Browsing by date: 27 August 2008

Tom Ford White Patchouli ~ perfume review

Tom Ford White Patchouli fragrance advert, Erykah Badu

Tom Ford's latest fragrance is White Patchouli, which seeks to reinvent the patchouli of the 1960s:

With its sensuous core of patchouli, Tom Ford White Patchouli perfectly captures the myth of a generation. Surrounded by sleek wood notes, tempered by elegant white flowers, this modern fragrance with retro-classic influences is a sophisticated interpretation of bohemian chic.

Got that? If you put the emphasis on the chic part and downplay the bohemian part, you've pretty much got the picture.

White Patchouli starts a little loud, but it isn't quite so in-your-face (or nearly as sweet) as Black Orchid, and it quiets pretty quickly, in fact, it verges on subdued after an hour or so. Subdued, from Tom Ford? What is the world coming to…

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Benetton Essence of United Colors of Benetton ~ new fragrances

Essence of United Colors of Benetton fragrancesBenetton will launch Essence of United Colors of Benetton next month. The new fragrances are meant as a “more sophisticated offer designed to emphasize the fragrance’s link with the fashion label”.

Essence of United Colors of Benetton Woman is a fruity floral developed by perfumer Alexandra Kosinski, and features notes of peach, orange, bergamot, freesia, rose, jasmine, patchouli wood, vetiver and white musk…

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Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles 2008, part 6

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Coming in October from Agent Provocateur, their eponymous perfume in the “Agent Provocateur DD” limited edition (above left); the DD stands for “diamond dust”. Yep, it’s got diamond particles right there in the juice, so as to add a little shine, and there’s a shiny metallic finish on the bottle…

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Tauer Perfumes Vetiver Dance ~ new fragrance

Tauer Perfumes Vetiver DanceVetiver Dance, a new unisex fragrance, is coming in October from Tauer Perfumes:

Vetiver oil is one of the most fascinating natural fragrances to work with. Exploring the dark, raw and almost damp earthiness of vetiver oil you may discover hidden gems. Delicate lines of green leaves, clear spices, and soft flower petals…

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