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2009 / Browsing by date: July 2009

Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums Geranium Pour Monsieur ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 31 July 2009 75 Comments

Styrax, Geranium Pour Monsieur, Mint

As I imagine him, the Géranium Pour Monsieur man is “casual” but always well groomed. He enjoys nature — sunshine, the sounds of birds, crickets and cicadas. The Géranium Pour Monsieur man can’t walk past a blossom without sniffing it. He rubs leaves between his palms and scratches bark with his fingernails to savor their aromas. The Géranium Pour Monsieur man, his dog at his side, would happily spend a quiet afternoon following a butterfly through country fields — a sprig of fresh, sweet grass between his lips, a wildflower tucked in his jacket buttonhole.

Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums Géranium Pour Monsieur is a charming and unpretentious fragrance (outdoorsy, but not “sporty”) created by perfumer Dominique Ropion; its notes include geranium, mint, rhodinol, aniseed, clove, cinnamon, sandalwood, incense resinoid, styrax benzoin, and white musk. When I first read Géranium Pour Monsieur’s ingredients list, I was worried the spices and musk would end up masking the mint and geranium, but spice and musk are used judiciously and don’t distort the slightly floral, herbal “greens” and dry woods in the fragrance…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 31 July 2009 Leave a Comment

Deal at b-glowing: spend $70 or more and get a 2 oz LaLicious Brown Sugar & Vanilla Sugar Soufle with coupon code yummy, good through 8/7 or while supplies last.

Deal at beautyhabit: get free shipping on any order with coupon code BEAUTY911, good through 8/2.

New at dillards: Marc Jacobs Lola.

New at macys: Paris Hilton Siren.

Deal at parfum1: take 25% off with coupon code AUGUST25NPE, good through 8/9.

Nooka by Nooka ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 July 2009 69 Comments

Nooka fragranceNew York-based watch and design house Nooka has launched their debut fragrance, titled simply Nooka.

Nooka eau de parfum communicates a universal language that transcends opposites. A synergy of scents, both familiar and foreign, instinctive and original, mental and physical…

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Ferragamo F for Fascinating Night ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 July 2009 16 Comments

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Salvatore Ferragamo will launch F for Fascinating Night in September. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2006’s F by Ferragamo, and follows last year’s F for Fascinating.

F for Fascinating Night is a floral woody chypre developed by perfumer Olivier Polge, and is intended as a sophisticated evening fragrance…

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Somewhere in New York City…

Posted by Robin on 30 July 2009 27 Comments

The new ad promo for Donna Karan’s DKNY Be Delicious ‘Delicious Art’ edition. The first part is live action; midway it switches to an animated version of a pop art comic strip developed by illustrator Brad Hamann. See the print ads below the jump.

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