issued. C-Squeeze and Violetrix have disappeared from the MAC website, but are perhaps just out of stock…

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More celebrity fragrances: Bethany Hamilton & Maria Sharapova

Posted by Robin on 3 April 2005 2 Comments

Competitive surfer Bethany Hamilton, who became famous after losing an arm to a shark attack off Kauai, is releasing two fragrances:

Stoked is for girls and Wired is for boys. Stoked blends notes of clementine, pineapple, tropical orchids, lotus blossoms, sandalwood and coconut. Wired includes notes of orange and Asian pear, jasmine, juniper, cedar wood and sandalwood.

You can read more at her website. (via Arizona Business Gazette link no longer working, sorry!)

And tennis star Maria Sharapova will release a "light, flowery scent" this September. (via the Miami Herald another broken link!)

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