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Christian Dior La Colle Noire ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 19 April 2016 12 Comments

Christian Dior La Colle Noire

Christian Dior has launched La Colle Noire, the latest addition to their upscale La Collection Privée Christian Dior fragrance series. La Colle Noire was named for the Château de La Colle Noire in Fayence, Dior’s vacation home from 1951 until his death (the house was purchased by the Dior brand in 2013). La Colle Noire follows 2015’s Fève Délicieuse…

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Christian Dior Feve Delicieuse ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 6 April 2015 6 Comments

Christian Dior Fève Délicieuse

Christian Dior has launched Fève Délicieuse, the latest addition to their upscale La Collection Privée Christian Dior fragrance series. The last entry in the collection was Cuir Cannage…

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5 perfumes: Great Moments in Top Notes

Posted by Erin on 16 September 2014 71 Comments

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As a Now Smell This reader, you likely view top notes differently from the average perfume consumer. A perfumista like you has learned to appreciate design in fragrance and to heap scorn on the scent that snares with a few fleeting bits of flash. You are shocked and dismayed when, mere moments after the sales assistant hands over a blotter, a time-crunched husband or brand-loyal shopaholic announces: “Wrap it up!” You would like to warn this impulsive stranger. You know this purchase can only end in heartache, a heartache wreathed in a pale floral laundry musk. You are a specialist, though, and you understand your message is complicated. Perhaps you should draw a fragrance pyramid on the back of this napkin you found in your pocket, or scribble down a quick glossary? Suddenly, you are assailed by the memory of that time a friend mentioned wearing Marc Jacob Daisy — “Is that a good perfume?” — and you forgot yourself somehow and ended up giving a short lecture on strawberry doll-head accords and the volatility of certain esters.1 (“I like the bottle,” your baffled friend replied.) Okay, so you’re probably not going to make much headway here.

The flip side of our suspicion of a great top note is… well, everyone likes a great top note. Many of us fragrance fans carry about atomizers or sample vials, so we can reapply and get that glorious hit of green/citrus/spice/fruit/skank again…

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Christian Dior Cuir Cannage ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 4 April 2014 19 Comments

Christian Dior Cuir Cannage

Christian Dior has launched Cuir Cannage, the latest addition to their upscale La Collection Privée Christian Dior fragrance series. The last entries in the collection were Gris Montaigne in 2013 and Les Élixirs Précieux earlier this year…

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Christian Dior Les Elixirs Precieux ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 10 January 2014 14 Comments

Christian Dior Les Élixirs Précieux

Christian Dior will launch Les Élixirs Précieux, a new collection of four perfume oils inspired by the Middle Eastern practice of fragrance layering. The four scents, Oud, Ambre, Rose and Musc, are meant to be layered with the La Collection Privée Christian Dior fragrances…

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