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Andy Tauer’s Bottle on a Journey ~ Hyacinths and a Mechanic

from Noteworthy Fragrances @ Noteworthy Fragrances

Andy Tauer is on a mission and his newest fragrance (in testing) Hyacinths and a Mechanic is on a journey around the world to perfumistas who will provide input on this complex and contradictory scent! While this photo was not my initial vision of Hya…

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Andy Tauer, Hyacinths and a Mechanic | Comments Off 


Learning styles

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

How do you learn best? How do your children learn best, if you have children? When I think of learning, some part of me remembers Elle Woods in the movie Legally Blonde. She has a refreshing learning style, wrapped with compassion and kindness. And she always comes out on top. […]

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Just thinking, Quotations | Comments Off 

Interview with Pattie Boyd

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

I thought this was interesting. It’s funny how much of this was off my radar screen in the time frame in which it was happening. I liked listening to her from the perspective of where I am now, where she is now and where we both were at the time. It says […]

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Books, Music | Comments Off 

Long Weekend (and then some)

from The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

Labor Day Weekend is upon us, followed by The Blond’s and mine wedding anniversary (11 years!) on Tuesday. I’ll be back Wednesday. In the mean time, if you’re looking for something to read, check out the Perfume Blog Aggregator and the Beauty Blogging…

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under beauty blogging network, perfume blog aggregator, vacation | Comments Off 

Art of the 20’s

from Mary @ Tea, Sympathy, and Perfume

Grab your cloche hats and ropes of pearls, girls. Guys, don your Arrow shirts and slick back your hair. We’re entering the Way-Back Machine to the 1920’s. Women had finally freed themselves from corsets for the first time in centuries (with some help f…

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Art | Comments Off 

Elixir de Parfum Comme une Evidence by Yves Rocher : Perfume Review

from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet

I discovered Comme une Evidence back in June and instantly fell in love with it, specifically with the Elixir version of it. I do not have a bottle, or even a sample of the EdP version here with me in order to do a side-by-side comparison, but from what I remember, the two are as far apart as night and day. Comme une Evidence EdP is lighter and while the two are clearly siblings, the EdP seemed

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Charles Jourdan, Chypre, Comme Une Evidence, Elixir de Parfum Comme une Evidence, Floral Chypre, Fragrance, Perfume, Review, Yves Rocher, winter | Comments Off 

Purdey Laughs

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Joanna Lumley on Purdey’s fighting style:”If you want a demonstration of my fighting kicks, I’ll oblige - but I don’t encourage it. You’ll never know what hit you! The high-kicking technique is inspired loosely by the French fig…

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Laughs, Quotes | Comments Off 

Art and Women: a history of exclusion

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy1. Art and Artists: Historical BackgroundThe concept of the artist has its own gender skew. For much of the modern period, the very best examples of fine art were understood to be the creative products of a…

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Art, Isms, Philosophy, Society, Women | Comments Off 


Real World Urban Farmers

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Good Food, Good LivingThe Food Project is part of a growing urban agriculture movement to improve access to quality food in cities by creating local sources of fresh produce. The movement is showing that sustainable, local food systems are not only a w…

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Alternative, Health, Isms, Life, Urbanities | Comments Off 

Fragrant news: new collectible Opium

from helg @ Perfume Shrine

Perfume Shrine worships at the altar of Opium. I am saying this in case some of you, dear readers, have not been aware of the fact yet (doubtful). So any news concerning the object of the Shrine’s adoration is welcome and worth mentioning. So this Sept…

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under bottle, china, collectible, limited, motif, opium, orient extreme, satin, yves saint laurent | Comments Off 


BPAL Project: Hecate

from teacake @ teacakery

In my long journey of perfume sniffing, huffing, inadvertently tasting and, with BPAL, slathering all over myself my dislikes are now overly familiar to me. Cumin? Check. Certain uses of Vetiver? Check. Lily? Sadly, check. Very few surprises with even …

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Singing in the rain with Sammy Davis Jr.

