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31 May 2005
Kai is a fragrance created by Gaye Straza Rappaport, who wanted to capture the aroma of her vacations in Hawaii. It has something of a cult following (it was included in Style magazine’s 2002 list of 5 Great Cult Perfumes) and has its own little celebrity fan base (Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Charlize Theron, and Naomi Watts are all rumored to wear it). The notes are gardenia, jasmine, tuberose, and lily.
Kai is a relatively simple, easy-to-wear scent. It starts with sharp green notes and gardenia. The sharpness fades, and the gardenia softens as it is joined by the other floral notes, but gardenia remains the prominent note…
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Posted by Robin
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31 May 2005
New at luckyscent: the Renée line.
Coming to lusciouscargo: the Costume National line.
Posted by Robin
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31 May 2005
The Fragrance Foundation now has an adapted version of Michael Edward's directory, Fragrances of the World, available online.
Posted by Robin
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31 May 2005
Space NK, the UK apothecary chain, has released a new scent for men, Space NK Blue. The fragrance was created by Christopher Sheldrake and is described as “a fresh blend of lime, grapefruit, star anise and basil with lavender, geranium and amber in a clean woody base of cedar leaf, patchouli and oakmoss.”…
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Posted by Robin
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30 May 2005
Mme. Alix Grès launched her design house, Grès, in Paris in 1942, and maintained control of her perfume line until the early 1980s. Parfums Grès has had a complicated ownership history since then. In 2002, it was sold by the Escada Group to Silvio Denz, and as far as I can figure out, his company still owns it.
Cabochard, probably the house’s best known perfume, was created by nose Bernard Chant, and launched in 1959. The notes are bergamot, mandarin, aldehydes, galbanum, ylang ylang, jasmine, rose, clove buds, oakmoss, tobacco, musk, iris, sandalwood, vetiver, leather, castoreum, patchouli and labdanum.
Cabochard starts with citrus and deep green notes. It is a dark fragrance right from the start…
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