Indie line Smell Bent has launched their holiday collection for 2013, including several reissues from past collections. This year's limited edition fragrances are Gimel A Break, Winter Vixen, Père Noël Coward, Ice Station Zebra and Snobirds.
Gimel A Break ~ "silky patchouli, smokey wood, sheer jasmine and sultry musk drenched in sticky honeycomb."
Winter Vixen (reissue of Bolshie Vixen) ~ "hazelnuts roasted with vanilla, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg and creamy woods."
Père Noël Coward (reissue)~ "a portrait of the dandy in winter", with sweet immortelle, atlas cedar, balsam fir and pinõn sap.
Ice Station Zebra (reissue) ~ "howling arctic winds, cracking ice, frozen earth, and crisp evergreen buried under a drift of snowy musk."
Snobirds (reissue)~ "orange flower, aged amber, sweet resins and dark patchouli spiced with cardamom and golden ginger. winter somewhere warm."
Smell Bent Holiday 2013 fragrances are available in 4 or 50 ml Eau de Toilette; 5 or 8 ml Perfume Oil. They can be purchased at the Smell Bent website.
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Winter Vixen interests me the most. Hazelnut always interests but me then always scares me so I’ve never tried anything with it as a note. I need to try Mechant Loup.
I never tried Bolshie Vixen, but Mechant Loup is a great scent.
I found a review of Bolshie Vixen that didn’t sound very good, that’s why I decided to forget about it and focus on Mechant Loup instead.
Haven’t tried any from this line yet..hope to get around to it at some point!
It’s hard to keep up!
It’s Nell Carter on a dreidel! Hee, hee.
I’m not the only one who got the Gimel a Break reference, right?
I got it! Not right away, admittedly.
Is it anymore than a Chanukkhah reference?
The jokes seems a bit flat to me this time round – but its possible I’m not getting all sorts of clever allusions:o
No, it’s not that clever — just a silly pop culture reference to a cheesy American sitcom called “Give Me (Gimme) a Break” from the 80s. I haven’t seen the show’s star, Nell Carter (the happy woman atop the dreidel), referenced in a long time.
It does make it clever-er than it originally appeared:)