Posted by Robin
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27 October 2008
Some of you may remember the hoops Kevin had to jump through in order to get his hands on Dsquared2's debut scent, He Wood, last year. Thanks to the glory that is Nordstrom, my story is happier, but less entertaining: I just walked in, picked up the tester, and asked them to make me a sample. Done.
I've never been able to make up my mind about He Wood. I like it well enough and find it pleasant to wear, but I'm not wildly enthusiastic: the dry down is maybe a bit more clean and a bit less wood than I'd prefer. Regardless, it's certainly not the über-masculine concoction you might expect from the name and the packaging; in fact, He Wood apparently has plenty of female fans already, and Dean and Dan Caten, the founders of the DSquared2 label, took pains to point out that they weren't after something über-feminine with She Wood…
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Posted by Robin
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16 September 2008
This month, Hermès will launch a new extrait version of last year's Kelly Calèche fragrance for women.
Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena has reportedly tweaked the floral leather Kelly Calèche scent to make it “more sensual”.
The packaging features a refillable steel bottle shaped like an Hermès lock…
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Posted by Robin
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16 May 2008
Dsquared2 will follow up on their debut fragrance for men, He Wood, with an entry for women: She Wood, designed for the “cool girls who wear men's scents”:
“We started from a men's fragrance and made it feminine. We didn't start off by saying let's do woman's fragrance,” said Dean Caten…
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Posted by Robin
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3 April 2008
Sycomore is the latest fragrance to join the Les Exclusifs collection at Chanel. Sycomore is named for a long-discontinued 1930 Chanel fragrance; the new interpretation is by Chanel's house perfume Jacques Polge.
The vetiver-focused fragrance includes notes of sandalwood, cypress, juniper and pink pepper…
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Posted by Robin
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30 June 2007
Italian fashion line Dsquared2 will launch their debut fragrance, He Wood, this coming September (in the US in 2008):
The concept evokes the forests of Canada, where the twins who founded the label, Dean and Dan Caten, were born. The woody vetiver composition was created by Daphné Bugey…
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