CleanWell’s Ginger Bergamot Foaming Hand Soap Reviewed - fragrance formulation by Mandy Aftel
from Natural Perfumers Guild @ *A Natural Perfumers GuildCleanWell, a Benefactor Member of the Guild, teamed up with Guild founder Mandy Aftel last year and released several products including a foaming hand soap that contains a component dubbed Ingenium, described as “a patented formulation of essential p…
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingMuscs Koublai Khan (1998) Serge Lutensnotes: civet, castoerum, costus roots, cistus labdanum, ambergris, Moroccan rose, ambrette seed, vanilla, patchouli.Landmark, 2007, Richard Lang Chandler
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingMuscs Koublai Khan (1998) Serge Lutensnotes: civet, castoerum, costus roots, cistus labdanum, ambergris, Moroccan rose, ambrette seed, vanilla, patchouli.Landmark, 2007, Richard Lang Chandler
Read the rest here: Scent of the DaySlutbucks
from Mary @ Tea, Sympathy, and PerfumeMaybe you’ve heard. Starbucks is testing an update of their logo, which portrays a mermaid with a double tail. The current, regular logo mainly features her face and upper torso.A fundamentalist Christian group in San Diego is apparantly outraged by th…
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingUrban Ways of Commemorating”When we make ghost bikes, we tap into the hurt of the world. Each person is part of the soul of their city. These stories can make headlines one day and are forgotten the next - we try to make the city remember. We choose to…
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingGeorge Sand by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier notes: lemon, bergamot, patchouli, rose, amber, musk, Mysore sandalwood, spicesAnd just her one thought, 2004, Angela Fraleigh
Read the rest here: Scent of the DayKundalini, Manifested Difficulties, Manifested Existence
from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and MeA number of months ago Paul and I put up several videos on Youtube. It was kind of an experiment and we didn’t know what to expect. To our great surprise some of the videos we’ve done have gotten very little interest (325 and 350 hits in 8-9 months) bu…
Read the rest here: Kundalini, Manifested Difficulties, Manifested ExistenceGigi reviewed on Perfume Shrine
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogVisit Perfume Shrine to read Helg’s review of my Gardenia soliflore Gigi, titled “Making Love In Gardenia Garden”.I’m thrilled that Helg has enjoyed Gigi’s lighthearted, playful take on this dramatic floral and “got it” in the context of it’s inspirati…
Read the rest here: Gigi reviewed on Perfume Shrine8the Annual Basenotes Award Winners
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogBasenotes has announced today the winners in its 8th Annual Basenotes Awards, voted by Basenotes visitors worldwide.In the perfume blog category, the gold medalist this year is the same as last year - Now Smell This. Perfume Posse won the silver medal,…
Read the rest here: 8the Annual Basenotes Award WinnersMental Notes: Freshly Cut Grass & Mojito
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; } sunset mojito, originally uploaded by edo40ode. It was outrageously hot today…
Read the rest here: Mental Notes: Freshly Cut Grass & MojitoMust Read: Liquid Assets
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogRead Liquid Assets - an article in the New York Times, about Jean-Claude Ellena’s latest travels that inspire his newest scent for Hermes, Un Jardin Après la Mousson (A Garden After the Monsoon).The article is well written (by Phoebe Eaton) and if no…
Read the rest here: Must Read: Liquid AssetsGiGi reviewed on Perfume Shrine
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogVisit Perfume Shrine to read Helg’s review of my Gardenia soliflore GiGi.I’m very thrilled that Helg has enjoyed GiGi’s lighthearted, playful take on this dramatic floral and “got it” in the context of it’s inspiration (the GiGi musical). I also have t…
Read the rest here: GiGi reviewed on Perfume ShrineMaking Love in a Gardenia Garden
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineThe burlesque phrase of the title, comical in its exaggeration and Fabio-jacketed-romance tendencies, sounds like the antithetical mood of Perfume Shrine’s usual outlook on life.
But I am not making this up. It’ a quote, funnily enough. In fact it come…
from Mary @ Tea, Sympathy, and Perfume
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from Karin @ Savvy ThinkerWhile perusing the new book section of our local library, I came across a new (to me) author/book series by Felicia Donovan The Black Widow Agency (Black Widow Agency Mysteries)
In a way, it reminds me of The First Wives Club but it has the added twist of being a mystery series.
The main characters who make […]
Hats Off to the Neti Pot
from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!I woke yesterday morning with a telltale pulsing behind my left eye. Yup, the sinuses were acting up again.I’ve suffered with sinus infections, hay fever and allergies my entire adult life, and it’s not something a natural perfumer can deal with very w…
Read the rest here: Hats Off to the Neti Potfrom perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Later on a perfume review for you and a give-away of samples.
