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Perfume Cravings In The Fall: Cornucopia of Dark, Golden Fruits {Fragrance List} {Perfume Reviews}
Vertumnus by Arcimboldo, 1591 Here is a List of Fall Perfumes I compiled last year in the beginning of November 2008, which did not make it to the blog until now. I then felt an urge to wax poetically...
L'Occitane Labdanum de Seville, Mimosa de l'Esterel (2009) {Perfume Reviews}
La Valisette Voyage en MéditerranéeLabdanum de Séville and Mimosa de l'Estérel are the two latest additions to L'Occitane Mediterranean collection previously named Notre Flore but which has now been re-christened Voyage en Méditerranée (Travel in the Mediterranean). There are new...
Kate Moss Vintage (2009): Smells Familiar & Not Just Because It Makes Me Think of a Gibson-Girl Plate {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Kate Moss Vintage is the most recent launch by the Kate Moss franchise after Kate (2007), Velvet Hour (2008) and Kate Moss Summer Time (2009), just introduced in September. It is billed as a "fruity-floral oriental" and...shock!...was created by perfumer...
Dior Hypnotic Poison Rubis & Thierry Mugler Angel Liqueur: Sniffing Rich Orientals in Paris Lead Me to New Flankers {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume Reviews} {Perfume Streetwear}
One of the pleasures of taking a stroll in Paris or simply going from point A to point B is picking up on sillages of perfume on the streets. When a repetition pattern appears, it becomes a bit intriguing. Paris...
Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One (2009): The Scent of Backstage Beauty: Florist Rose {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
If I wanted to smell like the overheated dressing room of a 1950s Hollywood actress getting ready to go on the set or the stage, this is what I would wear. The new Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One captures...
Kat Von D Saint & Sinner (2009): Nice Girl in Tattoos {Perfume Reviews} {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Scents}
Saint and Sinner are the two new perfumes by "indie" brand Kat Von D for Sephora (the name is short for founder's name Katherine von Drachenberg -- the von Drachenbergs have a family castle in Germany that would look outstanding...
Calvin Klein CK Free for Men (2009): If This Is The Smell of Freedom, I'll Eat My Hat {Perfume Review} {Men's Cologne}
The new CK Free for Men by Calvin Klein turns out to be a perfectly pleasant, innocuous cologne without any particular personality nor soul to it. It is co-signed by perfumers Ellen Molner and Rodrigo-Flores-Roux of Givaudan who delivered a...
Prada L'Eau Ambrée (2009): Refined Amber {Perfume Short (Review)}
Notes: mandarin and lemon essences from Italy, May rose absolute, gardenia jasminoide, amber, patchouli leaves from Indonesia, vanilla, opoponax from Somalia.As its name seems to indicate L'Eau Ambrée by Prada (Ambery Water) could a priori be thought of as...
Britney Spears Circus Fantasy (2009) {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Notes: sugar-coated raspberry, apricot blossom, blue peony, waterlily, red sweetheart orchid, sweet vanilla wood, creamy musks, violet candy.Circus Fantasy is the latest fragrance by Britney Spears. It is a variation on the standard creamy, lactic fruity-floral that has been Britney...
Yves Saint Laurent Parisienne (2009): Blue-Mauve Rose {Perfume Review}
The bottle is very pretty, like a feminine flask with an antique flair, one that could have almost belonged to Marie-Antoinette. It has a nice heft; the facets of the faceted glass bottle is more harmonious to my eye in...
Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte (1979), Eau de Pamplemousse Rose, Eau de Gentiane Blanche (2009) {Perfume Reviews}
Hermès launched this spring and summer a set of three eaux de cologne. As the summer is heating up to the drum of the dog days, I thought that it was high time to review these descendants of Kölnisch Wasser.Eau...
Parfums de Nicolai Weekend a Deauville (2009): Fresh Chypre {Perfume Review}
La partie de tennis à Deauville by Raoul DufySince I was going to spend the weekend on the Normandy coast, I decided to take the recently launched Weekend à Deauville by Parfums de Nicolaï created by Patricia de Nicolaï with...
Mac Naked Honey & Africanimal (2009): The Blonde & The Brunette {Perfume Reviews}
Naked Honey Notes: freesia, honey, orange blossom, green cumin, woods.Africanimal Notes: freesia, honey, warm floral accord, pink peppercorn, bergamot, woods.MAC just recently in June introduced a limited-edition of two honey-based fragrances called Naked Honey, the lighter one of the two...
Lancome Hypnose Senses (2009): Second Skin {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance}
The bottle for Hypnôse Senses is beautiful in its crystalline simplicity. The name of the perfume is only readable on the top of the cap. The shape is borrowed from Magie by Lancôme (1950). This time, the shape is further...