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The almost-daily lemming

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Could be fun, or not. Unicorn Fruit Body Butter from Truly Organic: "An organic, multi-colored, whipped, body butter that smells so delicious you'll want to eat it!? Sign me up! It doesn't end there though.. The Unicorn Fruit Body Butter by Truly Organic is a product is packed with four of their favorite ingredients! (Matcha, Acaii, Chia, Rose) If you're looking for a fun, rich, hydrating moisturizer packed with loads of vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants, you've found your match!" $20 for 119 ml at Ulta.

5 Perfumes for Palm Springs

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February in my home town is dark and rainy. Smart Portlanders book flights for Mexico and other parts south. My budget usually keeps me home with stacks of novels and something braising in the oven, but this year I’m going to spend a week at a friend’s house in Palm Springs. I’ve never been there, and my brain is loaded with visions of the desert, palm trees, old steakhouses, and, hopefully, a good thrift shop or two.

I’ll be traveling with a modest carry-on suitcase, so I’ll probably take only a decant of a good all-purpose vintage fragrance with a warm-day, cool-night feel, like Rochas Audace. But if I were to pack a steamer trunk, here are five perfumes I’d include…

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Editions M.R. Acide & C. O. Bigelow Lemon Body Lotion ~ fragrance & body product review

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In my last review I paired a neroli fragrance and body lotion. This week, I’m turning my attention to lemon, that commonplace citrus whose scent has become (unfairly!) linked with household cleaning products. I recently purchased some organic lemon essential oil to use in a class and once I’d opened it, I couldn’t stop sniffing it. So bright, so radiant, so satisfying! Here, then, are two very different products with lemon-centered scents that have entered my current rotation.

Acide is a contemporary interpretation of a classic Eau de Cologne, developed by perfumer Will Inrig for French menswear brand Éditions M.R…

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Parfums de Nicolai Neroli Intense & Thymes Neroli Sol Body Lotion ~ fragrance & body product review

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I may wear rose more often than any other floral note in my fragrances, but I’m also very fond of violet and carnation, and sometimes I really crave an orange blossom perfume. Parfums de Nicolaï recently launched Néroli Intense, Patricia de Nicolaï’s tribute to her own “passion for the orange flower,” and since this house is one I respect, I was looking forward to trying this new scent.

Néroli Intense’s composition includes notes of mandarin, neroli, tarragon, pittosporum flower, petitgrain, beeswax, patchouli and white musk. It does indeed evoke the “different olfactory properties” of the bitter orange tree, while remaining coherent and tightly constructed. Its petitgrain note — evoking the oil distilled from the twigs of the bitter orange tree — is green and raspy, and takes the lead after Néroli Intense is applied to skin…

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The daily lemming

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A cheap thrill cedar lotion: Everyone for Men Cedar + Citrus. "This 3-in-1 Citrus + Cedar Lotion is gentle enough for every face and moisturizing enough for hands and body. Pure Cedar and Citrus essential oils leave you smelling great while organic Aloe, Calendula, White Tea and Chamomile extracts leaves your skin soft and touchable. Priced for every budget, formulated for every body." $10.99 for 946 ml at Target.

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