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2013 / Browsing by date: February 2013

Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2013 67 Comments

Giant Rose

She’s a rose with thorns, don’t mess with her. She’s a girl who goes to extremes. When she can, she soothes; and when she wants … !

Her fragrance lifts you higher, she rocks and shocks. — Serge Lutens1

La Fille de Berlin is the latest from Serge Lutens; reportedly it’s the only new scent we’ll get from the house this year (normally, there are two or three launches). It’s being introduced in conjunction with his new book of photography, Berlin à Paris, and pays homage, apparently, to the women of Soviet-occupied postwar Berlin.2

The first couple of seconds — it’s quick, don’t miss it! — are ROSE, big and bright enough to justify the all caps, and nearly a dead ringer for The Perfumer’s Workshop Tea Rose. But La Fille de Berlin soon enough goes off in another direction entirely, bypassing as well the dewy springtime rose of Lutens’ own Sa Majesté la Rose and the overtly seductive aura of Rose de Nuit…

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Surprise

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Heidi Klum hams it up for her latest fragrance, Heidi Klum Surprise.

Amouage Beloved Man ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2013 11 Comments

Amouage Beloved Man

Amouage will launch Beloved Man, the masculine counterpart to last year’s Beloved Woman…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2013 6 Comments

Deal at barneys: All Parfums DelRae fragrances are half price. New items include Dries van Noten par Frederic Malle.

New at dillards: Marc Jacobs Sunshine Editions, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Honeysuckle.

New at first-in-fragrance (GR): Amouage Beloved, Olfactive Studio Flash Back.

New at luckyscent: Le Labo Aldehyde 44.

New at nordstrom: Bottega Veneta Eau Legere, Marc Jacobs Sunshine Editions.

New at selfridges (UK): Estee Lauder Youth Dew Limited Edition.

Swarovski Aura by Swarovski Love Collection ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2013 7 Comments

Swarovski Aura by Swarovski Love Collection

Swarovski will launch Aura by Swarovski Love Collection in April. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2011′s Aura by Swarovski and follows 2012’s Aura by Swarovski Collection Mariage…

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