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The swapmeet, episode 14

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The swapmeet (episode 14) is open for business! PLEASE read the instructions! (For those of you who refuse to read the instructions, please do not respond to anyone else’s comment except to say that their email address does not work. ANYTHING else you need to say, say it in an email. If you insist on responding to a comment, I will delete your comment. If you want to know how to swap for something, see #6 below!) For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, swapping, there will be a poll along shortly.

Don’t know what swapping is, or you know but you’ve never tried it? See here. You can also take a look at the feedback from episode 3, episode 4, episode 5, episode 6 and episodes 7-8, episodes 9-10.

Please, do not participate if you do not have time to mail your items within the next two weeks! Another swapmeet will be coming up in the fall…

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Anna Sui Fantasia Mermaid ~ fragrance review

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Let the wave of new spring fragrances begin! Here’s one from Anna Sui, and it’s fit to be part of this seasonal “wave” (hah) for more than one reason: it’s a flanker to 2017’s Fantasia, named Fantasia Mermaid.

Have any of you tried the original Fantasia? I spritzed and sniffed it during a visit to Anna Sui’s Manhattan boutique, and it wasn’t my thing; too dessert-sweet, heavy on its “raspberry praline” accord. (I’ve heard that it’s selling very well, so you should never take my taste as any indicator of commercial success.) But I took a chance on Fantasia Mermaid, just to have the opportunity to play with the fun, mermaid-topped bottle, and I realized that it’s fairly dissimilar…

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Etat Libre d’Orange Les Fleurs du Dechet / I Am Trash ~ fragrance review

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Let’s imagine I gather up fabric scraps and make a fantastic quilt (in the geometric style of Sonia Delaunay’s paintings of course). I could say to those raving about my quilt: “Oh. THAT piece of trash?!” Or I might venture to a lumber yard and, like Louise Nevelson long ago, gather bits and pieces of wood to make a sculpture. “The title of this piece is ‘Garbage.'” In a food waste context, huge amounts of spent grains remain after beer production; those can be used to feed animals or people. Coffee grounds make a great growing medium for mushrooms and are an excellent soil amendment. Similarly, Etat Libre d’Orange has used “upcycled” materials (reused waste from perfume-making) to supplement the creation of Les Fleurs du Déchet, more dramatically titled “I Am Trash.”

Les Fleurs du Déchet is a great name…

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Les Parfums de Rosine Eloge du Vert, Bleu Abysse, Bois Fuchsia ~ fragrance reviews

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If you read my recent review of Les Parfums de Rosine Vanille Paradoxe and you were curious about the other three fragrances in Rosine’s Les Extravagants collection, never fear — here I am with further thoughts about this quartet! Even from a visual standpoint, Les Extravagants are clearly intended to stand apart from the house’s original collection. Their jewel-toned bottles have black ribbed caps, with no ornamental tassels, bows or tutus; even their boxes are redesigned, with the original design made bolder and more geometrical, a pattern of dark Art Deco diamonds rather than a delicate trellis in gold on white.

Les Parfums de Rosine has often ventured beyond a traditional interpretation of rose perfume…

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Atelier Cologne Pacific Lime ~ fragrance review

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Years ago, when I reviewed the Cire Trudon limited edition candle, Merida Arquiste, I lamented the fact that I couldn’t think of a good guava-centric perfume “out there” that could match Merida’s fruit note. Now, Atelier Cologne has launched Pacific Lime.* Though (I assume) no guava was harmed in Pacific Lime’s manufacture, the fragrance’s notes conjure the aroma of a pink guava at perfect ripeness…

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