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2009 / Browsing by date: August 2009

Millot Crepe de Chine ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 31 August 2009 116 Comments

Millot Crepe de Chine advertMillot Crepe de Chine advert

Friday afternoon I scoped the downtown department stores for something new and interesting to smell. At one department store, the sales associate showed me lots of recent but ultimately uninspiring perfumes — all Angel rip-offs or fruit-ridden musks. We ended the tour at the Trish McEvoy counter where she raved about one of them that ended up smelling like a baby-shampoo-scented candle on me. At Macy’s, the sales associate said there weren’t any new releases for women, only for men. “Maybe Shalimar L’Oiseau de Paradis?” I tried, thinking I could at least look at a pretty bottle. “We didn’t get that one,” she said and turned her back, leaving me neglected in a forest of celebrity fragrances. Discouraged, I returned home to a surefire remedy for mediocrity and bad manners: Millot Crêpe de Chine.

Crêpe de Chine is a floral aldehydic chypre with top notes of bergamot, lemon, neroli, and orange; a heart of jasmine, rose, lilac, ylang ylang, and carnation; and a base of oak moss, vetiver, benzoin, labdanum, patchouli, musk, and leather…

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D.S. & Durga East Mid East, Royal Purpure, Smoked Amber & 1538 Rheims ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2009 25 Comments

DS & Durga East Mid East perfumeBrooklyn-based indie line D.S. & Durga will launch four new fragrances for women at Anthropologie in October:

East Mid East (shown) ~ “The crossroads of Asia lies upon the olden routes of the silk road. Markets teem with a beguiling array of smells—saffron, Indian cardamom, Russian roses, & red mandarins. Heady, deep, & exotic…”

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Hot water

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2009 8 Comments

The ad spot for the Davidoff Hot Water fragrance for men, starring models Alexis Papa and Alyssa Miller. You can see the 'making of' here. Warning: possibly NSFW, depending on where you work.

Aromachology ~ new custom perfume line

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2009 26 Comments

aromachology

Aromachology is a new custom perfume line that “blends perfume and personality into one customized aromatic experience”:

Aromachology is the first of its kind to offer custom fine fragrance on a mass level, blended and sold at point of purchase. Meant to reconnect consumers…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2009 Leave a Comment

Deal at aedes: get free shipping on orders of $75 or more with coupon code AED06, good through 9/5. New items include Delrae Mythique.

New at neimanmarcus: Issey Miyake a scent by issey miyake.

New at nordstrom: Marc Jacobs Daisy Silver.

Deal at parfum1: take 20% off all orders and get free shipping on orders of $100 or more with coupon code LABORDAY2PW, good through 9/8.

New at thebodyshop: White Musk Midnight Iris.

New at theperfumeshoppe (Canada): Amouage Epic.

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