An ad for the new Guess Seductive Homme — similar to (but less elaborate than) the one they did for Guess Seductive (Femme).
Up for grabs: Jouany St. Barthelemy or Marrakech
What is it: a 50 ml bottle of Jouany Perfumes St. Barthélemy or a 50 ml bottle of Jouany Perfumes Marrakech, your pick. Both bottles have been used for testing but are mostly full.
How do I get it: For a chance to win, leave a comment telling me that you live in the US. Also, please tell us what geographic location you would use as inspiration for your debut fragrance.
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Online fragrance shopping
New at harrods (UK): La Perla Divina, Givenchy Very Irresistible & Ange ou Demon Le Secret Winter editions.
Deal at lizzornperfumes: take $25 off orders over $100 with coupon code LZPHOLIDAZE, or $40 off orders of $100 with LZPHOLIDAZE2, offer good through 11/30.
Marc Jacobs Splash Tropical 2012 ~ new fragrances
Marc Jacobs will launch his latest set of limited edition Splash fragrances, the Splash Tropical Collection, in early 2012. Rain, from the original 2006 collection, is returning for another season, and will be joined by two new fragrances, Hibiscus and Kumquat. This year, the old 300 ml bottle will be replaced with a 100 ml cube-shaped bottle…
Aftelier Secret Garden and Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Pandora ~ fragrance review
Something about natural perfumes is so appealing. I envision a greenhouse with a long table heaped with blossoms. On another table, glass panes crush grease-laden tuberose flowers. A perfumer — always a woman with flowing hair and the witch-like quality of knowing the perfect herb for every ailment — dispenses jewel-toned liquids drop by drop into lead glass bottles. If love potions exist, surely they are made by natural perfumers.
Of course, that’s just my overly active imagination. I know little about natural fragrances, and I haven’t developed much of a nose for them. My brief experience has shown natural perfumes to feel more “telescoped” and dense. I haven’t encountered one that’s a sillage monster — I doubt you’d get kicked off an elevator if you wore most natural fragrances — and they don’t tend to last as long as a department store fragrance.
So I was curious to take Aftelier Secret Garden, an all-natural fragrance, and Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Pandora, a 97.5% natural fragrance, for a test drive. Would they smell too, well, wimpy? Short answer: no…