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

He is so fluid! And one of my favorite songs…and how good to see Johnny Carson again, no wonder we loved him. The interview is a little poignant as he speaks a bit about being ill.
Sammy died the same day as Jim Henson. One of the cartoons in our paper showed Kermit […]

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Movies, Music | Comments Off 


Perfume Review: Serge Lutens Louve

from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog

I must start the review by confessing that I dislike the smell of almonds. Almond note is my arch-nemesis in perfume, guaranteed to make me more uncomfortable than even anise, the other note I find unbearble. Therefore, I am perhaps automatically disqualified from being able to fully appreciate an almond-heavy blend like Louve, Lutens’s latest export release. My almond-hatred aside, the fragrance

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August 31, 2007 | Filed Under Almond, New Releases, Serge Lutens | Comments Off 

Harvest Home, Part III

from Vetivresse @ Vetivresse: Nosing Around in Wine, Scent & Style

If you have ever worked a field from the time of its first plowing until the first day of the harvest, you will know that there exists a clear association between certain odors and certain kinds of weather. For a good nose, a field contains as many olf…

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Have a Great Weekend and a winner

from Patty @ Perfume Posse

We are off to Kansas to play with the prairie dogs and rattlesnakes in the wheatfields while the tornadoes, wicked witches and cowboys gallivant past. 

I’ve had the request to pack up a suitcase of perfumes for my sister and Kelly to sniff, and I have.  It’s so difficult to know what to …

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under What Smells | Comments Off 

A little fashion exercise: Find the Fug

from The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

The other day I was going through the latest bunch of email newsletters and promotionals. Some are deleted with no second thought, others get a second of my time and select few have me act like a good little consumer by clicking them and giving them my…

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Fashion, Saks, atrocities, fall 2007 | Comments Off 

Scent of the Day

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Eau des Merveilles (2004) HermèsNotes: Elemi, Bitter Orange, Italian lemon, Indonesian Pepper and Pink Pepper, Ambergris, Oak, Cedar, Vetiver, Balsam of Peru and Tears of Siam.Pegasus, 1964, Salvador Dali

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Perfume | Comments Off 


Realized and unrealized (yet) dreams

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

I came across this quote after I was thinking about what dreams the older women might have held or what the younger women expected from life. I loved the idea of nourishing and protecting our dreams, nursing them through bad days.
Not every dream comes to fruition effortlessly. Some take a good deal […]

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Adoption, Just thinking, Quotations | Comments Off 

For The Love Of Musk

from Zz @ Liz Zorn

This morning after my mini workout, I spritzed on a bit of my signature musk perfume. This is a fragrance created from natural musks, my private blend, that I make in small amounts for personal use. It opens with what can only be described as strawberr…

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Perfume | Comments Off 

New Orleans Today

from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Fundraising, Katrina, NOLA, New Orleans, When The Levees Broke | Comments Off 


Scent for a Drowned City Re-Emerging

from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bride of the Swamp: White Waterlily in Dark Water, originally uploaded by Ayala …

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Custom Scents, NOLA, New Orleans, Paula Stratton, Swamp, Waterlily | Comments Off 

Arthur Miller’s Missing Act

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

The celebrated playwright Arthur Miller had a son, Daniel, either born in 1962 or 1966, who was almost immediately diagnosed with Down-syndrome. Subsequently Miller didn’t want to have anything to do with his son - who in his own right, by all accounts…

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Life, Literature, Psychology | Comments Off 

Yvette by Michael Storer

from Jenny @ Perfume making

If the fragrance Stephanie can be equated to the Hollywood star Ava Gardner, the fragrance Yvette could be equated to another movie star, the full-brass redhead Rita Hayworth. This strikingly beautiful femme fatale was as much of a powerhouse as she wa…

