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Costamor Tabacca ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 14 April 2010 41 Comments

Costamor Tabacca perfume

Los Angeles-based Costamor (whose perfumes are inspired by Costa Rica) recently released Tabacca: “a sultry, feminine spin on one (of) the prized crops of Costa Rica— tobacco.” Tabacca’s listed notes are spices, apple peel, jasmine, rose tea, raw tobacco leaves, dried tobacco leaves, rare woods, and amber.

Tabacca begins with a fumy mix of citrus, jasmine and rich, sweet (and slightly musky) tobacco; I think I detect a drop of labdanum too. The tobacco notes overtake the jasmine in mid-development and are joined by vanillic amber and a “lush” apple note (this apple is not “fresh” off the tree and crisp, but smells of honeyed cider). There are also a few specks of cumin floating in the fragrance but I don’t think this cumin will bother even certified cumin-haters…

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Costamor Beachwood, Tabacca, Sugarwood & Dulcess ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 5 February 2010 43 Comments

Costamor Beachwood, Tabacca, Sugarwood & Dulcess

Costamor is a new niche line from Elizabeth Wright, inspired by her memories of Costa Rica:

As a child, it felt like a magical place: waterfalls, jungles…

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