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Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum ~ perfume review

Posted by Angela on 2 March 2009 47 Comments

Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum

When I first dabbed Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum on my skin, I thought, this really reminds me of something. I tore to my perfume cabinet and looked at the bottles. What could it be? Something insistently spicy and a little astringent. Something with tobacco, maybe, and I definitely smelled coriander. I sniffed Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque and Chergui and dismissed them. L’Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two? No. Then I picked up a decant and lit on the answer: Kenzo Jungle L’Eléphant. Dianne Brill is nearly a dead ringer for L’Eléphant.

According to Chandler Burr’s review in the New York Times, Dianne Brill worked closely with Valérie Garnuch in developing the Dianne Brill fragrance. She wanted the fragrance to reflect the smell of an old piece of leather, a discontinued Kiehl’s body oil, wood from a construction site, sticky figs, a cigar box, and nutmeg (which Brill said reminded her of the smell of sweaty bodies at a disco in Mustique). Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum debuted in September 2008…

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Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2008 29 Comments

Dianne Brill perfumeDianne Brill, the “it-girl of the 1990’s New York party scene”*, has launched her debut fragrance, Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum:

Ms. Brill says: “Instead of giving you a list of the many precious ingredients in this fragrance, I would like to offer you a moment to FEEL THE SCENT.”…

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