Posted by Kevin
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17 June 2009
I’m a “honey-child.” I love to eat honey; I love the scent of honey in soaps, shampoos, lotions, candles; and I am a PROUD admirer of Serge Lutens Miel de Bois. I’ve been looking for a fragrance that showcases honey for a long time (Miel de Bois is as much about wood as it is honey), so I was happy to read the announcement of MAC’s two new honey fragrances.
MAC (Make-Up Art Cosmetics Inc.) has not been on my perfume “radar”; I didn’t even know the company produced perfumes. Africanimal and Naked Honey (in MAC’s Creations Hue line) were developed, perfumer(s) unknown, to showcase different aspects of honey aroma: spicy and floral.
I know many people who think ‘honey’ smells neither spicy nor floral, but “piss-y.” My friend Hilda who sampled Africanimal with me at Nordstrom exclaimed: “Cat pee!” about 30 minutes after spraying her arm with the fragrance. I don’t have any problem with honey notes in perfumes and never think “urine” when I smell honey accords! If you hate the scent of honey, you’ll probably want to ignore these new MAC fragrances…
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Posted by Robin
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9 June 2009
MAC has launched two new limited edition fragrances in the Creations Hue range: Africanimal and Naked Honey.
Creations Hue: Africanimal (shown above left) ~ “A scent that starts with a honeyness that’s seductive and, given its dash of pepper, not without spice…
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Posted by Robin
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28 November 2008
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.
From Viktor & Rolf, this year’s limited edition version of Flowerbomb Extreme (you can see the 2007 bottle here). The description hasn’t changed: “In a bottle like a precious amethyst gemstone and dressed up with a bow, Extreme plunges straight into the heart of deep floral accords. Sambac jasmine, osmanthus, and rich vanilla unleash a sublime, sensual pleasure.” At Nordstrom, $135 for 50 ml…
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Posted by Robin
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11 June 2008
Christian Dior will introduce an Asia-exclusive version of Miss Dior Chérie this August, Miss Dior Chérie Blooming Bouquet:
Dior Operational Marketing Director for Travel Retail Alain Cadet commented: “Our Asian customers loved Miss Dior Chérie’s bottle, with the elegant little ribbon, and loved the colour pink. Still, the fragrance was too Western, and not suited to Asian tastes.”…
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Posted by Robin
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4 September 2007
MAC will launch Air of Style, a new limited edition fragrance, this November. Air of Style comes in a hand-blown reusable glass bottle, and at $60 for 30 ml, is priced considerably higher than the regular MAC fragrance line.
The Air of Style fragrance was developed by perfumer Laurent Le Guernec and is described as a “baroque floral”. The notes include red dates, peonies…
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