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2007 / Browsing by date: May 2007

Perfume for a picnic

Posted by Angela on 31 May 2007 30 Comments

Picnic scene

At last, the weather is starting to warm up. Now I can open my office window to fill the house with air scented by honeysuckle, lilies, and roses from the garden. It won’t be long before I start scheming dinners to take down to the river as the sun sets. Of course I wonder, what perfume should I wear for a picnic?

I turned to Teresa Mitchell, founder and Creative Director of Beautyhabit, for a few suggestions. It turns out that she’s a big fan of picnics and had suggestions for both spring and fall picnics. For a spring picnic she suggested Ineke Balmy Days and Sundays, Potter & Moore Bergamot & Green Ginger, and Parfum d’Empire Eau Suave. Balmy Days and Sundays she chose because “the name says it all!”, and, wearing it, I have to agree. It’s a warm floral that smells like a hot afternoon as storm clouds gather over an urban flower garden. Bergamot & Green Ginger is crisper and more tart. Teresa describes it simply as “herbs, freshness, citrus — natural and light”. I swear I smell lily in it, too. Eau Suave is more of a classic cologne and purports to smell like Empress Josephine’s imperial greenhouses. My grandpa used to have a greenhouse beside his trailer where, beer and cigarette in hand, he tended orchids. It sure didn’t smell like Eau Suave in there. To me, Eau Suave’s elegance would be terrific for a meal outdoors, but one at a garden party and not on a blanket on the ground…

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Parfumerie Generale Un Crime Exotique ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 May 2007 5 Comments

Parfumerie Generale Un Crime Exotique perfumeParfumerie Generale has launched a new fragrance in their Private Collection range, Un Crime Exotique:

Un Crime Exotique is a gingerbread perfume like no other you have ever experienced. Blended with Chinese Osmanthus, tea, cinnamon, mate absolute and star anise…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 31 May 2007 Leave a Comment

New at beautycafe: L'Artisan Jatamansi.

New at first-in-fragrance: Rosine Diabolo Rose, Profumo Pantelleria Tanit.

Deal at montale: take 50% off on Amandes orientales, Jasmin full, Orient extrême, Aoud Cuir d'Arabie, Patchouli leaves, Fougères marines and Sandalsliver.

New at neimanmarcus: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue For Men.

English Leather Black by Dana ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 May 2007 7 Comments

Dana English Leather Black cologne for menDana Classic Fragrances launched English Leather Black in March:

Bold and distinctive, English Leather Black is the first new scent from one of America’s best known classic men’s fragrances, English Leather. It features base notes of musk and sandalwood, combined with top notes of bergamot and coriander to create a mysterious and masculine cologne…

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Hot Fudge Sundae from the Demeter Jelly Belly Collection ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 30 May 2007 29 Comments

Demeter Jelly Belly Hot Fudge Sundae perfume

I like candy, but in general, I’m a chocolate kind of person. I love dark chocolate, the darker the better, but I’m not a snob about it: I also love Hot Fudge Pop-Tarts, and several other treats that might more properly be called “chocolate food product” than “chocolate”. Fruit candy doesn’t interest me at all — to eat or to wear as perfume — so the recently released Demeter Jelly Belly Collection didn’t seem like likely to wow me, and by and large, it didn’t. The fragrances are based on Jelly Belly recipes, which call for popping a specific group of flavored jelly beans into your mouth to produce the desired taste effect…

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