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2011 / Browsing by date: July 2011

You know what I mean

Posted by Robin on 29 July 2011 27 Comments

There’s no fruity vanilla bull---t. I’m sorry, but you know what I mean? A lot of celebrity fragrances are fruit, vanilla, and I wanted something for grown-up girls.

— Dita Von Teese tells Women's Wear Daily all about her new fragrance, which will launch in Australia in the fall and reach the US in 2012.

Molton Brown Navigations Through Scent ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 29 July 2011 21 Comments

Molton Brown Navigations Through Scent

Molton Brown will launch Navigations Through Scent, a new quintet of unisex fragrances, in September. The fragrances were developed by perfumer Jennifer Jambon and inspired by countries along the spice route…

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Tauer Perfumes Verdant ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2011 45 Comments

Verdant is one of the three initial fragrance releases in the new Pentachords series from indie niche line Tauer Perfumes. If you remember, each of the Pentachords is to feature 5 synthetic molecules, no more, no less, no naturals. Tauer called the series a bit of a “mind game”, and I suppose limiting yourself in advance to a set number of materials is somewhat arbitrary, but I’ve no quarrel with it: whatever keeps the perfumer amused and challenged is fine with me; and surely the whole point of indie niche is that you can do what you want, right? As Tauer noted…

It’s a privilege to be smaller. I can do things Chanel can’t.1

Indeed.

Verdant opens citrusy and green and bright, and then quickly turns dark and dirty…

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This must end

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2011 18 Comments

Q: How silly will they get? A: Pretty darned silly.

Beats watching coverage of the ongoing debt crisis.

Azzaro Pour Homme L’Eau ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2011 4 Comments

Azzaro Pour Homme L'Eau

Azzaro has launched Azzaro Pour Homme L’Eau, a “refreshing, invigorating” variation on the original Azzaro Pour Homme (1978). The new aquatic fougère fragrance for men is fronted by pop singer Enrique Iglesias…

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