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Read the rest here:What’s Your Friday Perfume?
from greeneyes @ Sweet DivaHello friends! My Friday perfume is L’Artisan Premier Figuer, from a sample reader Nikki C shared with me. I cannot believe I haven’t tried this. The notes are fig, fig leaf, milk of almond, sandalwood, and coconut. Sounds …
Read the rest here: What’s Your Friday Perfume?Arctander is good for the imagination…
from scentedwench @ The Scented Wench…I managed to get a copy of Arctander from Amazon awhile ago for substantially less than any of the other outlets claiming to offer a discount (I think it’s quite ballsy to call it a discount when you’re working your angle as the only gig in town for a reprint), and just wanted to note […]
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingSuzanne Golden, Bead ArtistSo you like the attention?Sure, why not? Especially as an older woman in New York City, I tend to feel invisible. The city’s all about youth, and suddenly you realize, I’m older than my doctors, I’m older than my dentis…
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from Lou @ Moving and Shaking“I sometimes get into conversations with taxi drivers, and since most of them are new to the city, I often ask them what they miss about the place they came from. Almost always, they name very ordinary pleasures: a slower pace of life, a café where th…
Read the rest here: New York SmartsDon’t You Forget About Me: Dali for Women Perfume
from minette @ Scent SignalsDon’t You Forget About Me is a new feature here on Scent Signals. In it I’ll shine the spotlight on scents I think are worth remembering, even if they’re not getting chatted up a lot these days. Let’s kick things…
Read the rest here: Don’t You Forget About Me: Dali for Women PerfumeEtat Libre d’Orange Tom of Finland
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogBy Tom
Etat Libre is an niche house with scents that range from raw and interesting to raw and unwearable. Their latest is an eponymous one commissioned by the Tom of Finland Foundation to help mark, well whatever. In any case I was very much looking to try it, since the notes of leather, tonka, vetiver and musks seem right up my dark alley (this dramatic device, for the uninitiated is called
Read the rest here: Etat Libre d’Orange Tom of FinlandA Balancing Act- Biotherm Biopur Pore Reducing Toner
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeYou know this kind of a day: the change of weather, the monthly, the environment, something you ate or the government are sending your skin into an overdrive. Even if your skin is usually dry and your main concern is to keep it from flaking, suddenly y…
Read the rest here: A Balancing Act- Biotherm Biopur Pore Reducing TonerFriday Guest Post: Eau No!
from Nava @ Perfume PosseBy Nava
My cousin T* always used to say she was “allergic to stupidity.” This was a woman whose house alarm code was the numeric equivalent of the word “genius” and was the most outspoken person I’ve ever known. Unfortunately, she succumbed to breast cancer 3 years ago after a …
Read the rest here: Friday Guest Post: Eau No!Guerlain News
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineNews about Guerlain drop like bombs this morning for us, evening for some. There are groundbreaking developments which merit their own mention.
First of all Thierry Wasser was appointed head perfumer at Guerlain, succeeding Jean Paul Guerlain after ye…
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingBaghari (1950) Robert Piguetnotes: bergamot, neroli, violet, aldehydes, jasmine, orange blossom, rose, rose Centifolia, iris, vetiver, amber, musk, vanilla.Treble Personality No. 2, 2008, Chan Yu
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from Lou @ Moving and ShakingBaghari (1950) Robert Piguetnotes: bergamot, neroli, violet, aldehydes, jasmine, orange blossom, rose, rose Centifolia, iris, vetiver, amber, musk, vanilla.Treble Personality No. 2, 2008, Chan Yu
Read the rest here: Scent of the Dayb-Glowing Ayala Moriel’s Newest Retailer
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogGreat news!Ayala Moriel Parfums are now available via b-glowing.com as well as on amazon.com.7 of our gorgeous perfumes can be purchased via these two prestigious online venues:AyalittaBon ZaiEspionageFinjanRebelliusTamyaWhite PotionChoose from two ele…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogToday I’ve been mixing a trial version of an Epice Sauvage reformulation, so that’s what I’m wearing at the moment.To the original formula, I’ve added two notes I’ve been dying to add to Epice Sauvage for a long time: ginger and orange blossom.I still …
Read the rest here: Mental Notes: Mix and Wearb-Glowing Ayala Moriel’s Newest Retailer
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogGreat news!Ayala Moriel Parfums are now available via b-glowing.com as well as on amazon.com.7 of our gorgeous perfumes can be purchased via these two prestigious online venues:AyalittaBon ZaiEspionageFinjanRebelliusTamyaWhite PotionChoose from two ele…
Read the rest here: b-Glowing Ayala Moriel’s Newest RetailerMañana
from Lou @ Moving and ShakingTime Inconsistent Preferences”The two failures of self-control—the inclinations to procrastinate and to indulge—turn out to be rooted in the same problem: We tend to put too much weight on the here and now when evaluating the costs and benefits of …
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from Zz @ parfume moderneBy the time my last appointment left on Monday, I was feeling a lot like the weather. It has been an unusually cold and rainy May here in the Ohio River Valley, and I guess that my enthusiasm to get on with the planting and such, has caught up with me…
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from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!. . . to sign up for the Le Parfumeur Rebelle monthly giveaway for May, 2008.May’s contributing sponsor is Little Flowers; the giftie is a jar of an intensely scented decollete balm.
Read the rest here: Two Weeks Left . . .Bonanza Sale on White Witch Concretes!
from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®Attention all perfumers ~ Fast Buy on White Witch Concretes!BONANZA SALE NOW ON!NB: The price of the item you select will be the normal sale price until you add it to the cart on the shop.
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