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Estee Lauder Private Collection Jasmine White Moss ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 14 July 2009 100 Comments

Aerin Lauder for Estee Lauder Private Collection Jasmine White Moss fragrance

Jasmine White Moss is the latest addition to Estée Lauder’s Private Collection range. It’s reportedly based on an unfinished fragrance that Estée Lauder herself had been working on in the 1980s:

Estée conceived Formula #546AQ, as it was known, as a new way to convey sparkling freshness balanced with sophisticated elegance and a distinctive signature. However, it was left unfinished in her lifetime and was gradually forgotten for many years.

Often inspired by her grandmother’s work, Aerin Lauder, Estée Lauder Senior Vice President and Creative Director, was looking back through the archives and rediscovered this lost fragrance. She fell in love with its unexpectedly lively, modern spirit and decided to complete the fragrance, using today’s advanced technology and the finest natural ingredients direct from France.1

Private Collection Jasmine White Moss is classified as a green floral chypre. Like the other Private Collection scents (see Tuberose Gardenia and Amber Ylang Ylang), it goes on big…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2009, part 7

Posted by Robin on 29 June 2009 58 Comments

Kenzo Ryoko 2009

Kenzo’s yearly Ryoko collection (travel-sized “fragrance pebbles”), done up in a high-gloss finish for 2009. This year’s fragrances include Flower by Kenzo, Kenzo Amour and L’Eau Par Kenzo for women, L’Eau Par Kenzo Pour Homme and Kenzo Homme for men. $29 each for 20 ml at Kenzo USA…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2009, part 6

Posted by Robin on 18 June 2009 29 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.

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From Pucci, a limited edition collector bottle of Pucci Vivara Eau de Parfum: Vivara Black Edition. Around 66€…

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Crazylibellule and The Poppies Les Garconnes ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 20 May 2009 41 Comments

crazy-garconnesCrazylibellule and The Poppies will launch a new collection of solid twist-up perfumes or “CrazySticks” under the name Les Garçonnes (prior collections include Shanghaijava, Poule de Luxe and Les Divines Alcoves). Expected to launch later this month, Les Garçonnes comprises 7 new fragrances, all developed by perfumer Olivia Jan and inspired by the 1920s: Chère Louise, Hommage à Gabrielle, Pompon Gardenia, Rose à Saïgon, Jeanne Voyage, Joséphine Jonquille and Tamara Charleston…

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Marc Jacobs Lola ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 8 May 2009 104 Comments

Marc Jacobs Lola fragrance

Marc Jacobs will follow the very successful Daisy fragrance with the “more sensual” Lola, Daisy’s “confident and slightly vampy older sister”. Lola will launch in August.

Lola was developed by perfumer Calice Becker, and the notes feature pink peppercorn, pear d’anjou, ruby red grapefruit, fuchsia peony, rose, geranium, vanilla, tonka bean and creamy musk…

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