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28 September 2010
Lady Million is Paco Rabanne’s newish feminine counterpart to 1 Million, a fragrance that I liked even less than Kevin did — in fact, the only thing I liked about 1 Million was the fun commercial.
The commercial for Lady Million was a little less fun — it was so much like the 1 Million commercial that it seemed like an afterthought — but I like the fragrance a little better. The start is rocky: mega-sweet neon fruit punch over a darkish base, and for a moment or two I thought we were going down the same candied road as Black XS, or any number of the loud fruitcholi perfumes of the past couple years. But it dries down reasonably quickly into your basic ambery-musky woods…
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Posted by Robin
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27 May 2010
Paco Rabanne will launch Lady Million, the feminine “alter ego” of Paco Rabanne 1 Million, in July. The Lady Million fragrance is a fresh woody floral, and is fronted by model Dree Hemingway…
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Posted by Robin
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19 March 2010
Perfumer Beatrice Piquet passed away earlier this month after a long illness. She was 46 years old, and started working at International Flavors & Fragrances at the age of 17. In 2008, she was promoted to Senior Perfumer at IFF.
Among her many creations: Banana Republic Jade for women, Burberry The Beat, Bvlgari Rose Essentielle…
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11 December 2009
Burberry will launch Burberry Sport fragrances for women and men in February (look for a prestige makeup line to follow in July). The new scents “are meant to pack a high-octane punch”…
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Posted by Robin
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14 July 2009
David & Victoria Beckham will launch Signature Story, a new duo of flankers to 2008′s Beckham Signature for Him and Beckham Signature for Her fragrances, in September.
Inspired by their love of all things vintage, Signature Story conveys the modern day love story of David and Victoria Beckham…
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