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2015 / Browsing by date: November 2015

Deco London Loretta, Millicent & Constance ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Angela on 30 November 2015 6 Comments

Deco London perfume

Despite the fact that so many people seem to be doing it these days, it can’t be easy to launch a perfume house. Apart from having — or hiring — the actual perfume know-how, you have to think of a concept. If you don’t have a celebrity or fashion house to hang your branding on, what will set your fragrances apart?

Sophia Fannon-Howell, founder and creative director of Deco London, settled on history. London’s 1920s, to be exact. Working with Robertet, she created a collection of six fragrances — three feminines and three masculines — that she says “blends classic fragrance accords with modern wearability and fashionable design, adds a pinch of British humour and a dose of 1920s glamour and serves up an elegant cocktail of fragrances for the ‘Bright Young Things’ of today.”

Who doesn’t want to smell like an elegant cocktail? I sampled the Deco London feminines: Constance, Loretta, and Millicent…

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The Booster Club by Angela M. Sanders ~ book announcement

Posted by Angela on 30 November 2015 31 Comments

The Booster Club, book cover

In the first of what I hope will be a long-running series, Angela Sanders has resurrected the art of the comic caper, and done so brilliantly. Quirky characters, lots of action, and hairpin plot turns make The Booster Club a must-read and pure gold entertainment. — PJ Alderman, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Haunting Jordan, a Port Chatham Cozy Mystery

When it comes to good deeds, the Booster Club proves that crime pays…

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Parfums MDCI Les Indes Galantes ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2015 11 Comments

Parfums MDCI Les Indes Galantes

French niche line Parfums MDCI has launched Les Indes Galantes, a new “exotic gourmand” perfume for women…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2015 11 Comments

Deal at aromamperfumes: 10% Off Camellia Perfumes plus free shipping on all orders during month of December.

Deal at bathandbodyworks: take 25% off with coupon code BEST25EVER.

Deal at bondno9: get a free Voyager Candle Set with purchases of $350 or more using coupon code CANDLE.

Deal at caswellmassey: 25-40% off plus free shipping.

Deal at crabtree-evelyn: take 25% off plus free shipping with coupon code CYBER25NOW.

Deal at dshperfumes: get 3 extra freebie samples by writing in your sample requests in the order notes during check out.

Deal at houseofcherrybomb: free shipping through the holidays.

Deal at jomalone: free engraving on a $125+ purchase.

Deal at ismellgreat: 25% off everything.

Deal at neelavermeire: buy a discovery set, get a free surprise gift, today and tomorrow only.

Deal at nestfragrances: get $25 OFF orders of $100+ with coupon code CMON25 or $50 OFF orders of $150+ with code CMON50.

Update:

Deal at anticafarmacista: take 20% off with coupon code ANTICA20.

Monday scent of the day 11/30

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2015 220 Comments

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Happy Cyber Monday! It’s also Lucy Maud Montgomery’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?

(And a special request: there are so many deals today I’ll never get even a fraction of them. If you know of a great coupon code, please help out your fellow perfumistas by commenting on today’s Online Fragrance Shopping post, which is coming up shortly.)

I’m wearing Aftelier Bergamoss, in the new limited edition Eau de Parfum. Love, and the small size (9 ml for $60) is tempting…

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