Posted by Angela
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20 May 2013
My garden is crazy with roses these days. They splash pink and mauve near the street and waft fruity, peppery fragrance to my neighbors’ porches. I’m greedy with them, and four vases of Madame Isaac Pereire, La Reine Victoria, and Jude the Obscure in varying stages of decrepitude crowd the dining room table (I love their perfume best just as they start to shrivel), and another few vases are crammed on the mantle.
But other than on the stem, the scent of roses doesn’t move me. Sure, I love the occasional spritz of Guerlain Nahéma when I’m feeling over the top, and a dose of Parfum d’Empire Eau Suave is marvelously fresh on a warm day, but otherwise rose can feel institutional and even dowdy. But now, when my garden is flush with roses, it seems right to revisit two often overlooked rose-centered fragrances: Lancôme Miracle and Estée Lauder Intuition…
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Posted by Robin
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20 May 2013
Today we’re helping Carolyn, who wants to find a new perfume — she says she keeps thinking there’s some vintage gem out there that she hasn’t discovered that will evoke an eccentric woman covered in glittering jewels, sitting by the ocean, in the sun. Carolyn just bought Jour d’Hermès and wishes she could find her dark, mysterious, bad-ass sister. She can pay up to $300 if she’s sufficiently obsessed, and she has excellent access to perfume stores. Here is what we know about Carolyn:
She’s in her mid 40s, is Cuban-Dutch-Lebanese and lives in Miami.
She is semi-retired and manages a high-end consignment boutique.
She says she has tan skin, blue eyes and a lion’s mane. She describes her style as St. Tropez rich hippie meets Tom Ford 70s Disco vixen meets nerd.
Carolyn loves Hermès 24 Faubourg, Narciso Rodriguez for Her, Guerlain Mitsouko, Eau de Sisley, Nikki de St. Phalle and pure patchouli oils (the dirtier and more hippie B.O.-smelling the better) to mix…
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Posted by Robin
on
20 May 2013
Deal at aromam: all Geisha perfumes are 30% off + free shipping, offer good through 5/31.
New at barneys: Diptyque L'Eau du 34.
New at first-in-fragrance (GR): Acca Kappa Giallo Elicriso & Giardino Segreto, Creed Fleurs de Gardenia.
Posted by Robin
on
20 May 2013
The Fragrance Foundation of Germany has announced the winners of the 2013 Duftstars awards, the German version of the Fifi awards for the best fragrances:
Women’s Prestige ~ Balenciaga Florabotanica
Men’s Prestige ~ Prada Luna Rossa…
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Posted by Robin
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20 May 2013
Guerlain has launched Shalimar Ode à la Vanille Sur la Route du Mexique, a new gourmand oriental flanker to 1925′s Shalimar, and the latest in the series that began with 2010′s Shalimar Ode à la Vanille…
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