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Anjolie Ayurveda Full Bloom, Grove Promenade, Nectar Oriental & Orchid Vanille ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 2 May 2014 8 Comments

Anjolie Ayurveda Full Bloom, Grove Promenade, Nectar Oriental and Orchid Vanille

Four years ago (!) I reviewed a line of scented soaps made by a small company called Anjolie Ayurveda. I’m still impressed by the quality and fragrances of those soaps, and I’ve tried to keep up with the brand’s more recent releases. I blame the dreadful, seemingly never-ending winter for the fact that I somehow missed Anjolie’s launch of a quartet of natural perfumes. In any case, I’ve finally learned about them and sampled all four, and I’m happy to report back with some brief but favorable reviews.

Full Bloom is “a beautiful bright floral that captures the bouquet of spring” with notes of magnolia flower, jasmine absolute, bois de rose, rose absolute and ylang ylang. The magnolia note is creamy and lemon-tinged, and the rose-jasmine accord and rosewood note are subtle and mellow. This is a perfect scent for a walk in a park when the flower trees are in bloom…

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Anjolie Ayurveda Neroli Lemon Body Butter & Seven Spice Body Oil ~ scented body products

Posted by Jessica on 11 May 2012 13 Comments

Nearly two years ago, I reviewed some fragranced soaps from a small brand called Anjolie Ayurveda. I was impressed by them on various counts: their natural scent blends, their high quality, their artistic packaging, their interesting back-story. I don’t think I’ve come across any other soaps that quite compare to these. I was happy to learn recently that Anjolie had added scented body butters and body oils to its catalog, and the unpredictable warm-to-cold, dry-to-humid weather of the past few weeks has given me a good opportunity to test the moisturizing effects of these new products.

Anjolie Ayurveda’s Aromatherapy Body Butters are offered in four scents: Lavender, Neem Tulsi, Sandalwood Saffon, and Neroli Lemon. I was drawn to the Neroli Lemon because I’m a great fan of neroli in general: I find it cheerful, cleansing, and calming all at the same time. Anjolie promises that “neroli brings a romantic and sophisticated air while lemon adds bright citrus notes” to this blend, and I agree. It’s a simple, satisfying fragrance. The Body Butter’s formula feels more like a thick cream…

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Holiday fragrance gifts 2010, part 2

Posted by Robin on 18 November 2010 34 Comments

If you missed it, see Holiday fragrance gifts 2010 part 1.


From L’Artisan Parfumeur, two coffrets: Les Masculines, shown above, with 15 ml bottles of Timbuktu, Fou d’Absinthe and L’Eau de L’Artisan; or Les Best, not shown, with Mûre et Musc, Premier Figuier and La Chasse aux Papillons…

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Anjolie Ayurveda Soaps ~ scented body products

Posted by Jessica on 30 May 2010 19 Comments

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Anjolie Ayurveda’s fragranced soaps are some of the prettiest-looking body products I’ve seen in a while. They’re circular and generously sized, and they’re wrapped in vibrantly colored handmade papers that are neatly pleated and sealed in the back. Anjolie’s lotus motif is a reference to the company’s practice of ayurveda (through formulations of beneficial herbs and natural oils) and to its manufacturing location (India, in the foothills of the Himalayas). Anjolie also hits the right notes by mentioning its commitment to fair trade practices, sustainable farming, collaboration with women-owned enterprises, and the use of facilities that provide education for their workers’ children.

However, all this visual appeal and these statements of ethics wouldn’t motivate me to review Anjolie Ayurveda unless the soaps themselves were enjoyable and effective products, which they definitely are. Anjolie’s basic soap recipe includes glycerin, olive oil, and aloe vera, plus other cold-pressed oils; it is available in ten different scents composed from natural essences. I started with Indian Lotus…

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