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Did you Miss Trashy Friday?

from Patty @ Perfume Posse

Today will have some highlights and some lowlights.  First the highlights.  Winners of the Vero Profumo samples (and I decided to give away two): HikerChickNH and Minette. Just click on the Contact Us link over on the left and send me your address.

 This is a Super Bowl commercial from Pepsi …

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Review | Comments Off 

Estée Lauder Wrap-Up, and Some Thoughts on Blogging

from greeneyes @ Sweet Diva

Whew! I’m one down on my New Year’s perfume resolutions: sampling fragrances from Estée Lauder. I was unable to catch everything–in order to do so, I would have had to keep going, and going, like that bunny (you know the one)–but I think I hit all t…

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Walk The Line- Fresh and Dior Lip Pencils

from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

Talking about lip liners is a bit boring. The subject falls under “if there’s something to say about it, you must be doing it wrong”, but since lining mistakes would make one channel Pamela Anderson, it is worthy of discussion.My all-time favorite lip …

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Fresh, dior, lip liner, makeup | Comments Off 

From Belle to Bug

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

“These ideas were drawn simultaneously from [Isabella] Rossellini’s own brain and the world of nature, for a series of gross, funny and beautiful-looking little films. Shown here first, they’ll make their international debut at the Berlin Film Festival…

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Film, Isms, Style | Comments Off 

Quote of the Day

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. Rene Descartes (1596-1650)via: Online DictionaryArt: Paul, Stella and James, Scotland, 1982, Linda McCartney

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Quotes | Comments Off 


Scent of the Day

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Infusion d’Iris (2007) PradaNotes: mandarine d’Italie, néroli de Tunisie, fleurs d’oranger, iris pallida, bois de cèdre, vetiver, galbanum, lentisque, encens de Somalie, Benjoin du LaosFlowering Season, 2007, Julie Nord

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Alchemy in the Casitas Pass

from Roxana @ Illuminated Perfume

“You are an alchemist; make gold of that.” - William ShakespeareAlchemy is often associated with the art of botanical perfume due the transformation of physical matter through the process of distillat…

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Alchemy, botanical perfume, event, native plants | Comments Off 

Chloe- curious tickler

from ritaglh @ Perfume Pilgrim

With a promise of a rose scent and gorgeous bottling, I really wanted to like  Chloe Eau de Parfum.  But why oh why did I smell insect repellant? I was shocked but bashfully asked for a sample, I had to give this another chance.  The first curious sensation is of sticking a feather up my […]

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Chloe, Perfume Reviews | Comments Off 

Would you try this at home?

from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

A couple of very bold looks were seen on various red carpets last night.Kate Hudson matched her eyeliner (lower lash!) to her electric blue dress for the L.A. premier of her new movie. She’s gorgeous, but I’m getting so much 80s vibe I can practically …

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Celebrities, Hayden Panettiere, Kate Hudson, makeup | Comments Off 

Decluttered

from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!

I was reading a post by another perfumer/perfume blogger (Liz Zorn) about decluttering, culling the supplies, basically getting organized, and I was compelled to write a short note about my own decluttering process.I’m done — mostly.It took three days…

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The Cult of the Celebrity Scent: perfume history

from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine

We have been led to think that celebrity perfumes, that is perfumes issued under the name of a well-known fodder-for-the-tabloids real person, were a recent phenomenon, established by Coty with Jennifer Lopez’s trend-setting Glow in 2002. Which led to the current avalanche of so many derivatives, versions and interpretations that every possible Z-list actress, sportsman,

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Fragrance, advertising, celebrity, history, new york times, scent | Comments Off 

Proverbe

from Andy @ perfumery

Before reading anything else: Visit Helg’s perfumeshrine now and read her thoughts on the Incense rosé. …. go now!
Besides other sentences, I like her mentioning of the Incense extrême very much, positioning the two incenses nicely….”the monch chanting in his horse hair shirt”. And here is why I liked this monch so much: Not because […]

