Versace has launched Versace Pour Femme Oud Oriental, the feminine counterpart to the Versace Pour Homme Oud Noir fragrance which launched earlier this year. Other recent launches from the brand include Bright Crystal Absolu…
Blackbird Incense ~ home fragrance review
The summer I turned seventeen, I had a new friend who liked to scent her room with incense sticks and cones, which she burned in an assortment of small pottery vessels that she had crafted in a ceramics class. I was impressed by her bohemian style — she also had wonderfully eclectic taste in clothing and music — and I soon adopted the incense-burning ritual for myself, at home and then in my college dorm room.
The incense we used in those days was run-of-the-mill stuff purchased at record stores or from street vendors, either heavy and harsh with synthetic sandalwood or sickly-sweet with fruit scents or soapy lavender fragrance. I later made the switch to candles, and I haven’t used incense cones for longer than I can remember. When I found out about the Blackbird Incense line, I remembered my teen years (and my strongly scented dorm rooms) with fondness, but I wasn’t sure whether I could pick up the incense habit again…
Bvlgari Aqva Amara ~ new fragrance
Bvlgari will launch Aqva Amara, a new fragrance for men. Aqva Amara is a flanker to 2005’s Aqva Pour Homme, and follows recent flankers Aqva Pour Homme Toniq and Aqva Pour Homme Marine Toniq (2011)…
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at beautyhabit: get a $15 eGift certificate with any purchase of $75 or more using coupon code HOLIDAYCHEER, good today only.
New at luckyscent: Teo Cabanel Barkhane.
New at nordstrom: Eau de Cartier Zeste de Soleil, Essenze by Ermenegildo Zegna collection.
New at sephora: Elizabeth & James Nirvana White & Nirvana Black.
Holiday fragrance gifts 2013, part 7
Our second-to-last holiday gift post for 2013 focuses on budget options and stocking stuffers. Next: luxury, coming up on Sunday.
If you missed them, check out Part 1: scented body products, Part 2: travel sizes & coffrets, Part 3: home fragrance, Part 4: gifts for men, Part 5: teas & sweets and Part 6: more travel sizes & coffrets.
More shopping ideas: see the Winter Holiday Shopping Guide at Chemist in the Bottle.
From Yves Rocher’s Hammam collection, a “Beauty Ritual Duo” with soap (scented with jasmine, rose and fruits) and Nourishing Argan Balm (scented with orange blossom). Normally $48, currently on sale for $25 at Yves Rocher…