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Summer fun ~ brief reviews of six less-than-serious perfumes for hot weather

Posted by Robin on 2 June 2009 159 Comments

Six contenders for those warm summer days when a serious perfume just won’t do: Lostmarc’h Lann Ael, ElizabethW Sweet Tea, Comme des Garçons Soda, Gap Grass, Demeter Pruning Shears & Demeter Beetroot.

Lostmarc'h Lann Ael perfumeElizabethW Sweet Tea

Lostmarc’h Lann Ael ~ Gourmand-lovers looking for something edible that won’t overwhelm in the summer heat might want to check out Lann Ael from the niche line Lostmarc’h. It is most decidedly not my sort of thing, but something about it makes me smile. If the notes (buckwheat, cereals, milk, apple, vanilla) sound like breakfast, you’re on the right track: this is a dead ringer for my son’s favorite maybe-more-dessert-than-breakfast cereal: Cookie Crisp. It starts out airy and light, with crisp apple (thankfully or not, depending on your point of view, the apple doesn’t last), calms into a mild blend of sweet cereal grains and cookie dough, and eventually finishes off as a light, creamy vanilla…

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Celine Dion Chic, Gap Close ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 20 February 2009 33 Comments

Celine Dion Chic perfume for womenCeline Dion will launch Chic for Women this April. The new scent is “meant to convey sophistication and Celine’s evolvement into high-fashion looks”.

Chic was developed by perfumer Patricia Choux, and includes notes of aquatic greens, watermelon, peony, drenched gardenia, lotus flower, green violet, blond woods, sandalwood, amber and musk…

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The Gap Individuals: Natural, Original, Visionary, Lover ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 26 September 2007 23 Comments

Gap Individuals fragrance collection

The Gap has introduced the Individuals collection:

Under your clothes there’s you. Your spirit…

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Gap G7 Mixed, Bold & Spiked ~ new fragrances for men

Posted by Robin on 12 September 2007 Leave a Comment

Gap G7 Bold cologne for men

The Gap has introduced a new grooming collection for men, G7. The range includes three new fragrances: Mixed, Bold and Spiked, “inspired by the everyday guy–sexy, confident, clean”…

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Gap Bath + Skin Collection, Gap Body Collection ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 19 May 2007 12 Comments

Gap Bath + Skin Sugar Snap fragranceGapBody, a division of the Gap clothing chain, has launched the Bath + Skin Collection, eight new fragrances available in a Body Mist formula with “nourishing anti-oxidants” and in a variety of matching bath and body products, including lotion, scrub, hand cream, shower gel and bath salts. The fragrances are:

Sugar Snap (shown) ~ “sheer, dewy, tender”, “a tantalizing blend of pear flower and dew-drenched lotus, grounded by creamy white woods and a dash of musk”…

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