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Bill Blass Nude ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 1 February 2010 158 Comments

Bill Blass Nude perfume

For a perfume lover, discovering a terrific scent that has flown under many people’s radar is exciting. The thrill amplifies when the perfume only costs about $10 a bottle. Now that my backup bottle is safely on its way, I’m ready to share my latest discovery: Bill Blass Nude.

I first heard of Nude years ago when I read Laren Stover’s The Bombshell Manual of Style’s chapter on Bombshell perfumes. Most of the fragrances she lists are grand old perfumes, including the numbered Chanels, Guerlain Mitsouko and L’Heure Bleue, Rochas Femme, and Lanvin My Sin. Among these heavyweights is Nude, which the manual describes as “a striking floral composition” and creating “a mental state of near undress”.

Still, Bill Blass? Wrack my brain as I might, all I could call forth were images of conservatively dressed women of a certain age with small, groomed dogs. Not really the feel I’m going for…

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Bill Blass Couture 8 ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2008 13 Comments

Bill Blass Couture 8 fragranceBill Blass will launch a fifth fragrance in the Bill Blass Couture series (see Couture 1, 3. 6 & 7) this coming February. The fragrances were all inspired by designs from the Blass fashion line, which is currently undergoing a change in ownership.

The newest fragrance was inspired by a colorful red floral-print dress shown in Blass’ fall 2008 presentation…

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Bill Blass Couture ~ new perfumes

Posted by Robin on 5 September 2008 15 Comments

Bill Blass Couture fragrance

Bill Blass has introduced Bill Blass Couture, “timeless couture translated into a luxury modern fragrance collection”. The first four scents in the series are:

Couture 1 ~ Includes white tuberose, mandarin zest, peach blossom, clove and orange blossom…

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