Here are a few more fragrance gift ideas for anyone who is joining me in doing all their holiday shopping online this year:
The perfect hostess gift: Bitter Orange potpourri by Agraria. $48 for a 2 liter presentation box (liquid refresher also available) at lusciouscargo…
Perfume gifts are rather hit or miss unless you already know what fragrance the recipient likes. Here are a few scented ideas that might work for someone on your list:
The Fresh Index Fragrance Chronicles: 15 5-ml bottles for $125. Available at eluxury with free shipping (if you order by 12/14) using code WISH…
Of all the Villoresi fragrances, Musk is by far my favorite. Perhaps the least astringent, and one of the easier to wear fragrances, Musk by Lorenzo Villoresi has notes of galbanum, flowers, cardamom, geranium, rose, musk, amber, sandalwood, rosewood and oakmoss.
Musk begins with nearly all of its key players present — I can immediately detect the floral notes juxtaposed against a warm woody base, highlighted by the sandalwood and musk, and sweetened by a touch of amber. What sets this scent apart from other musk fragrances is the following: 1) I don’t get that hairspray effect as I do with many other musk scents, 2) this is not an animalic musk — no fecal, cumin or civet notes, and 3) the floral notes (especially the rose) create a rather bright and soft top bouquet that is quite unusual in a musk composition…
Get free shipping plus 4 samples from gloss through 11/29.
New at imaginationperfumery: Burberry Brit Gold.
Get free shipping with a purchase of $100 or more, plus your choice of a free gift (see selections here) at perfumebay.
New at scentiments: Dior Homme testers.
More on the new release from Michel Klein, Cher (shown at right): it was created by nose Olivia Giacobetti and features powdered rose, iris and sandalwood. Available in France at colette and ccb-paris. (via absolufeminin)
Coming in 2006 from Liz Claiborne: Curve Chill, two new fragrances under the Lucky line, and a new fragrance from Ellen Tracy. (via moodiereport)