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Fragrance review: 1000 Kisses Deep by B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful

Posted by Robin on 11 December 2005 13 Comments

100 Kisses Deep by B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful

B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful is a "sister company" to Lush. They have 3 shops in the UK, with a focus on makeup and fragrance; the fragrances were developed by Lush co-founder Mark Constantine. 1000 Kisses Deep (presumably named after the Leonard Cohen song) has notes of mandarin, osmanthus, labdanum, myrrh, and musk.

1000 Kisses Deep starts with smoky-sweet citrus notes. The smoke calms to a faint whisper as it settles into a fruity osmanthus with spicy and resinous undertones. The base is warm, sweet, musky woods. It has been compared to Laura Tonatto's Plaisir, but I like it considerably more: it isn't quite so sweet or foody-vanillic as Plaisir, although it has the same kind of comfort scent feel. All the same, I have worn it 5-odd times now, and our relationship has not blossomed past the "like" stage.

The fragrances all have a 20% (parfum) concentration.1000 Kisses Deep wears more like a Eau de Parfum. It is available in the fancy bottle shown above (£42.00, which per the website holds a "precious" amount, whatever that might be), or in a long, thin atomizer tube at a more reasonable price (£14.00, but again, no idea how much fragrance that buys).

Sample sets are available on their website, but the shipping cost to the United States is, unfortunately, astronomical: I put an atomizer tube in my shopping cart and got a shipping quote of £40. Ouch!

Update: 1000 Kisses Deep is now available in large or small French bottles (the large is shown above), in a travel atomizer or miniature body spray.

Possibly of interest

Lush Florence Collection ~ new fragrances
Lush Junk & SOS ~ new fragrances
Lush Goddess ~ new fragrance

Filed Under: perfume talk
Tagged With: b never too busy, lush

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  1. Anonymous says:
    11 December 2005 at 10:14 am

    Shipping quote of 40 British Pounds is crazy! I wonder if that is accurate or some mistake. The scent sounds like something worth trying but not for that type of shipping cost!!

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  2. Anonymous says:
    11 December 2005 at 10:26 am

    C, it might be a mistake, but actually I only checked because I had read that the shipping was so high as to be not worth it, and wanted to see just how high it was. No idea what they could be doing to make it cost that much. Ormonde Jayne ships a bottle for around 7 pounds, I think.

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  3. Anonymous says:
    11 December 2005 at 4:53 pm

    Alors! I looked at the site and was amused. First, those body spray bottles that look like kitchen cleaner bottles…not tempting. Then there's Ladyboy (for men) with hints of banana and seaweed. I'm seeing Thai drag queens…and not the glamourous ones either. But the most disturbing blurb for the Dear John scent: “There can't be many of us who haven't snuggled up to our Dad's shirt or jacket and breathed in deeply just to get a dose of their familiar, reassuring aroma.” I never did this…am I weird or what? Kevin

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  4. Anonymous says:
    11 December 2005 at 5:33 pm

    Kevin – your post was hilarious – I'm still giggling about the Thai drag queens…I better go check this site out. I overdosed on lush this past summer, so I'm curious about this being a sister company…

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  5. Anonymous says:
    11 December 2005 at 7:47 pm

    The company name alone is so silly that I lost interest! The perf name is silly, too.

    Signed,

    Grinchy Gert–she ain't silly

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  6. Anonymous says:
    11 December 2005 at 9:36 pm

    LOL — you explored the site much more than I did, K. Noticed that all the names were whimsical, but didn't even pick up on “Ladyboy”, much less that it had banana & seaweed. Thai drag queens, indeed!

    Must confess to smelling my son's clothing. If they could bottle the smell of a boy just home from kindergarten, I would buy it. First grade doesn't smell as good unfortunately (less paste & paint & whatnot).

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  7. Anonymous says:
    11 December 2005 at 9:40 pm

    Dear GG, I do not mind “1000 Kisses Deep”. The company name I could do without, but Lush apparently knows considerably more about marketing than I do, LOL — they are raking it in. Rather surprised actually that they didn't just release fragrances under the Lush name.

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  8. Anonymous says:
    12 December 2005 at 8:54 am

    Smoky-sweet? Comparable to Plaisir? I must sample…but ouch indeed re: the shipping cost.

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  9. Anonymous says:
    12 December 2005 at 10:14 am

    No idea why their charges are *so* high, but I know that hazmat charges are now incredibly high on some raw aromatics from England to the US. They have new aluminum containers (reinforced) with special lids, and it's all based on flashpoint. For instance, German chamomile EO can be shipped regular, but Roman chamomile, due to its higher flashpoint, has to go FedEx hazmat.

    My 8 samples from Ormond Jayne cost $33US. I thought that was a rip. They were not shipped hazmat, plain first class mail.

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  10. Anonymous says:
    12 December 2005 at 12:08 pm

    Guessing you would stick with your Plaisir, M.

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  11. Anonymous says:
    12 December 2005 at 12:09 pm

    A, I guess that is a possible explanation, but I'd rather go for ground shipping personally than pay that kind of money.

    Agree the OJ sample set is expensive, although the sample sizes are also better than many companies. Still happy I got them early on, before she starting charging actual money for them.

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  12. Anonymous says:
    13 August 2008 at 3:21 am

    Both 1000 kisses deep and Bscent are very nicely done.

    Not keen on any of the others, but that's my personal taste, I don't like simple rose and jasmine blends.

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  13. Anonymous says:
    13 August 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Thanks, I haven't tried Bsent yet!

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