Posted by Marlen
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29 December 2005
Issey Miyake’s 2nd men’s fragrance, a follow-up to 1994’s L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme, smells more like something that might have been created for Comme des Garcons than Issey Miyake. A far cry from the citrus-packed L’Eau of the early 90’s, L’Eau Bleue is an unusual mélange of mandarin orange, lemongrass, rosemary, elemi, star anise, nasturtium, may rose absolute, ginger absolute, palmarosa, patchouli, sandalwood, and musk mallow. It was created by perfumer Jacques Cavallier.
A surprising blend of notes that might work well in a dish at your local Thai restaurant, L’Eau Bleue is anything but your standard aquatic fragrance…
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Posted by Robin
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29 December 2005
L'Occitane is having a sale: many items 35% to 70% off, including Vetyver EdT, currently $9.50 for 100 ml.
And perfumebay is having a contest: for every order of $50 or more between now and 1/13, get a chance to win a $200 gift certificate.
Posted by Robin
on
29 December 2005
The woman who was awarded 10.6 million dollars after claiming that a co-worker's Tresor perfume made her sick has had her award lowered to $814,000 by a judge in Detroit. (via United Press International; link to article no longer working)
The most wonderful aspect of the L'Ambre candle by L'Artisan is its ability to create a festive atmosphere with a gentle relaxing touch. It is not the madness of the last minute holiday dinner preparation nor the mini crisis of a gift not purchased, but the vision of having a glass of mulled wine in front of a large fireplace. The warmth of amber, darkly powdery and vanillic is delectably underpinned by the balsamic accent of labdanum. The pine bark quality prevents L'Ambre from becoming overly sweet and gourmand, even though there are moments when I notice the scent of gingerbread wafting in the air…
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