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9 December 2010
More gift ideas, this time featuring some indie brands. If you missed them, see part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4 of this year’s gift series.

From Aftelier, a vintage two-sided enamel cloisonne compact (“Exquisite enamel cloisonne compact with mirror framed with brass rope inside lid. Blue and white enamel framed in brass creating geometric pattern on lid and base. Side has floral ribbon pattern.”) to be filled with 7.5 ml of the solid perfume of your choice, $325-550…
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5 November 2010

MCMC Fragrances is offering a special deal on limited edition roll-ons of their Humanity perfume, which has been scenting a Brooklyn park for the last six months:
To celebrate the closing of the Humanity fountain, MCMC Fragrances in partnership with Trust Art has created a special limited-edition roll-on version of the Humanity Fragrance first edition, and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Casa de los Angeles, a day care center for children of single working mothers and orphans in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico…
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24 July 2010

Indie line MCMC fragrances has launched Maui, a new addition to the Stories collection (see Noble, Maine, Hunter). Maui…
…is inspired by the namesake Hawaiian island. One summer, Anne traveled there on a whim and a dime…
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6 June 2010

MCMC Fragrances is an indie line founded last year by Anne McClain, whom some of you may remember from the Humanity perfume and Humanity fountain announced earlier this year (McClain also runs the “First Monday” classes at Le Labo). In addition to Humanity, the line now has four other fragrances on the market: Noble, Maine, Hunter and Garden…
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28 January 2010

Humanity perfume is a joint collaboration between Anne McClain, a graduate of the Grasse Institute of Perfumery, and Trust Art:
All proceeds will benefit the production of the Humanity perfume fountain, which aims to inspire a new approach in creating and marketing a fragrance…
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