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Lazy weekend poll ~ Haiku challenge 2013!

Morning at Miyajima by Gihachiro Okuyama

Today, our fourth annual Haiku Challenge (if you like, you can check out 2010, 2011 and 2012 for inspiration).

Pick a perfume or a perfume house (or really, anything related to perfume), write a haiku about it. Use the simplified English form — your haiku should have three lines, the first line with five syllables, the second line with seven syllables and the third line with five syllables. You can put the perfume name in the title if that makes it easier, and at any rate, don’t stress over the rules of traditional haiku — this is just for fun…

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CEW Beauty Awards ~ 2013 Winners

CEW Beauty Awards

CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women) held their annual beauty awards yesterday. The winners for this year’s awards in fragrance are:

Women’s Scent Prestige ~ Marc Jacobs Dot

Women’s Scent Mass ~ Halle Berry Closer

Men’s Scent ~ Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb

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Memo Irish Leather ~ new fragrance

Memo Irish Leather

French niche line Memo will launch Irish Leather, the first fragrance in the new Cuirs Nomades collection, in June. The scent is an homage to Ireland and the smell of tack rooms and horseback riding…

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UK Fifi Awards 2013 ~ the winners

UK Fifi Awards logo

The Fragrance Foundation UK held their annual Fifi Awards last night, and the winners are:

Best New Fragrance

Women’s: Marc Jacobs Dot

Men’s: Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb

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Calvin Klein Downtown ~ new fragrance

Calvin Klein Downtown

Calvin Klein will launch Downtown, a new fragrance for women fronted by actress Rooney Mara. The target market is women 25 to 35…

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