Holiday fragrance gifts 2013, part 2

Posted by Robin on 3 December 2013 14 Comments

Our 2013 series of holiday gift posts continues — today we’ve got travel sizes and coffrets, plus perfume subscription plans for sample-fiend perfumistas. If you missed it, check out Part 1: scented body products. Up next: home fragrance, probably on Thursday, then men’s fragrance gifts coming up this weekend.

More holiday shopping ideas: check out Bois de Jasmin’s Holiday Gifts Ideas from French Magazines.

Aedes de Venustas purse sprays

From Aedes de Venustas, a purse spray in the brand’s signature fragrance or the newer Iris Nazarena. $195, includes three 10 ml refills, at Aedes…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2013, part 25

Posted by Robin on 15 November 2013 14 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Comme des Garçons Perfume Architecture

From Comme des Garçons, the Perfume Architecture series: “Three limited edition perfumes for 2013 exploring new dimensional concepts around three Comme des Garçons perfume classics – Wonderwood, Man 2 and Amazingreen.” Due to launch this week at Dover Street Market in London…

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Celebrity perfume reviews: Rihanna Rogue, One Direction Our Moment, Nicki Minaj Minajesty

Posted by Robin on 17 October 2013 29 Comments

The year is nearly over, and even more so than usual, I’ve fallen way behind on the celebrity fragrance releases — if memory serves, Katy Perry Killer Queen was the only celebrity perfume I reviewed all year, although I did manage to try quite a few others quickly on paper. It’s too late to catch up now, but here are three I spent some time with recently.

If you’ve smelled anything fabulous from a celebrity in 2013, do comment! Otherwise, I’m going to assume that I didn’t miss much.

Rihanna Rogue

When a commenter said that Rogue, the latest from Rihanna, smelled like Bottega Veneta, it shot to the top of my “get” list, and I refused to be discouraged even by reports in the Daily Mail that it was closer to a “strong whiff of ripe peaches or peach jam, while it’s still bubbling in the pan on the hob”…

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