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Perfume review: Jo Malone Nectarine Blossom & Honey

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Jo Malone Nectarine Blossom & Honey fragrance

Nectarine Blossom & Honey is the latest fragrance release from Jo Malone, who established her line of perfumes in London in 1994. She remained with the brand as Creative Director even after it was sold to Estee Lauder in 1999, but has recently announced that she is moving on to pursue other goals. There are no plans to discontinue the line, but unless another fragrance was already in the works under her guidance, Nectarine Blossom & Honey, which was released in the UK last year and is only recently available in the US, may be the last real “Jo Malone” fragrance we see…

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Perfume & lasting power: a lament

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Prague clock

Last night I sat down to finish off a review of one of my favorite fragrances by Jo Malone, Black Vetyver Café. Here is part of what I wrote:

Black Vetyver Café starts with dark coffee beans, freshly ground and almost-but-not-quite bitter, with a woody-nutty undertone. There is a faint trail of dry, smoke-free incense, and hints of pepper and light spices. Over the next 15 minutes, the coffee fades and the vetiver and woods intensify…

I love those first 15 minutes of Black Vetyver Café, but eventually gave up on finishing the review. There isn’t much more to say. The fragrance doesn’t entirely disappear after 15 minutes, but its glory is pretty much over by 30, and what remains after an hour is too bland to talk about at any length…

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Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir fragrance review

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Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir perfume

Pomegranate Noir is the latest fragrance release from Jo Malone, the British perfumer who started out mixing fragrance oils in her kitchen and now heads the Jo Malone division under the ownership of Estee Lauder. It has notes of pomegranate, pink pepper, raspberry, plum, opopanax, frankincense, patchouli, musk, and spicy woods.

Pomegranate Noir starts with very dry, very peppery fruit. The pomegranate adds a nicely tart undertone, but for the most part it remains just that: an undertone, and the pepper likewise subsides as it settles into a lightly smoky blend of incense, earthy notes and woods…

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Freebies from J Lo & other perfume news

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In conjunction with the recent release of her Live fragrance, Jennifer Lopez is giving away a customized autographed video iPOD. Log onto jenniferlopezbeauty everyday between 12/15 – 12/23 for a chance to win, and looks like you can get a free fragrance sample while you're there.

The Independent Online has a long article about Jo Malone.

Thanks to Karen for the link to this article about Alexis Karl, a New Yorker who makes custom scents in addition to a ready-to-wear line that includes fragrances like Red Velvet, Minx, Venus in Furs and Queen Bitch.

Omnia hotels have partnered with ScentAir to provide a signature ambient fragrance, based on lemongrass and green tea, to each of its 40 hotels resorts. (via Yahoo Finance)

A fragrance gift guide for the holidays, continued

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From Jo Malone, a set of six travel sized bottles of cologne, including Orange Blossom, Vintage Gardenia, Grapefruit, Amber & Lavender, French Lime Blossom, and Lime Basil & Mandarin. $80 at jomalone or neimanmarcus.

 


From Acqua di Parma, a Lavanda Tonica gift set with a 50 ml bottle of Eau de Toilette, a 200 ml tube of bath gel and soap. $63 at parfum1.

 


From Florence Gunnarson, a set of five bath oils for $38: No. 67, Wild Fern, Mary Black, White Blossom and Deco 23. I love this packaging!

 


From Bvlgari, a coffret with travel sizes of Bvlgari Pour Femme, Rose Essentielle and Voile de Jasmin. $65 at sephora.

 

From Aftelier perfumes, a gift set with a miniature fragrance, a body oil, face elixir and sugar body scrub. $130.

 


For the stocking, from Perfumeria Girl, lip balms in apple, banana, pear, or red currant. $6 at makeupheaven.

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