Posted by Robin
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6 December 2011
Our series of holiday gift posts continues; today we’re covering home fragrances of all sorts. If you missed them, here are links to part 1 (scented body products), part 2 (travel sizes & coffrets) and part 3 (more travel sizes & coffrets). Coming up next: men’s fragrances.
The 2011 holiday collection from Diptyque: Epinette in green (“Echoing the aromatic freshness of its needles and the resinuous notes of its pine cones, the Spruce Tree candle promises a wintry runaway in the depths of the wood.”; in 3 sizes $32-$275) or Perdigone in red (“Concentrate of warm and fruity notes around a spiced plum that deliciously perfumes the house. Absolutely comforting in the depths of winter.”; in 2 sizes $32-68)…
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Posted by Robin
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10 December 2010
More gift ideas for the 2010 holidays. This round is home fragrance (you can also find some home fragrance items in the earlier editions: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5). More to come!
From Fornasetti Profumi, the L’Ape scented candle with lid (above left), 300 g for $150, and the Pistola Incense box (above right), with 40 incense sticks in a wooden box with decorated ceramic burning tray, $220. Both items are in the Otto fragrance (thyme, lavender, orris, cedar, Tolu balsam, incense, birch/styrax and labdanum) and can be found at Ron Robinson…
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Posted by Pia
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18 October 2009
It’s early evening mid-October, and I meander up the bustling streets of the upper East side in Manhattan, making my way home after a long day. I pass by one of my favorite florists, and decide to step inside, desirous of the luxurious sights and scents of colorful bouquets of roses, tulips, and lilies held inside the little shop like so many treasures, now that the weather has turned cool.
As I step inside, I can smell that a large fresh bouquet has just gone out. The pleasantly humid air holds the watery green scent of cut tulip stalks, some of which are still lying scattered about on the white marble counter tops where they put the bouquet together. There are the usual displays of orchids and cyclamen, dark green ivy and even some early paperwhites, but a distinctly floral note lingers in the air. I imagine the bouquet might have held some freesia, a few hyacinths, and perhaps even some lily of the valley. I am reminded of magnolias and peonies; a waft of late springtime in the midst of October. I wish I had stepped in a moment earlier in time to see the flowers.
This is the scent of Saint Parfum’s Fresh Cut Bouquet room diffuser…
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Posted by Pia
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23 August 2009
It’s a strange time of year for home fragrances. On the East Coast, at least, the heat is palpable, with a glimmering golden presence that holds forth outside from mid morning til early evening, sending most creatures scuttling for shade, the flowers bravely withstanding the glare (the cucumbers even daring to bask in it) and leaving only the cicadas and other whirring insects as a sign of life in the garden.
Yet today there is a bit of a flirtatious breeze, lifting the leaves of the fruit trees to show their petticoats and playing tag with the dragonflies. It speaks of autumn days to come, harvest time and the nourishing produce to be had borne of these golden days.
What sort of home fragrance is best suited to this heat? Most days, to be honest, I would simply rather go without. I like the scents of summer, scuffed crumbling dirt and hot painted wood from the deck, offset by utterly delicious wafts of the last summer roses. I tend to wear less perfume, if any, and go minimalist in the house. Still though, it is pleasant to have a little luxury in the guest bathroom, or — if you have air conditioning — a little something to keep the air from being too stuffy…
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Posted by Robin
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28 April 2009
Old niche favorites in new packaging: Isabey Gardenia (shown above left, $165 at Beautyhabit, Your Cosmetics or Luckyscent in the US, Les Senteurs in the UK, First in Fragrance in Germany) and Amouage Ubar (shown above right, $250 at Aedes, Four Seasons, Luckyscent or Parfums Raffy in the US, Harrods or Les Senteurs in the UK)…
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