. If you are not currently being aggregated and think you should be send an email to kevin [at] perfumebloggers (dot) com with your blog URL.Adios 2007, Bring On 2008
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Read the rest here: Adios 2007, Bring On 2008My 2007 Year-end look back at natural perfumery
from Anya @ Anya's GardenI had some trouble with blogger tonight, maybe due to so many folks posting the same kind of retrospective as I was trying to upload. You can read it here: http://anyasgarden.com/2007.htm
Read the rest here: My 2007 Year-end look back at natural perfumeryScent of the Day
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingOsmanthus Interdite (2007) Parfum d’Empirenotes: osmanthus, rose, Sambac jasmine, green Chinese tea, musks, leatherThe Green Tea Bride, Self-portrait, 2006, Kimiko Yoshida
Read the rest here: Scent of the DayFukoji Bells on New Year’s Eve
from Karin @ SavvyThinker.comA friend posted this on another list. It was the first time I’d heard of it. I am touched by it on a variety of levels. There’s something to be said for having a community custom where all who wish are involved.
Happy New Year to all! May yours be […]
Happy New Year!
from greeneyes @ Sweet DivaI wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2008 bring you peace and happiness. *image from Times Square Alliance
Read the rest here: Happy New Year!2+0+0+8 = Blue Iris
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeThe new year of the Julian-Gregorian calendar is just around the corner. According to the Pantone Color System folk “Blue Iris” is the official color for 2008. Yippee, I am rather partial to the color myself. The website states that the color is a per…
Read the rest here: 2+0+0+8 = Blue IrisHappy New Year
from Jenny @ Perfume makingIt’s New Year’s eve and I make myself ready for the party tonight with our family. It’s dark and smokey in Wolvega right now, the air is filled with smoke and it smells like sulfur. I hear bang’s of fire work outside, something I will not play with, b…
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingAnd when I found the door was locked,I pulled and pushed and knocked.And when I found the door was shut,I tried to turn the handle, but — ‘ There was a long pause.`Is that all?’ Alice timidly asked.`That’s all,’ said Humpty Dumpty. Good-bye.’AliceI…
Read the rest here: Best Wishes!Love Is In The Air
from Lou @ Moving and Shaking“One of the world’s finest peace theorists, the late Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg, believed that “a single ‘modest’ change could serve as an initial step toward the abolition of war and, ultimately, the permanent abolition of war.” That sing…
Read the rest here: Love Is In The AirI’m convinced it must be something astrological….
from Mary @ Tea, Sympathy, and PerfumeRed doesn’t like me. It would seem that most people can wear this color with at least some degree of success. There is even an evil rumor circulating that says there is a shade of red for everyone.To this, I answer with a hearty, albeit envious, “Bul…
Read the rest here: I’m convinced it must be something astrological….Best Wishes for the New Year!
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineFrom the good people at Hermès (who designed the above image and sent it) and from Perfume Shrine may the New Year be splendid for all of you!!We will be back with surprises, the results of the poll and a lucky draw very soon. Stay tuned!
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from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogMay it be happy, exciting, peaceful, successful and fragrant for all!
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from Andy @ perfumeryThe last day of the year, the last day picture uploaded on this blog in 2007 and a bright 2008 in front of us!
As mentioned before, we have a guest dog these days and this leads to many walks in the nearby woods. The master takes pictures while the dog sniffs its way through the […]
Pandanus Flower: Flavor for the New Year
from Michelle Krell Kydd @ Glass Petal SmokeFloral flavors have a tendency to jar unfamiliar palates, but for those who adore the voluptuous freshness that floral ingredients add to food, pandanus flower may prove a most enticing find.
