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Cartier Eau de Cartier Essence d’Orange ~ new fragrance

Cartier will launch Eau de Cartier Essence d’Orange, a new unisex flanker to 2001’s Eau de Cartier, in April…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2009, part 15

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.


David Yurman Luxury Jewel CaseQuelques Fleurs L'Original Crystal Collector

From David Yurman, David Yurman Eau de Parfum in the Luxury Jewel Case edition…

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Cartier Les Heures de Parfum ~ fragrance reviews

Cartier Les Heures de Parfum

If I could hire Mathilde Laurent to create a perfume for me based on a time of day, I’d choose dawn. My fragrance — I’ll call it la Naissance du Jour1 in honor of my favorite Colette novel — would evoke happy, and quiet, endings (the last breath of a day that will never return) and the fresh possibilities of the new day that’s just beginning. My fantasy perfume would start off dark (full of Mysore sandalwood, cedar, cypress, agarwood) and turn “bright” like a rising sun (with notes of iris root, sharp, green stems and leaves, galbanum, rain-drenched narcissus blossoms, and vibrant citrus — tangerine, lemon, bergamot). My perfume would be a revelation and its “development in reverse” a miracle — I’d never tire of the fragrance (and not just because it would cost me approximately $80,000).

Cartier’s Les Heures de Parfum collection (created by Laurent) has been petted (heavily) by many in the perfume sphere; the perfumes have been giddily critiqued (no tongues in cheeks, no winks hinting at hyperbole) and deconstructed like complex poems. Cartier must relish the attention, even though the perfumes are currently in limited distribution (less than 30 stores are selling the fragrances worldwide during their first year of release).2

In Women’s Wear Daily, Sabrina Daninos, marketing development director, Cartier fragrances, said the perfumes were “a really ‘haute’ collection of exclusive fragrances for connoisseurs.” Stéphanie Lefoll, market development director, Cartier fragrances, deemed the collection “very exclusive.” Daninos also references the Cartier bespoke fragrance business…

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Holiday fragrance gifts 2009, part 6 ~ for the men

Fresh Soap trio

From Fresh, a limited edition soap trio in Frankincense (“an earthy scent, full of woodsy notes and a hint of exotic incense”), Myrrh (“an uplifting, fruity scent with wild berry notes inspired by the forest”) and Gold (“a warm, soft fragrance that evokes the shimmer of precious metal in sunlight”). Three 250g bars, $45…

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Holiday fragrance gifts 2009, part 5

Narciso Rodriguez Essence limited editionCartier Roadster Black edition

From Narciso Rodriguez, Essence in a limited edition (200 were produced) set with a 1 liter mirrored bottle plus a 10 ml refillable purse spray. 1400€ at Sephora in France. Or Cartier Roadster in a limited edition black bottle, £61 for 100 ml at Harrods

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