Posted by Robin
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3 January 2010

Tommy Hilfiger will launch his annual summer variations on Tommy and Tommy Girl in February:
Tommy Summer 2010 (shown) ~ features salt wind accord, clary sage, cliff jasmine, spider plant (added later: or spider lily? the original is Grünlilie), patchouli and cedar…
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Posted by Robin
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9 February 2009
Tommy Hilfiger has launched Dreaming Pearl, a new limited edition flanker to last year's Dreaming fragrance for women. According to Hilfiger, ”pearls are an iconic symbol of timeless elegance and grace”.
Tommy Hilfiger introduces Dreaming Pearl, a limited- edition fragrance collection inspired by the traditional and modern elements of the most classic of jewels…
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Posted by Robin
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2 February 2009

Tommy Hilfiger will launch the 2009 limited edition versions of Tommy Summer and Tommy Girl Summer this month. This year's bottles are decorated in a summer plaid.
Tommy Summer ~ “the freedom and energy of summer”, with bergamot, orange blossom and juniper berry.
Tommy Girl Summer ~ with cassis sorbet, mandarin, watery freesia, rose and sandalwood…
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Posted by Kevin
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23 October 2008

New fragrances are released each day…and I’ll never be able to keep up with the perfumed deluge. I have an uncomplicated method of deciding what I’ll review: I review fragrances I love; I review fragrances I despise (these scents are much more fun to write about than “average” and “ho-hum” scents); I review “hot” fragrances that are expected to attract lots of attention and sell well; and finally, I sometimes review what Robin here at Now Smell This tells me to review — “sometimes” because Robin is in no way, shape or form a Simon(e) Legree-type person! The fragrances I’m reviewing today merge in the Robin-“hot” nexus. I’m not going to torture myself (and use three weeks of my NST space) to review these scents separately; today, and in the future, I’ll kill three birds with one stone in a “trio” review.
Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme
Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme is described by Gucci as “a modern chypre” and it contains bergamot, cypress, violet, tobacco, jasmine, patchouli, amber and elemi. Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme starts with that tired-and-true combo of bergamot and cypress, then there’s a sharp shot of violet (leaf?) and some resinous-citrus-y elemi. Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme ends with crystalline musk and amber and if you strain your nostrils you’ll detect some tobacco. This “modern” chypre is pretty dull to my nose…
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Posted by Robin
on
9 September 2008

Tommy Hilfiger will introduce his new exclusive-to-Macy's fashions and his latest fragrance, Hilfiger by Tommy Hilfiger, in a series of events at Macy's Herald Square in New York City tonight:
6:30 PM – GQ Magazine/Hilfiger Celebrity Charity Motorcycle ride, from Lincoln Center to Macy's Herald Square…
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