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What 2013 Taught Me About Perfume

Posted by Angela on 31 December 2013 93 Comments

New Year postcard

On my refrigerator is a placemat from an outdoor dinner I attended this past Midsummer’s Eve. It says, “A year soon runs its length and never returns the same, and the end seldom seems to belong to the beginning.”1 That’s how I feel about 2013. I can’t say anything earth shattering has happened this year, but life feels subtly different — including how I feel about perfume.

Here are a few things I’ve learned over the past year:

Give certain fragrances a second chance. As I wrote in yesterday’s Best of 2013 post, this includes perfumes you know you like. A good perfume can be like an absorbing painting…

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Far more complicated than I thought it was going to be

Posted by Robin on 31 December 2013 3 Comments

I missed this earlier in the year: Dries Van Noten and Frédéric Malle talk about their collaboration on Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle. (They start out by talking about how great Barneys is though. Skip to 1:10 if you don't care.)

Kenzo L’Eau Par Kenzo Mirror Edition ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 December 2013 4 Comments

Kenzo L'Eau Par Kenzo Mirror Edition

Kenzo will launch L’Eau Par Kenzo Mirror Edition, a new fragrance for women. L’Eau Par Kenzo Mirror Edition is a flanker to 1996’s L’Eau Par Kenzo Pour Femme, and follows recent flankers L’Eau Par Kenzo Colors Edition (2013) and L’Eau Par Kenzo Wild Edition (2011)…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 31 December 2013 Leave a Comment

New at macys: Bvlgari Aqva Amara.

New at nordstrom: Balenciaga Rosabotanica.

Jimmy Choo Flash London Club ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 December 2013 2 Comments

Jimmy Choo Flash London Club

Jimmy Choo will launch Flash London Club, a new limited edition fragrance for women. Flash London Club is a flanker to 2013’s Flash; other recent launches from the brand include Jimmy Choo Exotic…

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