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Sniffing in Gotham…

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

…aka Chicago

Here are some things that I did not know about Chicago… It is gorgeous, displaying a very appealing mix of American gigantism and European small-town feel. The New World truly meets The Old there in a way that I found aesthetically pleasing. At night, the skyline crowded with skyscrapers has a strange, brooding, larger than life quality that makes one expect Batman’s shadow to

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January 31, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Formerly known as Quercus

from Roxana @ Illuminated Perfume

We decided to change the nameof the California Live Oak inspired Perfume.Thank you to all the friends, colleagues and family who provided their input on the potential names. After pondering long and hard we chose the letter “Q” as the new name. It was …

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume, Quercus, Quercus agrifolia, oak | Comments Off 

Secret Life of Scent

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

Today I waited around for the better part of the day for furniture deliveries. I rose an hour later than usual and prepped two rooms for their new additions. This sort of thing always throws me out of whack: I leave the tea diffuser in for too long (th…

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Gardenia, Orchid

from March @ Perfume Posse

Nobody’s gotten the smell of gardenia quite right, in my opinion. Sniffing them yesterday on the bushes in the National Gallery of Art rotunda, I had a chance to ponder. Gardenia is a little … fetid. There’s definitely that bleu cheese note of JAR’s Jardenia, but you’d …

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Review | Comments Off 


Behind the Perfume: Cinnabar

from greeneyes @ Sweet Diva

Of all the perfumes in this set, Cinnabar to me is the most mysterious. Not a standout classic, not a mass-market hit, Cinnabar still manages to survive. I wondered, what is it like for a perfume, surrounded by successes, competing with rival fragrance…

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

SAG Inspired Lips- Laura Geller Lip Stay

from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

The makeup looks we saw on the red carpet last Sunday inspired a whole bunch of emails asking me to recommend neutral lip colors that would flatter the olive skinned and naturally pigmented lipped among us. It seems like I’m not the only one who thinks…

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under America Ferrera, Laura Geller, SAG Awards, eva longoria, lip gloss, lipstick, makeup | Comments Off 

Welcome Passion

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Reading Clarice Lispector”There was a time, in my early twenties, when I teetered on the edge: I was living in Harlem like a squatter; I was drifting between magazine jobs (publications all seemed to fold soon after I joined); I was looking for signs??…

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Books, Literature, Style | Comments Off 

Midlife Crisis: Ubiquitous But Not Universal

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

“According to the study, set to be published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, happiness follows a U-shaped curve: It is highest at the beginning and end of our lives and lowest in-between.The researchers found that the peak of depression f…

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Psychology, Society | Comments Off 


Scent of the Day

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

Jubilation 25 (2008) AmouageTopnotes: tarragon, rose, lemon, ylang-ylang. Heartnotes: davana, labdanum ciste, rose, frankincense. Basenotes: amber, musk, vetiver, myrrh, patchouli.Vertical Blinds (2), 2007-2008, Barry Anderson

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume | Comments Off 

Clutter, A Blessing In Disguise

from Zz @ LZP

I am well into my work, rearranging, and fine tuning my lab. As such, I have boxes of things stacked all around the room. I have been color coding bottles. Separating out things to be tossed, or stored elsewhere, and generally making the space more eff…

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume | Comments Off 

Moschino by Moschino : Perfume Review

from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet

Franco Moschino, the charismatic, ‘ragazzo’ wild boy of Italian fashion, launched Moschino Couture in 1983 and took the fashion world by storm with his wild, provocative designs. He very quickly became known for his iconoclastic, sometimes cocky style, which earned him notoriety among fellow designers and at the same time delighted the public and press who simply couldn’t get enough of his shows

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Fragrance, Must, Oriental, Perfume, Review, Shalimar, Vanilla, moschino, perfume comparisons, review | Comments Off 

Nibbling Violets

from ritaglh @ Perfume Pilgrim

Owing to a rare find of a vintage Devon violets bottle and a request for violet perfume, my attention has gravitated towards a violet theme this week. (The bottle on the right with a hand painted violet still smells great, with notes of absinth, actual violet leaf and sweet violet top notes.) For those who know me as obsessed with roses, it […]

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Reviews, shops | Comments Off 


Estée Lauder Beyond Paradise

from greeneyes @ Sweet Diva

What is your idea of paradise?Is it a tropical island in the South Pacific?Is it a sunny beach in the Bahamas?Is it cruising the Mediterranean on a yacht?Is it the tropical-themed lobby of a Courtyard Marriott in Omaha?What? If you’re suddenly hearing …

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

The Oldest Profession?

