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Jo Malone The Bloomsbury Set ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 7 January 2017 21 Comments

Jo Malone The Bloomsbury Set

Jo Malone will launch The Bloomsbury Set, a new limited edition collection of five fragrances, in March. Blue Hyacinth, Garden Lilies, Leather & Artemisia, Tobacco & Mandarin and Whisky & Cedarwood were inspired by the Bloomsbury Group and Vanessa Bell's Charleston House in Sussex.

Blue Hyacinth ~ inspired by the gardens at Charleston House, a floral with hyacinth, geraniums and vetiver.

Garden Lilies ~ inspired by the pond at Charleston House, an aquatic floral with water lily, green sap , ylang ylang, vanilla and white musk.

Leather & Artemisia ~ inspired by the library, with absinthe, artemisia, orris, leather and cypriol.

Tobacco & Mandarin ~ after dinner at Charleston, with mandarin, sage, beeswax and sweet tobacco.

Whisky & Cedarwood ~ nights at Charleston, with whisky, roses, pimento and waxed wood floors.

Jo Malone The Bloomsbury Set Blue Hyacinth, Garden Lilies, Leather & Artemisia, Tobacco & Mandarin and Whisky & Cedarwood will be available in 30 ml.

(via londonbeautyqueen, fashionforlunch.net, reallyree)

Update: The Bloomsbury Set fragrances were developed by perfumer Yann Vasnier.

Related...

Jo Malone Tobacco & Mandarin ~ fragrance review
Jo Malone Blue Hyacinth and Leather & Artemisia ~ fragrance reviews

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Tagged With: jo malone, limited edition, yann vasnier

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  1. Coumarin says:
    7 January 2017 at 10:55 am

    I know I never go to the library with a flask of absinthe.

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    • Coumarin says:
      7 January 2017 at 10:56 am

      Without*

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      • Robin says:
        7 January 2017 at 11:02 am

        Well certainly you ought not go into the library at Charleston without proper fortification ;-)

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  2. Sapphire says:
    7 January 2017 at 11:24 am

    I can’t say that any of these really sound appealing to me. Money saved!

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2017 at 11:37 am

      I managed to miss the 2016 collection (The Herb Garden) entirely. A few of these sound good to me but we’ll see if I manage to get to the mall while the testers are out.

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    • scentfromabove says:
      7 January 2017 at 7:18 pm

      I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I agree. :(

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  3. juicejones says:
    7 January 2017 at 1:17 pm

    As a long time Bloomsbury goon, I will be checking these out.

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  4. johanob says:
    7 January 2017 at 2:21 pm

    Well they sound lovely.I think JM still does a good job without Jo Malone herself.

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    • johanob says:
      7 January 2017 at 2:23 pm

      I love the absinthe tie-in to go with the library theme.You know,with infamous writers using absinthe when inspiration lacked and all…

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  5. sistine says:
    7 January 2017 at 3:32 pm

    My wallet is worried – this is probably

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    • sistine says:
      7 January 2017 at 3:33 pm

      Oops – the cat stepped on the “post reply” button. This is one group of authors that I adore, so I am more than curious to smell these!!

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      • chocolatemarzipan8 says:
        7 January 2017 at 4:56 pm

        oh goodness…too funny about the cat!!!

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  6. hajusuuri says:
    7 January 2017 at 3:48 pm

    I like the packaging. The one I would like to try is Tobacco & Mandarine. Speaking of Jo Malone, I am on page 98 of her autobiography but had to return the book to the library. I will eventually finish the book.

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    • scentfromabove says:
      7 January 2017 at 7:31 pm

      Please tell me how you think it is. I thought I would be getting it for Christmas, but didn’t. :( So, I have thought about getting it. I think it was Angela or Robin (sorry, it slips my mind which said it) that it had little to do with perfume. I am still fascinated with the perfumer. Is it an interesting read?

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      • Robin says:
        7 January 2017 at 8:14 pm

        Angie reviewed it :-)

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      • hajusuuri says:
        8 January 2017 at 8:40 pm

        Definitely an easy read as Angela mentioned. A quarter into the book (400 pages or so total), we’re still at her mid-teen years so in my humble opinion, the section I read probably could be condensed into at most 50 pages.

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  7. chocolatemarzipan8 says:
    7 January 2017 at 4:57 pm

    I would not be opposed to sampling these if I happen to pop into a Jo Malone….the bottles are interesting too.

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    • scentfromabove says:
      7 January 2017 at 7:32 pm

      I agree. They are quite unique!

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  8. cazaubon says:
    8 January 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Looks like fun, will definitely test these.

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  9. AnnE says:
    8 January 2017 at 2:17 pm

    I would like to collect the whole set, but I doubt if I’ll get around to it. Love the cute bottles!

    Last year, I bought the Clover and Nasturtium. Ended up not wearing it too often, although I quite liked it (but that was probably due to the size of my collection and borderline-pathological sample buying ????.) Too much competition.

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  10. JadainGA says:
    9 January 2017 at 3:16 pm

    Probably a good thing that my nearest Jo Malone counter is 20 miles away in terrible traffic! No temptation if the commute keeps me away….

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