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Jovan Island Musk ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 21 January 2016 Leave a Comment

Jovan Island Musk

Jovan has launched Island Musk, a new fruity floral variation on the brand’s popular Musk Oil…

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Staying sexy is an all day job

Posted by Robin on 29 May 2014 8 Comments

The 1980s! First up, Billy Dee Williams for Jovan Musk Evening Edition. Below the jump, an ad for Coty Wild Musk.

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Jovan Silky Rose, Secret Amber & Intense Oud ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 20 August 2012 14 Comments

Jovan Silky Rose

Jovan has launched a new trio of unisex fragrances: Silky Rose, Secret Amber and Intense Oud…

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Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2011

Posted by Angela on 31 October 2011 146 Comments

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I always tell people my favorite season is summer. In truth, it’s autumn. I whisper this fact, because while autumn is heartrendingly beautiful with its crisp mornings and warm afternoons and a garden still full of dahlias and greens, autumn is also the harbinger of winter. Each delightful, knife-sharp afternoon is a reminder of the rainy days ahead. Each walk through a shuffle of parchment-red leaves portends months of dark, slushy cold. When I can forget all that and focus on the here and now, I love fall.

For courage, I queued up Ian Bostridge’s sad but glorious Schubert lieder and chose ten autumn situations and matching fragrances to write about for today’s post:

Making the seasonal transition: All of the sudden, a morning feels colder than the rest. Instead of grabbing a cardigan, you ponder a light jacket. You’re almost ready to fire up the furnace for the first time this year, but not quite yet. A warmer fragrance seems fitting, but you’re not quite tempted to give yourself over to heavy gourmands and orientals. Ormonde Jayne Tolu works nicely now. Its green heart lightens its rich, oriental base. Annick Goutal Eau de Charlotte is a good transitional fragrance, too. It is fresh, but offers the after-school treat of bread, jam, and chocolate…

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Jovan Woman by Jovan ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 26 August 2011 31 Comments

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“What a man wants from woman, Jovan created.” So says the sticker on Jovan Woman by Jovan’s brown plastic cap. From smelling Woman, I deduce a man wants a woman who smells like a dude. In a head shop.

Woman by Jovan is a strange concoction. Released in 1977, it seems to presage the big, spicy orientals to come — Yves Saint Laurent Opium, Chanel Coco, and Estée Lauder Cinnabar being a few — but somehow misses the bull’s eye by a few inches. It’s as if Jovan created its own silky, spicy, woody, oriental fragrance ahead of the curve, but before bottling it, a few gallons of aftershave fell in the vat.

From reading the few reviews I can find of Woman, it seems to have a cult following who fearfully tracks its dwindling supply. (I found my dusty bottle of cologne concentrate spray at Rite Aid.) In reviews on Makeupalley, I saw Woman compared to Balmain Miss Balmain, Paloma Picasso Mon Parfum, Caron Tabac Blond, Parfums Grès Cabochard, and vintage Christian Dior Miss Dior…

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