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Roxana Illuminated Perfume Peace ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 September 2009 26 Comments

rox-peaceIndie line Roxana Illuminated Perfume launched Peace1, a new perfume, last week on the United Nations International Day of Peace. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit Project Peace on Earth:

Project Peace on Earth is an annual worldwide telecast concert of Superstar musicians performing Sacred Music from the most mystical concert venues on the planet: Egypt’s Great Pyramids, England’s Stonehenge, Australia’s Ayers Rock, Peru’s Inca Pyramids, Japan’s Mount Fuji, and California’s Mount Shasta. The fragrance has been produced with the concept of the concert in mind, orchestrating the fragrance like a symphony with three complex chords of base, middle and top notes to create a resonant harmony of peace. Each chord contains up to seven different notes. The primary base chord notes include: Vintage Sandalwood, Tobacco, Vanilla Orchid Bean; middle chord notes include: Champa and Blue Lotus; and the primary top chord notes include: Clementine, Ginger and Neroli. Over thirty pure, plant essences combined in organic, food grade, grape and grain alcohol in the liquid perfume extract.

Roxana Illuminated Perfume Peace is available in 7 ml liquid ($190), 1 ml liquid ($30) or solid perfume compact ($70), and can be purchased at the Roxana shop at Etsy. (via press release)

1. The official name of the perfume is actually ☮ (that’s a peace symbol, for those of you who don’t have a browser capable of rendering one).

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: roxana illuminated perfume

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  1. Daisy says:
    28 September 2009 at 9:44 am

    my my my that is spendy per the drop! I certainly hope it’s a BIG percentage going to Project Peace.

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    • Robin says:
      28 September 2009 at 10:07 am

      It isn’t cheap. Indie never is!

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  2. CynthiaW says:
    28 September 2009 at 9:45 am

    $30 a ml? I suppose that they have to pay for that vintage sandalwood somehow! Kind of makes Kenzo’s UFO look like a bargain.

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    • Robin says:
      28 September 2009 at 10:07 am

      I told you UFO was almost free!

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      • CynthiaW says:
        28 September 2009 at 10:12 am

        Unfortunately for me, the CEO disagrees. :)

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        • Daisy says:
          28 September 2009 at 10:24 am

          Your CEO is getting suspicious….I hope you have a plan for beating him to the mailbox for the next few days!

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          • CynthiaW says:
            28 September 2009 at 10:27 am

            The cash stuff and the swap stuff isn’t a problem – it’s the stuff that I have to use a CC for that’s a problem. Like the vintage Lubin that I might be getting … that could be an issue.

        • Robin says:
          28 September 2009 at 12:00 pm

          HA!

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  3. Joe says:
    28 September 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Holy Cow! The solid perfume seems like kind of a deal compared to the other offerings.

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    • Robin says:
      28 September 2009 at 1:45 pm

      Yes, it is!

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  4. Ojeda says:
    28 September 2009 at 3:32 pm

    I’ve always wanted to support indie perfumers like Roxana but man, the price… :( And I understand this handmade artisinal stuff with organic ingredients can cost a lot to make, but I wish they had more affordable products in their ranges as well. (That are not, like, 4ml.)

    I mean, compared to these prices, Serge Lutens is on clearance!

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    • vickyjane says:
      28 September 2009 at 5:24 pm

      I’m quoting that last line when I explain to my husband how badly I need a bottle of SL Fleurs d’Oranger!

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      • Ojeda says:
        28 September 2009 at 7:08 pm

        LOL hey now, if you’re in the US you can get it from Canada to further slash those clearance prices!

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        • vickyjane says:
          28 September 2009 at 8:09 pm

          Is that right? Thanks for the tip! Any good site recommendations?

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          • Ojeda says:
            28 September 2009 at 8:24 pm

            I haven’t done this myself, but my impression is that if you get it from theperfumeshoppe.com (which is based in Vancouver), the price would be cheaper, even with tax and shipping included — though I don’t think it would be a huge difference (versus say, buying it from LuckyScent), maybe $10 or so. But you do get a 15ml Lutens mini… :)

          • vickyjane says:
            29 September 2009 at 2:38 pm

            Oooh! I’m off to investigate – thanks!!!

  5. debbie says:
    28 September 2009 at 6:29 pm

    Not being picky but Australia’s Ayers Rock has reverted back to its Indigineous owners name of Uluru. I suppose, unless you live over here, its easier to know it by its English name.

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    • Robin says:
      28 September 2009 at 11:19 pm

      Thanks! I have not heard of it by any name.

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      • debbie says:
        29 September 2009 at 12:59 am

        My son called me pretentious for correcting you on the name -so sorry. It has been called Uluru- pronounced ew la roo- for a few years now and it is an insult to climb it now though many have previously. Just a bit of Aussie trivia not preteniousness (if thats even a word).

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  6. APassionateJourney says:
    28 September 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Doesn’t Bond No. 9 have “Peace” copywritten, or does that not count for Indie fragrances? I haven’t ever heard of an Indie Fragrance. Will she get sued?

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    • Ojeda says:
      28 September 2009 at 7:07 pm

      Bond No. 9 probably has a copyright on “Bond No. 9 Peace,” not just the word “Peace,” and this is probably “Roxana Illuminated Perfume Peace” etc.

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    • Robin says:
      28 September 2009 at 11:21 pm

      Good question. They did go after another independent company over a name dispute.

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  7. miss kitty v. says:
    28 September 2009 at 11:36 pm

    Superstar musicians playing sacred music? Doesn’t sound right to me for some reason…

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    • Robin says:
      29 September 2009 at 10:39 am

      I doubt it’s Britney ;-)

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  8. Roxana says:
    29 September 2009 at 2:48 am

    Thank you Robin for posting this. To avoid the challenges with the word peace as the name for the perfume I am leaving it unnamed and using the peace symbol to refer to the fragrance.

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    • Robin says:
      29 September 2009 at 10:40 am

      Thanks Roxana! I can’t render a peace sign in the title but will make a note in the article.

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