Summer is my favorite time to wear natural perfumes. This is the season when everything is in bloom, so it feels especially appropriate to wear botanical essences; also, the warm weather and warmer skin seem to make the perfumes themselves “flower.” In any case, I’ve spent the past week rotating between several fragrances from indie line Roxana Illuminated Perfume, and the two I’m going to review here are Aurora, an early Illuminated Perfume (first offered in 2006) that keeps drawing me back, and To Bee, the latest release.
Aurora is a floriental with a mood of “vivid light polarized and magnetized.” Its notes include mandarin, jasmine, rose, spice, and amber; like all Illuminated Perfume creations, it is formulated with “plant essential oils, absolutes, and CO2 extracts with tinctured plant material in a base of pure organic grape and grain alcohol.” Aurora’s opening is a nicely blended citrus-spice accord with a touch of clove, followed by some lush ylang ylang (as well as the jasmine). The base is a woodsy-spice blend with a slightly powdery feel and perhaps just a hint of tonka or vanilla. As promised by Illuminated Perfume, Aurora does give off a carnation-like effect by its dry down…
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31 July 2011
New at belk: Estee Lauder Sensuous Nude, Coach Poppy Flower, DKNY Golden Delicious.
New at dillards: Vera Wang Lovestruck, Marc Jacobs Oh, Lola.
Deal at luckyscent: get free shipping on orders of $75 or more with coupon code summertime, good through 8/31. Buy a full-sized Mona di Orio fragrance, get a free 5 ml mini of Mona di Orio Oud OR a trio of minis (Vanille, Tubereuse, Vetyver) using coupon code Mona, good while supplies last.
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31 July 2011
Singer Mary J Blige will launch My Life Blossom, a new fragrance for women, next month. My Life Blossom is a flanker to last year’s My Life, and like that scent was made in collaboration with Carol’s Daughter. It will debut on HSN August 13th. One dollar will be donated to FFAWN (The Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now) for every bottle sold…
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Posted by Robin
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29 July 2011
Same old open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the last perfume that made you laugh, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: image is j'préfère les coquelicots... [cropped] by Biscarotte at flickr; some rights reserved.
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29 July 2011