Pandanus flower, also known as kewra, is the male flower of the pandanus plant (Pandanus odoratissimus). The distillate made from kewra petals offers an intriguing level of complexity not found in rose or
Read the rest here: Pandanus Flower: Flavor for the New YearAnnick Goutal Les Orientalistes
from Patty @ Perfume PosseFrench house Annick Goutal makes charming scents in charming bottles, the sorts of bottles you want to wrap up and give as gifts. Among the hardcore perfume fans, Hadrian, Duel and Sables are among the most popular, and even the hardest of hearts might be melted by a spray of …
Read the rest here: Annick Goutal Les OrientalistesA Smooth Leather for the Tough Thirties: Lanvin Scandal
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrineby guest writer Denyse BeaulieuThough the fashion pendulum swung back to femininity, away from the androgynous styles of the Garçonnes towards a more traditionally feminine silhouette ~waists, breasts and hips caressed by bias-cut satin, bobs set in p…
Read the rest here: A Smooth Leather for the Tough Thirties: Lanvin ScandalScent of the Day
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingBal a Versailles (1962) Jean Despreznotes: jasmine, rose, sandalwood, patchouli, musk, amber, and civetUntitled, 2006, Celina von Mannstein
Read the rest here: Scent of the DayAn Artist is an artist is an artist
from Zita @ White Witch Perfumery Journal…it doesn’t matter which way you look at it, being an artist is having an all consuming fire burning in my soul. Find me a true artist that relaxes while he works and I’ll find you an Irish man that can’t dance a jig for a pint of porter if he was st…
Read the rest here: An Artist is an artist is an artistNear and Far
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingTo Fill an Unspoken Hunger for Community”To comfort the dead, awaken the living, to know the migration seasons of birds and fish, to know the human immigrations of the past and right now,” she says. “To be able to use experiences and transform them ……
Read the rest here: Near and FarA Sinner’s Tale
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingIt seems to me that the impulse to atone is a religious one, and yet you are a self-declared atheist. Yes, I am an atheist, and probably Briony is, too. Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and th…
Read the rest here: A Sinner’s TalePeople Who Need People
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingAre the Happiest People in the World”Other research has shown that people are poor judges of their own happiness, that it is better for one’s own happiness if one is slightly less wealthy than one’s neighbours.This trend of happiness studies stands in …
Read the rest here: People Who Need PeopleScent of the Day
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingCuir Beluga (2005) Guerlainnotes: mandarin, immortelle flower, leather, amber, heliotrope, vanillaNemaleon #2, 2005, Paul Cava
Read the rest here: Scent of the DayFavorite Things 2007
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeIn what has become an annual tradition, a group of beauty, fashion and perfume bloggers have joined in this little project of bringing you lists of our favorite things from the year that’s coming to an end. Not all of these were actually launched in 20…
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from Lou @ Moving and Shaking“[N]ot all choices are positive or empowering - either for the person making them, or for society as a whole. Nor are all choices that women make “feminist” simply by virtue of the fact that they were made by women. No one makes decisions in a vac…
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingIris Poudre (2000) Frederic MalleTopnotes: Bergamot, Orange, Rosewood, Ylang Ylang, CarnationMiddlenotes: Magnolia, Jasmin, Muguet, Violetta-rose, AldehydesBasenotes: Iris, Musk, Amber, Vanilla, Sandalwood, EbonyAnother late night watching the butterfl…
Read the rest here: Scent of the DayThe Banality of Science
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingThe Pleasure of Giving”Brown is now conducting an experimental study of Christmas shoppers to see if their attitudes affect how likely they are to get sick over the holidays.Her team of researchers has been scurrying around malls asking shoppers questi…
Read the rest here: The Banality of ScienceSerge Lutens Midwinter part 3: Fumerie Turque
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeIt’s cold outside.Well, actually, it’s supposed to be cold outside, but we’re having the weirdest weather with temperatures in the mid 40s tonight, though it’s raining buckets. We’ll just have to pretend it’s a real midwinter out there.Blogs and perfum…
Read the rest here: Serge Lutens Midwinter part 3: Fumerie TurqueBest of 2007
from Scentzilla! @ Scentzilla!Mrs. Meyer’s Geranium All Purpose Cleaner
Geranium has long been used in perfumery as an easy and cheap method to either boost or add a rose layer to a fragrance. I love that someone has returned to the concept and thought to use it in a household cleaner instead of the endless parade of lavenders, citruses, […]
taking down the tree
from Heather @ memory & desireTaking Down the Tree - by Jane Kenyon - “Give me some light!” cries Hamlet’s uncle midway through the murder of Gonzago. “Light! Light!” cry scattering courtesans. Here, as in Denmark, it’s dark at four, and even the moon shines with only half a heart. The ornaments go down into the box: the silver spaniel, My Darling on its collar, from Mother’s childhood in Illinois; the balsa jumping jack my brother and I fought over, pulling limb from limb. Mother drew it together again with thread while I watched, feeling depraved at the age of ten. With something more than…
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from Heather @ memory & desireTaking Down the Tree - by Jane Kenyon - “Give me some light!” cries Hamlet’s uncle midway through the murder of Gonzago. “Light! Light!” cry scattering courtesans. Here, as in Denmark, it’s dark at four, and even the moon shines with only half a heart….
Read the rest here: taking down the treeEnvy
from Mary @ Tea, Sympathy, and PerfumeI hope everyone is enjoying a healthy and happy Yuletide! This old year is almost over; can you believe it? I must confess that none of my New Year’s Resolutions revolve around weight loss, paying off my credit cards, or joining a gym. Mine run more…
Read the rest here: Envy2007: Fragrance Year in Review
from greeneyes @ Sweet DivaThe fragrances listed here are my favorites out of the ones I posted about in 2007. Unlike last year, I was sampling right up until the last minute. At one point I thought the list was headed in a more floral direction, but as it turns out, my love of …
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