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Fragrance of the Big Apple

Posted by Robin on 17 August 2006 4 Comments

Eau Dear: Sniffing Out the Big Apple's Smelliest Spots in today's Washington Post looks at some of New York City's more aromatic attractions, and no, they don't mean perfume stores. Columnist David Segal takes Laurice Rahme of Bond no. 9 on a "hunt for stupefying aromas -- a stink safari, if you will". Many thanks to Ruth for the link!

Lancome opens in NYC & other perfume news

Posted by Robin on 25 March 2006 14 Comments

Lancome boutique openingLancome opened its first boutique and spa in Manhattan yesterday, on Columbus Avenue in the Upper West Side:

Traffic literally stopped thanks to 10 beautiful New York men, donning traditional French berets, who lured neighborhood residents into the new boutique with dashing smiles, pink roses and deluxe samples of Lancome’s hottest products…

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Too many Hummer fragrances & other perfume news

Posted by Robin on 28 October 2005 14 Comments

A writer in the San Francisco Chronicle professes some dismay over the fact that there are now two Hummer fragrances:

All of which begs the obvious, painful question: Who, pray, is buying this stuff? And perhaps more importantly, what woman is attracted to it? Who in their right mind looks at Hummer cologne and says, “Whoa, dude, a scent based on a hulking, low-grade, environmentally devastating, gas-sucking, oil-belching, horribly designed vehicle that just screams, ‘I don’t give a damn about anything or anyone, and, by the way, screw the baby seals too.’ That is exactly how I want to smell.” (via San Francisco Chronicle)

Priprioca is a fragrant plant…

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Fragrance Week 2005 and other perfume news

Posted by Robin on 17 October 2005 22 Comments

It’s Fragrance Week in New York City and San Francisco. Download a brochure listing all the associated events from The Fragrance Foundation’s website.

Shop Etc magazine has a feature this month on “Miracle Workers”, in which 10 “insiders” share the one “brilliant beauty buy” they are most grateful for every day…

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On celebrity perfumes & other perfumed news items

Posted by Robin on 10 October 2005 Leave a Comment

Two very different takes on the recent spate of celebrity fragrances: “Celebrity Stinks” in The Globe and Mail (link no longer working, sorry!), and “Celebs have a nose for popular scents” in USA Today. Thank you to Patty for the link!

The next celebrity perfume? Marilyn Manson plans to launch his first scent next year…

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