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2017 / Browsing by date: August 2017

Olfactive Studio Close Up & Woody Mood ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 31 August 2017 5 Comments

I just spent a few enjoyable minutes doing some online window-shopping for sweaters and autumn accessories; it’s almost September, after all, and what better time to fantasize about a new pair of boots? This is the moment when I also start thinking about switching my summer perfumes (fruity roses, sheer beachy blends) for spicier, richer compositions. Fortunately, I have on hand small samples of two appropriate fragrances from French niche line Olfactive Studio: Close Up, launched in fall 2016, and the recently released Woody Mood.

Close Up was developed for Olfactive Studio by perfumer Annick Menardo and (as is customary for the brand) was inspired by a photograph: a very close view of an eyeball’s iris by Suren Malvelyan…

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Bruno Fazzolari Unsettled ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2017 6 Comments

Bruno Fazzolari Unsettled

Indie perfumer Bruno Fazzolari has launched Unsettled, a new fragrance. Unsettled was commissioned for the exhibit of the same name at the Nevada Museum of Art, and is presented there in the uranium glass bottle shown above left…

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Online fragrance shopping

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Deal at luckyscent: take 15% off discontinued fragrances (list here) with coupon call LASTCALL, expiration date unknown. New items include Timothy Han The Decay of the Angel, Creed Aventus for Her.

New at saksfifthavenue: Frederic Malle Superstitious.

New at selfridges (UK): Parle Moi de Parfum line, Guerlain Shalimar Souffle Intense.

Wise men say only fools rush in, part the second

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Mia Wasikowska, Mia Goth, Ansel Elgort and Dane DeHaan return, for La Femme Prada Intense and L'Homme Prada Intense. This appears to be footage from the original commercial, plus flowers.

Thursday scent of the day 8/31

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2017 229 Comments

onions

Happy Almost-Friday and happy Almost-September! (Plus, happy birthday to Van Morrison.) What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m wearing Dawn Spencer Kaleidoscope, for the lettuce, for the rabbits.

Reminder: 9/1 we’re doing Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit…

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