Pacifica has launched Island Vanilla, a new fragrance (there is already a Vanilla Vera Cruz fragrance in the line):
Sexy, easy to wear, and lovely to layer…
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Pacifica Indian Coconut Nectar & Six Scents Series Three Beau Bow ~ fragrance reviews
I usually prefer to wear “simple” and light fragrances in warm weather; I don’t want lots of notes percolating on my skin and inside my nostrils on a hot day — that’s annoying. I visited Los Angeles in February when the weather there was glorious: sunny, 78 degree days, cool evenings, and skies so clear you could see stars (the celestial type) at night. I packed several new fragrances for the trip, and it was fun to fast-forward to ‘summer’ for a week (it was still 25 degrees at home in Seattle with at least another month of awful weather to come). Two of the new “summery” perfumes I tested in L.A. stood out: Pacifica Indian Coconut Nectar and Six Scents Series Three Beau Bow.
Indian Coconut Nectar smells almost exactly how Pinkberry (another “hit” from my L.A. trip) coconut frozen yoghurt tastes, with flavors/scents of cool, yet musky, coconut (slightly “green” and tart-unripe ), combined with creamy vanilla and perhaps a squirt of lime juice. Indian Coconut Nectar perfume is simple, but it smells delicious. I can’t resist the scent of coconut during summer but if you dislike coconut, you’ll hate Indian Coconut Nectar — it’s all about the coconut…
Up for grabs (US only) ~ Estee Lauder + Pacifica + Le Labo
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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Pacifica Indian Coconut Nectar ~ new fragrance
Pacifica California Star Jasmine ~ perfume review
If you’re looking for a cheap thrill at the perfume counters, you’d be hard-pressed to do better than something from Pacifica. Since expanding into personal fragrance in 2007, they’ve launched 22 straightforward, reliably wearable scents available in a variety of formats, including spray perfume ($22 for 29 ml), solid perfume ($9 for 10 g) and the newer roll-ons ($12 for 10 ml). The packaging is basic but fun, and they’re reasonably easy to find: Sephora has them, and I see the line in gift stores here and there.
The California Star Jasmine fragrance is their latest offering. As all of you gardeners already know, star jasmine (sometimes called Confederate jasmine) is not the same plant as true jasmine. It’s a vine with clusters of small jasmine-like white flowers, and in Southern California, you often see it used as a ground cover or trained to spill over a wall. I never grew it myself and my memory of the smell is hazy — all I can tell you is “good” and “sweet” — but Pacifica’s founder, Brook Harvey-Taylor, calls the perfume “a love note to the Southern California neighborhood where she grew up”.
California Star Jasmine opens on a slightly green fizzy citrus…
