More than a few people have noted a passing resemblance between Chanel Allure Sensuelle and Tom Ford Black Orchid. Both follow a recent trend in feminine perfumery, mixing a floral up top with a grunge accord at the bottom, albeit to varying degrees o…
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Overrated, Underrated
June 21st, 2008 — , Chanel Allure Sensuelle, Coco Chanel, Jacques Polge, Jessica Rabbit, Rita Hayworth, Rube Goldberg, Tom Ford Black Orchid, Vintage Glamor, cuir de russie, rive gauche, unisex, vetiver from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
A Smooth Leather for the Tough Thirties: Lanvin Scandal
December 30th, 2007 — Chanel, Lanvin, Review, andre fraysse, cuir de russie, leather series, review, rumeur, scandal from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
by guest writer Denyse BeaulieuThough the fashion pendulum swung back to femininity, away from the androgynous styles of the Garçonnes towards a more traditionally feminine silhouette ~waists, breasts and hips caressed by bias-cut satin, bobs set in p…
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Cuir de Russie by Chanel: fragrance review and history
December 20th, 2007 — Chanel, Jacques Polge, Review, ballets russes, cuir de russie, diaghilev, ernest beaux, leather series, review from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Whenever I think of Cuir de Russie by Chanel I think of a particular place and a woman I once saw. She is of Slavic features, quite old and she must have been beautiful at her prime. Now the fallen features speak of a splendour gone by, an existence th…
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Leather Series 7: The Garçonne Leathers of the 1920s
December 17th, 2007 — 1920s, cuir de russie, flapper, garconne, le sien, leather series, revolte, tobacco from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
by guest writer Denyse Beaulieu “She is a strong woman. Excuse – strength is not the word I am after. Women, pretty women at least, are never ‘strong”. I need a word that expresses energy, the quality that makes a man who speaks of ‘frail Eve…
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Leather Series 6: Kinky whiffs
December 11th, 2007 — 19th century, Guerlain, birch, cuir de russie, huysmans, kinky, leather series, sexy, zola from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
By guest writer Denyse Beaulieu“The glove (…) had retained a strong odour, this distinctive musky odour which the girl’s favourite perfume, heliotrope, sweetened with a touch of vanilla; (…) violently aroused by this blend of flower and flesh, …
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December 11th, 2007 — Chanel, Koelnisch Juchten, cuir de russie, leather series, peau d'espagne, piver, russian, spanish from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Among leather fragrances in the past there were two major schools of thought. Both sealed their era with their characteristic flair: the Russian leather types and the Spanish leather types. The two present their own idiosyncrasies, like spirited people…
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Leather Series 3: Production
December 7th, 2007 — Bandit, Labdanum, birch, cade, castoreum, cuir de russie, juniper, leather series, quinoline, safraleine, scandal from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Rendering a leather note in perfumery is a challenge for the perfumer who must coax this difficult and cult note into submission to make it sing with the rest of the composition. Production relies on two different courses: naturally derived and synthes…
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September 12th, 2007 — Chanel, Lanvin, Leather, Review, Vintage, armand petitjean, calice becker, cuir, cuir de russie, lancome, reformulated, revolte, scandale from helg @ Perfume Shrine
By talented guest writer Denyse Beaulieu/CarmencanadaWhat possessed the dignified monsieur Petitjean, who had launched the Parfums Lancôme in the previous year, to christen his new leather scent Révolte? Armand Petitjean was no firebrand: a former im…
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