Comments on: Holiday fragrance gifts 2009, part 4 ~ budget edition

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:02:20 +0000

No, thanks for the tip! I don’t know the brand at all.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:01:14 +0000

Frederic Malle did at one time (and might still?) do a coffret of 10 ml travel sprays. It was expensive, but they do have lots of scents. Wish they’d do one at 5 ml…the size of their samples.

By: parfumliefhebber

parfumliefhebber — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:55:38 +0000

The pear soaps would indeed be very nice. Robin, I don’t know whether you get it where you live, but Alessandro hand care also have a very good hand cream. They have a celebrity (I hope I write it as it has to be) 20 years edition: Hands up cream rich intensive 100 ml aprox. $ 21 and a hands up nice day handlotion 100 ml for aprox. $ 16. They contain shea butter and mango butter. Please, if you don’t want to have this comment here, feel free to remove it. Regards,

By: BlackCat

BlackCat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:08:11 +0000

Lovely list–thanks, Robin.

Those pear soaps really are adorable. And I look forward to trying the Sommelier candle.

When I saw the VS coffret, however, for some reason my first thought was, what if Frederic Malle did a coffret like this? Then again, I guess it would be nowhere near $50 or less.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:48:51 +0000

Thank you!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:48:37 +0000

Yes…that’s a common holiday craft here too! When I was younger, you made them to hang in the closet or to put in a dresser drawer.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:47:34 +0000

Oh, that’s too bad! I’ve been happy with them as shower gels.

By: hongkongmom

hongkongmom — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:38:57 +0000

on the Day of Atonement, when we fast totally for about 26 hrs, some of the ladies take an orange, make holes all around through the skin and into the pulp. then they fill it with cloves and it is the most magnificent smell(it helps the hunger , feeling faint and the nausea that come with fasting) it has been done with lemon as well but the orange and clove mix is increadible

By: asuperlongusername

asuperlongusername — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:59 +0000

I have to tell you, I really liked the smell of Oatmeal Cookie (I think) Philosophy 3-in-1 and I was disappointed when I actually used it in the shower. It turned gray as it lathered and the smell got really cloying in my shower. And Robin is correct: these are not meant for a head of hair.

By: miss kitty v.

miss kitty v. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:40:19 +0000

You’re so much more generous than I am. I am so far following the “two for me, none for you” rule this holiday season. I’m horrible.

Happy belated birthday, by the way! I’m always a day late and a dollar short.