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Posted by Robin on 4 November 2009 17 Comments

New at beautyhabit: Comme des Garcons Dover Street Market.

Deal at lecherchemidi: take 20% off with coupon code NST20, good through 11/30.

New at nordstrom: F by Ferragamo Pour Homme Black.

Deal at reirien: take 10% off with coupon code NEWLEAF, good through 11/7.

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  1. Karin says:
    4 November 2009 at 11:26 am

    Don’t know anything about Le Cherche Midi, so just checked out their website. Interesting that they say that their fragrances are “hand-crafted by the finest French perfumers in the world” yet they don’t name any. Hmmm…do we know if this is actually true? And why wouldn’t they name them (as say Frederic Malle does)? Do they not want to share royalties or something? Struck me like marketing schpeak.

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    • Karin says:
      4 November 2009 at 11:38 am

      Hmmm…I see a bio on Cecile Hua (who?) – sounds like she’s the in-house perfumer. Another strange comment, at the end of the post, it says she received a Rising Star award in NYC in 2003, then, “since then, Cecile has been the creative inspiration behind many of today’s most recognized fine fragrances.” Huh??? Again…marketing??? Do we really buy this? Perhaps I’m being too harsh…but….

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      • Robin says:
        4 November 2009 at 11:40 am

        You looked harder than I did. I think she’s at Mane, so not in-house.

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    • Robin says:
      4 November 2009 at 11:39 am

      Most brands don’t name their perfumers…FM is still the exception rather than the rule. But since almost all perfumes in the word, including Malle’s, are made by perfumers at the same handful of fragrance & flavor companies, it’s almost certainly true that these were as well. I suppose it all depends on whether or not you’d agree they were the “finest”…

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    • Karin says:
      4 November 2009 at 11:45 am

      BTW, I’m totally NOT knocking their fragrances! They sound wonderful! Just questioning the statements on their website. I obviously need to get a life. 😉 Ha ha.

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      • Robin says:
        4 November 2009 at 11:54 am

        No, that’s ok…I think it’s sensible to be skeptical. Looks like they’ve used 3 different perfumers, and I don’t recognize their names…but younger, not-so-well-known perfumers aren’t necessarily a drawback…they might (or might not!) do wonderful work, who knows.

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      • miss kitty v. says:
        4 November 2009 at 3:22 pm

        I did notice you can get “sample swatches” of the fragrances sent, which is nice. I ordered, just out of curiosity. I am expecting either pieces of scented fabric (like a fabric swatch) or scented blotter paper. Will be pleasantly surprised if I get actual sample vials. 🙂

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        • Robin says:
          4 November 2009 at 5:42 pm

          Good luck!

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          • miss kitty v. says:
            4 November 2009 at 6:24 pm

            I’ll let you know what happens. 🙂 The last free samples I got were from Czech and Speake, and I’m still irritated with them for selling my information. So as long as I don’t get tons of emails telling me how many quid I’ve won in the lottery (I’m in the US–the British pounds were the tip-off as to who had sold my info), I guess I don’t care too much what the “swatches” are like!

          • Robin says:
            5 November 2009 at 10:12 am

            That’s really lousy of C&S.

          • HarleyQ says:
            1 December 2009 at 5:33 pm

            I’m sure nobody’s reading this old post, but for the record, I ordered the ‘sample swatches’ from Le Cherche Midi and, to my surprise, received (promptly) 6 big fat spray samples in a silky black drawstring bag, boxed in a gift box and tied with a ribbon. It’s the nicest sample set I’ve ever gotten, and it’s free! These have got to be 2ml samples at least — they’re huge. I tried them all, and about half of them are either too simple or too artificial for my taste (when the EDT costs $38, you know you’re not getting top-notch ingredients), but there are 2 I will probably buy, and at least one other sample I will hold onto. Fun! Highly recommended.

          • Robin says:
            1 December 2009 at 5:40 pm

            Oh, excellent deal – thanks!

  2. Tante Kat says:
    4 November 2009 at 3:00 pm

    Now that’s interesting, Rierien has a coupon of 15% off for their decanted samples, but I see they first raised their prices before starting the sale. I was looking at their samples last weekend and put a couple in the cart and was going to go back to look at more before completing the order. The samples that were $1.99 last weekend are $2.61 now. And my shopping cart has suddenly emptied, I guess that is so I won’t notice the price increase?

    Practices like that won’t have me coming back any time soon 🙂

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    • miss kitty v. says:
      4 November 2009 at 3:42 pm

      I remember my first experience working in retail and learning about “mark-ups.” In addition to being just plain deceitful, it’s also an insult to our intelligence that they think we wouldn’t notice.

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    • Robin says:
      4 November 2009 at 5:42 pm

      Oh, too bad 🙁

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      • APassionateJourney says:
        5 November 2009 at 5:01 am

        JUICY COUTURE COUTURE,COUTURE IS FINALLY ON MACYS’ WEBSITE! (Yes, I’m screaming on purpose!). It’ll be in stores soon! Hopefully we’ll get it next week!

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        • Robin says:
          5 November 2009 at 10:12 am

          Thanks…didn’t see it there this morning!

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