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Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely Collection: Dawn, Endless, Twilight ~ new perfumes

Posted by Robin on 31 October 2008 60 Comments

Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely Collection Dawn, Endless & Twilight fragrancesSarah Jessica Parker will launch a new trio of fragrances called The Lovely Collection. According to the actress, Dawn, Endless and Twilight were designed to provide “a little glimpse into my world, something that was genuine and relatable — very specific moments, treasures of time”.

Dawn is a soft floral developed by perfumer Stephen Nilsen…

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Tommy Hilfiger Dreaming ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 3 March 2008 35 Comments

Tommy Hilfiger Dreaming fragrance

Dreaming is the latest fragrance from Tommy Hilfiger, and is meant to appeal to “the Tommy girl grown up”* (but not too grown up: the target market is 18-30). According to Tommy Hilfiger himself…

Tommy Girl is a declaration of independence and Tommy Girl 10, a journey on the open road. Dreaming, on the other hand, captures the sophistication of a woman. It's sensuous, seductive, yet playful and unexpected.**

Dreaming was developed by perfumer Stephen Nilsen, and features peach, tuberose, freesia, white hibiscus, white woods and orris. It smells pretty much like it sounds — this is a fruity floral, sweet and sparkling in the opening, peppery white floral-ish in the heart, cool musky woods with a velvet finish at the end. It is pale and clean throughout…

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Bond no. 9 Andy Warhol Union Square ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 29 December 2007 11 Comments

Bond no 9 Andy Warhol Union Square perfumeBond no. 9's Andy Warhol Union Square, due for launch in March, will be the second of a projected series of twelve fragrances under an agreement with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (the first was Andy Warhol Silver Factory). The packaging features…

…10 different bottles, each with a slightly different version of the flower print based on original silk screens of the “Flowers” print. For avid collectors and hard-core Warhol fanatics, the complete portfolio of 10 100-ml. bottles will be offered in a box for $1,500…

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With Love Hilary Duff fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 10 October 2006 53 Comments

With Love perfume by Hilary Duff

With Love Hilary Duff launched this fall under the Elizabeth Arden label. It is the first scent from the singer/actress (if you are as out of it as I am, here is her Wikipedia entry), who reportedly started working on her fragrance by…

…smelling more than 100 single notes before narrowing her choices down to 10, including amber. “I discovered that everything I really loved was [in] a warm Oriental,” she said. (via Women’s Wear Daily, 7/21/2006)

With Love is a mossy woods fragrance developed by perfumers Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Stephen Nilsen of Quest, and includes notes of mangosteen fruit, exotic spices, chai latte, mangosteen blossom, cocobolo wood, balsam, incense, amber milk and amber musk.

With Love targets women in the 15-24 year old age range…

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