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Live in love

A quick animation for the new Live in Love by Oscar de la Renta.

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2011, part 19

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.

Bond no. 9 Incandescent Shooting Super Star

From Bond no. 9, the “Incandescent Shooting Super Star”, with 100 ml of their Scent of Peace Eau de Parfum….”decked out all over with those Swarovski crystals-the moonlit exterior emphasizing the preciousness of the contents. Even the oval cap and the keepsake silver-toned presentation box are studded with stones.” $1,000 and available now for pre-order at Saks Fifth Avenue.

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Oscar de la Renta Live in Love ~ new perfume

Oscar de la Renta Live in Love

Oscar de la Renta will launch Live in Love, a new fragrance for women, in October. The name is taken from a tattoo on his atelier director’s arm…

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Oscar de la Renta Esprit d’Oscar ~ fragrance review

Oscar de la Renta Esprit d'Oscar

These past few years we’ve seen a number of “modernized” versions of classic fragrances. Some of them, like Yves Saint Laurent Belle d’Opium and Christian Dior Miss Dior Chérie, don’t smell at all like their parent versions. Others, like Chanel No. 5 Eau Première, Estée Lauder Youth Dew Amber Nude, and (to go back a few years) Hermès Soie de Calèche are recognizable kin of their forebears. Oscar de la Renta Esprit d’Oscar stands apart from the pack in that it is both clearly related to the original Oscar de la Renta of 1977 and yet has its own personality. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up outselling its parent.

Perfumer Frank Voelkl created Esprit d’Oscar, which launched this month. Esprit d’Oscar’s notes include lemon, bergamot, citron, jasmine, orange flower, tuberose, heliotrope, vetiver, tonka bean, and musk. Although I hadn’t smelled Oscar, the original, in years, Esprit d’Oscar called to mind the original’s tuberose and sandalwood signature right away. But there was something different — softer, lighter, and not as insistent, yet complex and much more than a watered-down version of the original…

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Oscar de la Renta Esprit d’Oscar ~ new perfume

Oscar de la Renta Esprit d'Oscar

Oscar de la Renta will launch Esprit d’Oscar in April. The new floriental fragrance for women is an updated version of 1977′s Oscar…

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