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CHANEL CROCODILE CLASSIC COCO HANDBAG

CHANEL CROCODILE CLASSIC COCO HANDBAG

US $11,990.00

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Extremely stunning VERY RARE Coco Chanel Crest Jacket

Extremely stunning VERY RARE Coco Chanel Crest Jacket

US $5,500.00

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Tuesday’s Treasures

As we often tell y’all, some days you’re just not sure what perfumes to write about, and there’s just no cohesive few that go together for a review or thoughts… and, hey!  today’s one of those days.

With notes of buckwheat, cereals, milk, apple and vanilla, Lostmarc’h Lann-ael seems like some sentimentalized …

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Optical Scentsibilities: the Hug

What better way to show affection, protectiveness and love than a hug? In that spirit, the pose of a woman hugging a perfume bottle has been used a lot in advertising and it is our study subject for today.

A hug can be maternal and protective of a precious entity, signifying tenderness. As in Fidji by Guy Laroche.

And the Mother and Child by G.Klimt.

A hug can also signify daydreaming,

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Optical scentsibilities: the allure of the sofa

Many times a simple object holds a fascination beyond its functionality. Like sofas… They are lovely to cushion our derriere, but have we paused to think how they also suggest an atmosphere of nonchalance that is eminently befitting perfume images?
Not surprisingly the thought has crossed the minds of perfume photographers and illustrators for a long time. For Coco, the baroque oriental by

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Anonimo Veneziano by Nobile 1942: fragrance review

“I had removed my mask, and was drinking some coffee under the ‘procuraties’ of St. Mark’s Square, when a fine-looking female mask struck me gallantly on the shoulder with her fan. As I did not know who she was I did not take much notice of it, a…

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She’s only got 2 & 1/2 expressions, for Pete’s sake!!

I am not a catty person. Really, I am not. But the news some months ago that the expresioneless, manufactured-to-be-a-star, young, skinny Keira Knightley would be the new face of Chanel, substituting Kate Moss in the ads for Coco Mademoiselle perfume b…

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