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Amouage Memoir ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2010 80 Comments

Amouage Memoir

Amouage will launch Memoir Man and Memoir Woman at the end of September:

Inspired by the decadent mien and genius of the 19th Century French poet, Charles Baudelaire…

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L’Artisan Coeur de Vetiver Sacre ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 24 June 2010 76 Comments

L'Artisan Coeur de Vetiver Sacre perfume

L’Artisan Parfumeur will launch Coeur de Vétiver Sacré in September. The new fragrance is…

…An offering to the gods, a mystical journey between West and East, a woody fragrance, light and magnificent…

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Amouage Library Collection Opus I, II & III ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 18 June 2010 71 Comments

Amouage Library Collection

Amouage will launch the Library Collection, three fragrances meant to be “timeless pieces which are not subject to fashion”, in July.

Opus I ~ “This wonderful chypre scent by perfumer Daniel Maurel…”

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L’Artisan L’Eau de Jatamansi fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 7 May 2007 22 Comments

L'Eau de Jatamansi perfume by L'Artisan Parfumeur

L’Artisan Parfumeur introduced L’Eau de Jatamansi this month. The new unisex fragrance is the line’s first 100% natural, certified-organic scent, and follows the recently launched Jatamansi Body Collection. It was developed by perfumer Karine Vinchon, and the notes include jatamansi (aka nard or spikenard), clary sage, bergamot, grapefruit, cardamom, iced tea accord, Turkish rose, ylang ylang, patchouli, gaïac, vetiver, sandalwood, papyrus and incense.

I do not know if L’Eau de Jatamansi replaces the usual summer limited edition fragrance from L’Artisan this year, but it smells like a summer L’Artisan: a little bit of something spare and refreshing to cool you off on a hot day. The opening is lively and quick — a flash of lightly sugared grapefruit, replaced in short order by woody herbal notes and pale florals…

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