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2019 / Browsing by date: April 2019

True Love and Trulove Perfume

Posted by Angela on 30 April 2019 24 Comments

Looking to get him to ask you out? Desperate to regain your husband’s attention? Or maybe you simply want men killing each other to get at you? David J. Trulove can help.

David J. Trulove is the purported head of Trulove Perfume. Trulove perfume ads peppered comic books in the 1950s. Like many ads for fragrance today, they promise seduction and, curiously, bypass what the perfume actually smells like. But Mr. Trulove doesn’t mess around with fancy models in diaphonous gowns and vague references to the modern woman. No, he goes right to the meat: love and power…

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The (almost) daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2019 2 Comments

Everyone says Moroccanoil smells great, and every time I go to Sephora, I forget to smell it. Now there is a bar soap to tempt me, $14. "This gentle cleansing bar hydrates as it cleanses, infusing skin with the nourishing properties of antioxidant-rich argan oil and moisturizing shea butter. This mild body bar is delicately infused with Fragrance Originale, the signature Moroccanoil scent, or Fleur de Rose, a luxurious modern rose fragrance—take your pick!"

Givenchy Eau de Givenchy Rosee ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2019 Leave a Comment

Givenchy will launch Eau de Givenchy Rosée, a new flanker to the 2018 version of Eau de Givenchy (which was a remake of the 1980 fragrance)…

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Van Cleef & Arpels Santal Blanc ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2019 5 Comments

Van Cleef & Arpels has launched Santal Blanc, a new addition to the brands′s Collection Extraordinaire…

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Tuesday scent of the day 4/30

Posted by Robin on 30 April 2019 187 Comments

Happy Tuesday! It’s also International Jazz Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Byredo Flowerhead. I had not worn it in ages and forgot how pretty it is.

Reminder: on 5/3, wear lily of the valley for May Day…

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