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Perfume Reviews | Comments Off 

New Orleans Cuisine

from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Gumbo Shop Creole Cuisine, originally uploaded by ygonno. “The minute you la…

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Cajun, Cuisine, New Orleans, Recipes | Comments Off 

The Hidden Life of a Fragrance Addict: An Interview with Tom

from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog

By Kelley

I realized early on that I wanted to know more about Marina and about Tom after reading their reviews day after day. Oh, I would get snippets of memories and pieces of stories but they weren’t enough. What makes them tick? What do they do when they aren’t writing reviews or answering their many fans’ questions? I have to admit that any time I am thinking of buying something “

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August 30, 2007 | Filed Under Guest Posters, Interviews, Kelley, Tom | Comments Off 


Makes no scents

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

I am happy to support Perfume Bay in their David and Goliath battle with ebay. Read what she has to say.

I’ve been one of her happy customers. She has great prices and good service.
It’s a shame these frivolous lawsuits that hurt the little guy/gal. Whatever happened to good competition!
Surely no […]

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Just thinking, Perfumes | Comments Off 

Labor Day Roundup

from March @ Perfume Posse

This is going to be a brief post, because we’re heading into Labor Day Weekend, and yesterday I got my XXL September Vogue in the mail (squeeeee!!!) and I’ll be busy propping that up in my lap for perusal for the next few days. I read online that it …

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under What Smells | Comments Off 

Little Bottle of Horrors

from The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

This isn’t a real review of Serge Lutens Datura Noir, because in order to write one I’d have to wear it again for several days, testing it indoors and out, during the day and when going out at night. Believe me, there’s no chance I’ll be doing that any…

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Fragrance, Perfume, Serge Lutens | Comments Off 

Visible or invisible

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

One of the things I like to do, though unconsciously, is people watch. Likely it is because I grew up in the fashion world, so I enjoy seeing what people wear and how they wear it. I am not critical, I am just looking with a critical eye to analyze, because I’ve been […]

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Age, Fashion, Hope, Just thinking, beauty, cosmetics | Comments Off 

I hope you saw the moon tonight

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

I happened to be driving at the right time tonight to see the moon in the night sky, looking as bright and red as the sun against the depth of the sky. About 40 minutes later, it was no longer red, but bright white. It was one of those gifts from the universe […]

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Just thinking | Comments Off 

Something about the learning curve for adoptive parents

from Karin @ SavvyThinker.com

The question was asked of APs something like this: why do you stick around a list that is tough to listen to because the adoptees tell it like it is? Here’s one of the answers, with permission.
OK, here’s my story: I had a conversion experience.
When dd was age three we serendipitously discovered that […]

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Adoption, Guest writer, Just thinking | Comments Off 

Sali Oguri ~ A Noteworthy Original

from Noteworthy Fragrances @ Noteworthy Fragrances

Whether she’s writing music or blending fragrances…both involve a love affair with notes. Beautiful melodies or extravagant fragrances evoke a soulful, emotional response that is undeniable. Sali Oruri touches your heart with her music and your sou…

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Persephone, Sali Oguri. Persephone | Comments Off 


The hazards of too much makeup

from The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

Too much, too wrong, too ugly.Copyright ©2006-2007 The Non-Blonde, under the author’s name. Content poaching is both illegal and ugly.

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Celebrities, Teri Hatcher, atrocities, makeup | Comments Off 

Scent of the Day

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Tubereuse Indiana (1980) Creednotes: ambergris, tubereuse, muskTwo Sisters, 1896, Mary Cassatt

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Perfume | Comments Off 

Small Announcement

from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog

Dear All, This week I started working for L’Artisan Parfumeur, and I thought it would be fair to let you know about this. Perfume-Smell’ Things has always been and will always be my own private blog, not affiliated with the company that employs me, and it will, of course, keep going with five posts a week, as usual. Love,Marina.

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August 29, 2007 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

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