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2014 / Browsing by date: April 2014

Diptyque Eau de Lavande & Geranium Odorata ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Kevin on 30 April 2014 45 Comments

Diptyque Eau de Lavande and Geranium Odorata, labels

Have you ever met people who give in to middle age a little TOO easily? They relish gray hair, embrace flab, “simplify” their wardrobes by banishing all colors except navy, white, black, gray and beige. They repeat the phrase “age appropriate”: when getting a haircut, choosing a perfume, or buying jeans (“Should I even be WEARING jeans at my age?” they ask). Tiresome. If I could accept aging in such a way, my life would be (might be?) easier. But I can’t! I’ll fight the creaks and leaks and cracks of time every step of the way.

Diptyque has reached middle age and settled into a slower and lazier rhythm with ease. The lively, fun-loving, unusual, quirky perfume company I used to love…is now resting in a La-Z-Boy recliner (those dull new Diptyque bottles!) and seems to have banished all “color” “pattern” and style from its new perfume offerings. A blandness has settled over Diptyque; two new examples of middle-aged Diptyque are Geranium Odorata and Eau de Lavande…

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Regime des Fleurs ~ new niche line

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2014 8 Comments

Régime des Fleurs

Régime des Fleurs is the new niche line of filmmaker Alia Raza and stylist Ezra Woods. They debut with six fragrances in three ‘tiers’: the Lyrics (Water/Wood, Nitesurf and Turquoise), the Ballads (Bel Époq and Dove Grey) and the Epic (Nymphaea Caerulea)…

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L’Homme x 3

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2014 3 Comments

Actor Olivier Martinez in the new ad for Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Sport.

Below the jump, le making of, followed by a new ad (again, with Martinez) for the original L’Homme fragrance. You can find 2 older Martinez ads for L’Homme here.

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British Sterling H.I.M. Reserve and British Sterling H.I.M. Private Stock ~ new fragrances

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 British Sterling H.I.M. Reserve and British Sterling H.I.M. Private Stock

Dana Classic Fragrances has launched British Sterling H.I.M. Reserve and British Sterling H.I.M. Private Stock, two new fragrances for men. H.I.M. is short for His Imperial Majesty…

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X-Ray Profumo Amnesia ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2014 2 Comments

X-Ray Profumo Amnesia

Niche line X-Ray Profumo / RXR Profumo* launched Amnesia, a new fragrance inspired by Ibiza summers…

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