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Parfums MDCI La Ravissante ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 20 October 2022 5 Comments

French niche line Parfums MDCI has launched La Ravissante, a new floral fragrance for women in the art-inspired Painters and Perfumers collection…

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Parfums MDCI L’Elegant ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 26 October 2021 4 Comments

French niche line Parfums MDCI has launched L’Elégant, a new woody spicy oriental fragrance for men in the art-inspired Painters and Perfumers collection…

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Parfums MDCI La Surprise & L’Aimee ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 22 May 2020 11 Comments

French niche line Parfums MDCI has launched La Surprise and L’Aimée, two new fragrances for women in the art-inspired Painters and Perfumers collection…

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Parfums MDCI Promesse de l’Aube ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 12 August 2019 44 Comments

What distinguishes a Count from a waiter? What makes a princess? The nature of nobility is one of the questions raised in A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.1 Perfume lovers might torque the question to “How does a classic French perfume differ from a department store floral?” and “Is it worth it?”

Parfums MDCI Promesse de l’Aube would certainly be listed in Debrett’s Peerage, if the book extended to fragrance…

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Shay & Blue Watermelons & Parfums MDCI Bleu Satin ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Kevin on 17 April 2019 45 Comments

The scent and taste of watermelon screams !SUMMER! to me. As a child, cracking open a chilled watermelon was a celebratory event during steamy Virginia summers. At my urging (and purchasing, I bought the seeds), my father grew all types of watermelon varieties: classics, miniatures, ball-shaped; melons with pink, red, gold, yellow and white flesh. Watermelons originated in Africa but now are grown around the world. In Japan, the Densuke watermelon is grown in limited quantities only on Hokkaido; these rare, round watermelons with almost-black rinds sell for hundreds of dollars…or many thousands of dollars at auction (for single melons). I was surprised (given the perfume industry’s propensity for “fibs” and pretension) that today’s two watermelon-flavored perfumes didn’t list Densuke watermelon in the ingredients lists. Stay tuned!

Hoping to find a watermelon fragrance that will refresh my summer, I tried two: Shay & Blue Watermelons and Parfums MDCI Bleu Satin…

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