Posted by Robin
on
25 January 2011
What is it: A 50 ml bottle of Estee Lauder Wild Elixir + a 50 ml bottle of Estee Lauder Beautiful Eau de Toilette + a 30 ml bottle of Pacifica California Star Jasmine. Plus, your choice of one bottle from the Le Labo + Anthropologie collection. I have decanted small samples from each (I keep the samples, you get the bottles).
How do I get it: For a chance to win, leave a comment telling me that you live in the US. Also, please us either a) what movie you think will win the 2011 Oscars or b) what celebrity you think will get a perfume deal in 2011 or c) the name of the last fragrance you tried and loved.
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Posted by Robin
on
19 January 2011
Niche line Le Labo will be holding a series of creative workshops in London with “synesthetic provocateur” Nicola Pozzani:
Le Labo Synesthetic Series is a series of 5 syneshetic workshops about perfume…
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Posted by Angela
on
29 November 2010
So, Le Labo has done a collection for Anthropologie.1 On the surface, it makes a lot of sense. Le Labo’s aesthetic, shown in its heavy bottles mimicking apothecary jars and labeled with a font reminiscent of an old typewriter, dovetails nicely with Anthropologie’s tidy-bohemian image. A bottle of Le Labo Iris 39 would be right at home on a bureau adorned with Anthropologie’s “antique” drawer knobs. Plus, a high-end designer working with a mall-type store can be a raging success. Look at all the fashion designers who put together sell-out collections for H&M.
But in the case of Le Labo’s venture with Anthropologie, I have to wonder if Le Labo merely phoned this one in. Even the line’s packaging is a little shoddy. Sniffing my way through the Le Labo + Anthropologie collection, I miss Le Labo’s usual offbeat take on a fragrance. Sure, Bouquet Blanc is a heady white floral, but so are a dozen others — most notably Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower. Poudre d’Orient is an easy and warm powdery amber, but I’d recommend Kenzo Flower Oriental instead. Orange Discrète? A pretty orange more aldehydic than juicy. Go get Fendi Theorama. Chant de Bois? A fine wood in the two-by-four mold, but not so fine or interesting as too many others to list. Belle du Soir, on the other hand, is the one Le Labo + Anthropologie fragrance that hints at the who-cares-what-you-think attitude I love from Le Labo…
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Posted by Robin
on
24 November 2010
...Taylor and Merlin, the winners of the Le Labo + Anthropologie Concrete contest.
Posted by Robin
on
19 November 2010
What is it: I have 2 complete sets (each set is 5 fragrances) of solid perfume compacts for the Le Labo + Anthropologie line. Two winners (from anywhere in the world) will get 1 set each.
How do I get it: For a chance to win, leave a comment…
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