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Annick Goutal MUSC NOMADE EDP Spray 100ml 34oz RARE

Annick Goutal MUSC NOMADE EDP Spray 100ml 34oz RARE

US $110.00

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Gardenia Passion by Annick Goutal 33oz 100ml EDP SP NI

Gardenia Passion by Annick Goutal 33oz 100ml EDP SP NI

US $109.90

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Summer in the City

Because summer is the season we are outdoors the most, even in the city, the scents emanating from everything around us will then have the strongest effect on our daily lives. I am fortunate to live near an enormous old park (Prospect, designed by Olm…

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Sweet, sweet musk

A bottle of Annick Goutal’s Musc Nomade just landed in my hands… and!

Perfect. 

Created by Isabelle Doyen with Camille Goutal, it has notes of white musks (muscone, angelica, ambrette), tonka bean, almond accents, labdanum, and Bombay wood (a papyrus derivative) *taken from Now Smell This.

Some musks, like Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur, …

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Annick Goutal for Monsieur and Me

Musette is hard at work on the Chicago Thingy – a get-together with perfume and chocolate in Chicago on a Saturday in September/October. Have you been to Chicago? Chicago has: great food; interesting architecture; excellent theater; amazing shopping. And did I mention chocolate? And perfume? …

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Top Ten Perfumes of Winter!

As we are hitting mid-winter, the Holidays are over, and winter fatigue is setting in, instead of sitting around like Medusa, Stheno and Euryale - fighting over our one Gorgon tooth, eye and nose - we decided to be more, um, constructive. Here’s the Posse’s list of Top Ten …

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The Great Outdoors: Sables and Burning Leaves

By Linda

People who know me well know that I love the smell of the dry summer hills on the central coast of California, where I live. I know that sounds like a weird thing for everyone to know about me, but I cannot be restrained from standing around sniffing the air and exclaiming about how good it smells around here in summer. More than good: the dry, golden, rolling hills, forever evocative

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Perfume Review: Cecile & Jeanne Eliel

Attention all lovers of Annick Goutal scents! There exists an obscure gem, called Eliel, created by Isabelle Doyen for Cecile & Jeanne, a French costume jeweler. Despite being right next door to Cecile & Jeanne five days a week and despite visiting often to admire the doves ( I have a thing for doves and so apparently does Jeanne, the designer), I might have never noticed the small red bottles

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DIY and Home Fragrance on Now Smell This

Please check out my posting on Now Smell This today on making floral waters for personal use, (most particularly about Lavender Water). I will be posting from time to time on Now Smell This about scented body care products, home fragrances, and some …

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Niche Perfumers

When I try to explain my interest in niche perfumes and the current explosion of creativity in that area of endeavor, I find that it easiest to relate some stories about the niche perfume makers. Learning about the new perfumers who have been doing …

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Perfume Stars: Summer Favorites. Part 5

Today we are continuing to introduce summer favorites and preferred holiday destinations of some of the most talented women perfumers and perfume line creators.

Patricia de Nicolaï, Parfums de Nicolaï

What are your favorite summer fragrances? What are the characteristics of your ideal summer scent?

“My favorite scent in Summer is my new Cologne Cedrat. It is a fragrance built around this

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Lies and Misdemeanors

How many times have you heard a story regarding the creation of a perfume and in the end realised it must be a fabrication? From the almost bordering to the homeric notion of “genius through incapacitation” of Coco Chanel picking up the specific batch …

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Jasmine series: part 5 ~fresh jasmine suggestions

After a hopefully in depth exploration of richer and heavier jasmine fragrances, it’s time to concentrate on some that are airier and more transparent, fit for those days when fragrancing oneself should seem like a breeze and not a serious seduction mi…

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