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2016 / Browsing by date: June 2016

Thursday scent of the day 6/30

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2016 296 Comments

Abici Italia Pantone bike

Happy Almost-Friday, and happy Almost-July! What fragrance are you wearing?

Our vacation is over. I am leaving for home today — there won’t be any more posts today, but I’ll be back tomorrow. I’m commando, and will probably stay that way until I get home, when I’ll put on something by Olivia Giacobetti.

Reminder: on 7/1, wear a fragrance by Olivia Giacobetti, if you have one…

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Aramis Voyager ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2016 10 Comments

Aramis Voyager

Aramis has launched Aramis Voyager, a new fragrance for men…

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Astier de Villatte Grand Chalet & Elixir du Dr. Flair ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Kevin on 29 June 2016 18 Comments

Grand Chalet, Rossinière, Switzerland

In Rossinière, Switzerland, the painter Balthus lived at the Grand Chalet — and grand it is. The Grand Chalet is the largest chalet in Switzerland and one of the biggest wooden residences in Europe. On the Grand Chalet’s grounds was a huge linden tree that provided shade and fragrance (supposedly, Balthus loved the scent of linden); Astier de Villatte just released a linden blossom fragrance inspired by this tree. Astier de Villatte describes Grand Chalet, the perfume:

An enchanting smell escapes the bottle and suddenly fills the air: it is the age-old linden that shades the garden of painter Balthus’s atelier, at Grand Chalet, high up in the Swiss alps. A tribute to the artist and his favourite scent, bask in this Cologne’s delightful redolence of honey, milk and slight hints of lemon…

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Bvlgari Man Black Orient ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 29 June 2016 13 Comments

Bvlgari Man Black Orient

Bvlgari has launched Man Black Orient, a new flanker to 2014’s Man in Black, which was a flanker to 2010’s Bvlgari Man. Man Black Orient follows the recently introduced Man Black Cologne…

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Bottle

Posted by Robin on 29 June 2016 2 Comments

Artist Howard Lee, back with more drawings for Paco Rabanne Olympéa Aqua and Invictus Aqua.

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