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2007 / Browsing by date: April 2007

Now Smell This meets Feminine Hijinx

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2007 6 Comments

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What DO we women talk about for hours on end, our husbands wonder, when we go off together to return hours and hours later complaining how we never get enough time to talk?

You can find the answer at Feminine Hijinx (Always Fresh!), a podcast about, well, anything and everything. With lots of laughing in between. Susie (the one on the left) contacted me a few weeks ago and said they were hoping to feature more beauty and perfume information, and would I recommend some fragrances for them to try? So, we're going to test my ability to ask a few questions and then pick out some appropriate scents — not something, by the way, that I claim any great competence at.

We're starting with Susie, and here is what she told me about her fragrance preferences: she likes Juicy Couture and Coach. She also owns Kimono Rose and Filigree, both by The Thymes, and Chopard Casmir, and she recently bought a bottle of Annick Goutal Grand Amour although she felt that was a departure from her usual preferences. She likes vanilla and amber. Right now she is looking for a light fragrance for spring/summer. And based on that, here is what I sent, listed in order from cheap to expensive…

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Lorenzo Villoresi Garofano ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2007 17 Comments

carnation

Carnations have been woefully ignored around here. I’ve said before that I love rose fragrances but don’t reach for them very often, and carnations fall into the same trap: if a soliflore rose has a something of an old-fashioned air, a soliflore carnation verges on fusty. Roses, at least, speak of love, and perhaps luxury; carnations speak of funeral wreaths and ugly prom corsages. It is simply not a hip flower.

It is a shame, because carnations smell nice. Today’s fragrance, Garofano, is not strictly speaking a carnation soliflore, but carnation is certainly the dominant note. It is part of Lorenzo Villoresi’s Classic Collection, and features lavender, floral notes, green leaves, carnation, jasmin, rose, cinnamon, cyclamen, ylang ylang, geranium, pepper, heliotrope, vanilla, musk and cedarwood.

Garofano starts with peppered florals and citrus over pale, slightly bitter green undertones. I would not have guessed lavender, but a surge of sharp herbal notes in the opening should have made its presence obvious…

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Jacomo for men, Essenza di Zegna Acqua d'Estate 2007 ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2007 Leave a Comment

Jacomo for Men cologneEssenza Di Zegna Acqua d'Estate 2007

Next month, Jacomo will launch a male counterpart to 2005’s Jacomo for Her. The Jacomo for Men fragrance is geared towards 30 year old men, and is described as a “woody oriental constructed around the vetiver note”. It was developed by perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui, and the notes include pineapple, citron, plum, pimento, nutmeg, black pepper, coffee, tonka bean, amber, vetiver and cedar…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2007 Leave a Comment

Deal at crabtree-evelyn: take $15 off any purchase of $60 or more with coupon code MOMSDAY, expiration date unknown.

New at fragrancesandmore: the Christiane Celle Calypso line.

New at imaginationperfumery: Calvin Klein CK IN2U, Thierry Mugler Eau de Star & Ice Men, Cacharel Liberte, YSL Paris Jardins Romantiques.

New at luckyscent: L'Artisan L'Eau de Jatamansi, Tocca Cleopatra, Montale White Aoud, Aoud Velvet & Roses Musk.

New at macys: Lancome Hypnose Homme, Gucci Pour Homme 2.

Deal at saks: get free shipping on all orders with coupon code SAKSTREAT, good through 5/3. New items include Versace Signature.

New at sephora: Gucci Pour Homme 2.

Etat Libre d'Orange Delicious Closet Queen, Charogne ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2007 21 Comments

Etat Libre d'Orange Delicious Closet Queen perfumeEtat Libre d’Orange has launched 2 more fragrances, bringing the line's total offerings to 15.

Delicious Closet Queen is the creation of perfumer Nathalie Feisthauer and includes notes of violet leaf, citrus, geranium, iris butter, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, dynamone, framboise irisée, rose, sandalwood, leather, tonka bean, benzoin and opoponax…

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