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2006 / Browsing by date: November 2006

Lorenzo Villoresi Donna perfume review

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2006 6 Comments

Lorenzo Villoresi Donna fragrance

Donna is Lorenzo Villoresi’s signature fragrance for women, and is part of the Classic Collection. It was released in 1994, and has notes of rose, coriander, clove, star anise, blackcurrant, carnation, rosewood, rose, jasmin, iris, ylang ylang, violet leaves, sandalwood, musk and narcissus.

Donna is at the other end of the spectrum from the flight-of-fancy that is Yerbamate…

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Perfume in the news: cookies, Perfume movie

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2006 2 Comments

San Francisco will soon have bus shelters…

…infused with the scent of fresh-baked, chocolate-chip cookies.

It’s the brainchild of marketers for the California Milk Processor Board, who are hoping the captive crowds waiting for a bus will be enticed to go home and grab a glass of milk after they take a whiff of the artificial scent and are cued visually with “Got Milk?” advertisements to be posted in the shelters…

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Divine L’inspiratrice ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2006 10 Comments

Divine L'inspiratrice

Divine has launched their fourth fragrance for women, L’inspiratrice:

L’inspiratrice is a lofty meeting between patchouli and the rose…

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Lorenzo Villoresi Yerbamate fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 29 November 2006 17 Comments

Lorenzo Villoresi Yerbamate

Lorenzo Villoresi recently became the first independent perfumer to win the Prix François Coty. In his honor, today I’m revisiting Yerbamate, a 2001 fragrance from the Fantasy Collection. Yerbamate was named for the South American plant that is brewed to make mate tea. The ad copy describes the scent as…

A boundless greenland touching the sky. The scent of grass, of new-mown hay, of countless herbs and flowers scattered in the fields, stirred by the wind and warmed by the sun. A lonely fire in the meadows, the quiet ritual of tea and mate a gentle veil of smoke, rising and lightly embracing…

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Three new fragrances from Heeley: Fine Leather, Spirit of the Tiger & Cardinal

Posted by Robin on 29 November 2006 8 Comments

Heeley Spirit of the Tiger fragrance

Heeley has launched three new fragrances:

Cuir Pleine Fleur or Fine Leather features violet, mimosa, birch, soft leather notes and vetiver…

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