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2016 / Browsing by date: November 2016

Etat Libre d’Orange Attaquer Le Soleil Marquis de Sade ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 30 November 2016 16 Comments

Etat Libre d'Orange Attaquer Le Soleil Marquis de Sade, brand image

What a difference an ingredient makes. Last week I disparaged a fragrance that showcased one note (Iso E Super) and this week I’m doing just the opposite. Attaquer Le Soleil* Marquis de Sade by Etat Libre d’Orange promotes one ingredient, cistus labdanum (from Cistus ladanifer), but I thoroughly enjoy this perfume.

I wrote about the Marquis de Sade and perfume almost 7 years ago (Histoires de Parfums 1740 Marquis de Sade). I’ll quote myself:

Sade’s stories of torture, his endless diatribes against religion, his sexual fantasies involving pain, incest, degradation, humiliation and murder numbed me. Reading the Marquis de Sade’s dully written, repetitive tales made me sleepy and after awhile I began to laugh heartily at the absurdity of him and what he ‘preached.’ His philosophy didn’t appeal to (or interest) me. I was definitely not Sade’s audience.

I’m still not Sade’s audience but sometimes I feel I could have been his compatriot…

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Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Dark Moon, Musc al Madina & Onycha ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2016 3 Comments

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Dark Moon

Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Dark Moon, the brand’s holiday fragrance for 2016. Also new: Musc al Madina and Onycha…

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Davidoff Amber Blend ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2016 Leave a Comment

Davidoff Amber Blend

Davidoff has launched Amber Blend, the third fragrance in the Davidoff Blend Collection. The series started in 2014 with Leather Blend, followed by Agar Blend in 2015…

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Wednesday scent of the day 11/30

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2016 276 Comments

beach

Hump Day, and Mark Twain’s birthday, and the last day of November. What fragrance are you wearing?

After a rather long search through the sample drawers, I am in Bond no. 9 Fire Island, by Michel Almairac. I smell like the height of East Coast Beach Summer.

Reminder: on 12/2, wear a perfume by Michel Almairac, if you have one…

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Make Merry Mischief

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2016 8 Comments

A holiday video from Jo Malone. (Warning: more product wrapping, less mischief than the title implies.)

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