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(Guy Laroche) J’ai Ose ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 20 February 2017 40 Comments

(Guy Laroche) J'ai Ose

I need your help. I’m sampling J’ai Osé, and I can find barely anything about it in my books and on the internet. NST’s readership is a robust brain trust. Between all of us, we should be able to unearth the story behind J’ai Osé, including who created it and the differences between the original and current formulas.

This is what I know: J’ai Osé launched in 1977, and its notes include peach, coriander, citrus, jasmine, patchouli, rose, orris, cedar, sandalwood, vetiver, amber, olibanum, oakmoss, musk and benzoin. It used to be part of the Guy Laroche perfume house but now is sold under the name “J’ai Osé” alone. (Guy Laroche lists only Fidji and Drakkar Noir on its website now.)

Another thing I know about J’ai Osé is that I adore it…

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Bunch o’ fragrance ads 2015, part 1

Posted by Robin on 18 January 2015 16 Comments

Tom Ford Black Orchid

A slideshow round up of recent-ish fragrance advertising, print and digital, plus a few older ads (40 slides in all) — most of these are for fragrances released in stores over the past six months, or just about to be released…

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Guy Laroche Drakkar Essence ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 15 July 2014 6 Comments

Guy Laroche Drakkar Essence

Guy Laroche has launched Drakkar Essence, a new flanker to 1972’s Drakkar fragrance for men…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2013, part 6

Posted by Robin on 29 March 2013 8 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Drakkar Noir, Neymar Jr edition 2013

From Guy Laroche, a limited edition bottle of Drakkar Noir celebrating the fragrance’s 30th anniversary. The bottle is signed by brand’s new face, Brazilian soccer star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, and is due to launch in April…

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