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Histoires de Parfums: Colette 1873

“If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles”, Colette used to say. Although earthy truffles do not feature in the confines of 1873 Colette by Histoires de Parfums, the fragrance inspired by her personality, her sense of abandon to the …

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Cruel Desires

Leafing through Colette’s book “Flowers and Fruit” I stumble upon this quote from “A Gardenia’s Monologue”:
“That flower boasts of its heady scent [...]throwing the ignorant girl into a science I have taught her . . . and the round world reckon…

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