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2012 / Browsing by date: March 2012

Lazy weekend poll ~ food!

Posted by Robin on 31 March 2012 165 Comments

macarons

This week's poll is about food and perfume. Talk about anything you like: food and perfume pairings, your favorite foody perfumes, the last great thing you cooked or ate and what perfume you were wearing at the time. Or, share a (short) recipe or link to a recipe.

Note: image is Salted Caramel Macarons [cropped] by Shauna Younge Dessert Tables at flickr; some rights reserved.

Robert Piguet Casbah, Mademoiselle Piguet, Notes & Oud ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 31 March 2012 21 Comments

Mademoiselle PiguetPiguet Notes

The Robert Piguet Nouvelle Collection will include five new fragrances developed by perfumer Aurélien Guichard. The first, Bois Noir, we announced yesterday; the other four are Casbah, Mademoiselle Piguet, Notes and Oud…

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Tauer Perfumes Pentachord White ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 30 March 2012 32 Comments

Whistler White Symphony

It’s taken me a while to get around to trying the Pentachord fragrances from Tauer Perfumes, mainly just because they were difficult to find in New York City for a while and I never quite seemed to get around to placing a sample order. When I did finally try them this month, it was immediately apparent that White was my favorite of the three. Like its fellow Pentachords, White is composed from five synthetic ingredients — no more, no less. In this case, the fragrance’s central idea is “the clear melody of royal iris” and its notes are iris root, violet, rosewood, ambergris and Bourbon vanilla.

The official description for Pentachord White evokes “a white clean garden” that combines the “crisp beauty” of its flowers with the “warmth” of its trees and background. I’m noticing much more crispness than warmth in White: the note that makes the strongest impression on me is a cool, silvery-green violet. The violet never really gives way entirely to the softly rooty iris…

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Disney Bambi Let’s Dream ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 March 2012 38 Comments

Bambi Let's Dream

Disney, in collaboration with the Douglas perfume chain, has launched Bambi Let’s Dream, a new fragrance for young girls…

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How will I recognize you, part 2

Posted by Robin on 30 March 2012 10 Comments

A "making of" for the recent Jude Law spot for Dior Homme Sport, although you will learn even less than usual about the "making of" — it's mostly shots of Jude Law, the fragrance bottle, the car and the French Riviera. There are probably worse ways to waste 90 seconds.

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