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2016 / Browsing by date: February 2016

Eris Parfums Ma Bete, Belle de Jour & Night Flower ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 29 February 2016 22 Comments

Eris Parfums Belle de Jour, Night Flower and Ma Bête

Barbara Herman named her new perfume house Eris Parfums after the Greek goddess of war and strife. Herman draws our attention away from war and toward a story where Eris, banned from a party, tosses in a golden apple with the words on it, “Who’s the fairest”? As Herman says, “I love the idea of a party-crashing, trouble-making Greek goddess who inspires creativity and subversion!”

When asked about influences for Eris Parfums, she references the “emotional effect vintage animalic fragrances like Robert Piguet’s Baghari, Lanvin’s Rumeur and Chanel’s Cuir de Russie” had on her. “It was the voluptuous, sensuous, 3D and emotional aspect of these fragrances that compelled me,” she says. “They smelled good but their impact went beyond that. It was that extra impact of animalics I wanted to return to perfume.”

Perfumer Antoine Lie developed Eris Parfums’s first three fragrances…

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The Monday Mail ~ help Sydney find a new perfume

Posted by Robin on 29 February 2016 54 Comments

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Sydney wants our help. She has been interested in perfume ever since coming across Dior Dune at a yard sale as a teenager. She’s about to drain her latest bottle, but doesn’t want to replace it: she feels she’s outgrown Dune and wants to expand her horizons. She currently lives in Arkansas so has limited access to fragrance stores, but she’ll be moving to the outskirts of Paris soon. She’d like some recommendations so she can build a list of things worth trying (maybe she’ll find a new signature scent, maybe she’ll build a wardrobe). And if any Paris perfumistas are interested in contacting her, she’d love to connect with you!

Here is what we know about Sydney…

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Monday scent of the day 2/29

Posted by Robin on 29 February 2016 320 Comments

Victor Hugo

Happy Leap Day! What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m trying Etat Libre d’Orange Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre. Either I am anosmic to something in the formula, or it does indeed wear like a shadow.

Reminder: On 3/4, wear a fragrance from Estee Lauder or Aramis, if you have one…

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A dry eau

Posted by Robin on 29 February 2016 2 Comments

The video for Serge Lutens L'Eau de Paille.

Online fragrance shopping

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New at bloomingdales: Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Rosa Excelsa.

New at macys: Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Nectarine Blossom, Ralph Lauren Ralph Love.

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