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

The Myth of Temple Prostitution”In this study, Stephanie Budin demonstrates that sacred prostitution, the sale of a person’s body for sex in which some or all of the money earned was devoted to a deity or a temple, did not exist in the ancient world. R…

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Books, Society, Women | Comments Off 

Et Lux in Tenebris: Incense Rosé by Andy Tauer

from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine

How could all the autumnal joy of eating a bright citrus fruit marry to the somber ambience of incense? And how does this immerse itself in the heritage of centuries and centuries of aromatization and meditation through fragrant smoke?
Incense Rosé the new fragrance by Andy Tauer is a proposition towards this very end.

Incense Rosé was announced as “A fragrance that breaths
in the tradition of

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Andy Tauer, Review, clementine, incense rose, niche, review, swiss | Comments Off 

Perfumer’s Programm

from Andy @ perfumery

Mr Luckyscent and me exchanged a few mails regarding the LA trip. So, here is the date: Saturday, March 29, 2008. I will be there early afternoon until later in the evening.
And here is what you can do, if you happen to live in the area: Mark the date March 29  in your calender. It […]

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Scent Rules I’ve Learned From Europeans

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

By Marla

For the past several years, I’ve spent my weekends in a number of Central European cities. The museums, the shops, the coffee, are always delightful. My latest holiday was in Munich, the capitol of Bavaria. People from all over Europe and beyond were enjoying this city and my nose had a holiday of its own (with perfume and food, that is!). Having lived in Europe for a long time, my

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January 30, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Anniversary cravings

from Lee @ Perfume Posse

29 January 1992. Another dreary winter day struggled to dawn; he did too, for an early tutorial about his research project. By mid-afternoon, he was sitting in the English common room, pretending to read. Interests and concerns at this point in time: 1) Literary theory, particularly fancypants poststructuralist stuff with …

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Review | Comments Off 


Skin Savers: Carol’s Daughter Body Products

from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde

*** Winners of the Incense Extreme drawing, go back one post ***And for today’s fun:My ongoing battle against the cuir de crocodile has been very successful this winter. Carol’s Daughter body products have been a great asset in this war, and it looks l…

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Carol's Daughter, bath and body, body butter, body cream, body lotion | Comments Off 

Scent of the Day

from Lou @ Moving and Shaking

No. 5 (1921) ChanelHeadnotes: ylang-ylang, neroli, aldehydes; heartnotes: jasmine, May rose, iris, lily of the valley; soulnotes: sandalwood, vetiver, musk, vanilla, civet, oakmossNo title, 2006, Edith Maybin

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume | Comments Off 

Estée Lauder Intuition

from greeneyes @ Sweet Diva

So many perfumes I try evoke images for me of serious starlets: Katherine or Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe. But I can’t think of one that has made me think of a man in uniform, much less, um…Gomer Pyle. Why?Because wh…

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 


A reminder and a short announcement

from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine

May I remind you that the lucky draw for a free sample of Nombre Noir is still running. If you want to have your name entered, please leave a comment saying so.
Closing day: 31st January and the winner will be drawn on 1st February, to be announced shortly thereafter.

Please visit back tomorrow for the first review on the new Andy Tauer fragrance Insence Rosé, due out in March.

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

Passion and Portland

from Andy @ perfumery

The highlight of today, besides a sun rising in about 20 minutes, setting a clean sky into fire (see below the picture for a snapshot of yesterday’s evening sky, seen from within the train), besides this natural beauty the highlight today is a fellow blog. Welcome to the Beauty Source, the blog of a shop […]

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Perfume Bloggers | Comments Off 

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