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2007 / Browsing by date: August 2007

M by Mariah Carey ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2007 63 Comments

M by Mariah Carey perfume advert

It seems like there was a whole spate of articles not too long ago proclaiming that celebrity fragrances were “over”, they weren’t selling any more, etc. etc. If there is any truth to the notion, you won’t find the evidence at the fragrance counters this month. Mariah Carey is only the latest of celebrity fragrance debuts, and if you mean to smell them all, you’ve a long road ahead of you yet this year.

Mariah Carey went with the name M. It isn’t wildly creative on its own merits, and it seems even less so given that we just got L from Gwen Stefani. Are full words too risky in today’s over-saturated fragrance market? What will happen when all the letters of the alphabet are used up? We’ve already got F (Ferragamo), another L (Lolita Lempicka), S (Scherrer), V (Valentino), XX (Hugo Boss), and probably others that aren’t coming to mind at the moment.

The M fragrance itself was developed by perfumers Carlos Benaim and Loc Dong, and is advertised as a floriental…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2007 2 Comments

Deal at b-glowing: spend $75.00 or more and get the following freebies with coupon code Hot ~ a full sized Crazylibelulle & The Poppies Solid Perfume, a 15 ml L'Aromarine Eau de Toilette (both assorted scents) and a Three Custom Color Lip Gloss in Fuschia. Offer good while supplies last.

New at beautyhabit: the Serge Lutens line, including limited quantities of Un Lys & Vetiver Oriental, and Becker.eshaya Golden Amber. Use coupon code FALLSCENT to get free shipping and a sample pack ( Becker.Eshaya Golden Amber, Institut Tres Bien Cologne a la Russe and assorted scents from Diptyque, Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier & The Different Company) with orders of $65 or more.

New at neimanmarcus: Miss Boucheron.

Deal at yvesrocher: take 15% off with coupon code LABORDAY15, good through Tuesday.

L’Artisan Iris Pallida 2007 ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2007 4 Comments

L'Artisan Iris Pallida harvest perfume

L’Artisan Parfumeur’s 2007 entry in their limited edition vintage harvest series (see Fleur d’Oranger and Fleur de Narcisse) will be Iris Pallida, a powdery floral woods fragrance. As with the prior two harvest scents, the perfumer is Anne Flipo…

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I tried to encompass everything I feel about being feminine…

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2007 11 Comments

Footage for Kate by Kate Moss, from the perfume launch and the upcoming commercial, courtesy of YouTube.

Hermes Bel Ami ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 30 August 2007 39 Comments

Hermes Bel Ami fragrance

Has my sense of smell become less acute (or more jaded)? Have my perfume tastes changed? Or has Bel Ami’s formula been altered? Something strange has happened since 1990 when I smelled Bel Ami for the first time on a too-bright, scalding day in Tijuana, Mexico.

Tijuana is beloved by college students who cross the Mexican border from San Diego to visit its raunchy nightclubs. Older folks travel to Tijuana by tour bus on daytrips to load up on huaraches, serapes, colorful blankets, and Day of the Dead-themed refrigerator magnets. Most people I knew in 1990 considered Tijuana a “joke” — a cheesy town full of cheap souvenir shops and hucksters.

Tijuana was the first Mexican city I visited and I loved its cluttered old-fashioned folk art shops stocked with brightly painted wooden carvings of saints and animals, black pottery, tinwork and jewelry from all over Mexico. I enjoyed Tijuana’s simple tiled courtyard cafes where you could rest and cool off by sipping an ice-cold Tecate beer or something exotic like a sapote soda. I felt happy as I listened to ranchero music blaring from secluded balconies that were obscured by bougainvillea vines…

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