When discussing the best notes to look for in our summer perfumes in June’s Perfume for the Occasion article, orange blossom stood proudly on the list, yet no fragrance making prominent use of its sultry aroma was featured. It’s not easy for me to love orange blossom fragrances – my standards are very high. I grew up you see, in a house overlooking an amazing garden. A garden not as magnificent
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Learning to Love Orange Part 1 - Eau de Fleurs d’Oranger du Roi by DSH : Perfume Review
July 30th, 2008 — , DSH, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Eau de Fleurs d'Orange du Roi, Fragrance, Perfume, Review, Summer, White Florals, orange blossom from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Tribute to the Indies
July 11th, 2008 — , Aftelier, Ava Luxe, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Indie perfumers, Michael Storer, Neil Morris, Strange Invisible Perfumes, sonoma scent studio, tauer perfume from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
I’d like to express my gratitude for the indie perfumers. I’m focusing on the indies, not the niche perfumers, who seem to be an entirely separate category. Niche perfumers are usually well-funded and spend much of their production budget on sexy packaging, designs and bottle labels. The true indies, are usually one-woman/one-man acts, who are seriously passionate about fragrance. Most indie
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June 9th, 2008 — , Celadon A Velvet Green, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Perfume Review from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz created a limited edition perfume called Celadon: A Velvet Green. Celadon is among her Parfums des Beaux Arts, LLC collection. Let me begin by saying I’m not usually a “green” perfume fan, but since I’m carrying several of the Da…
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April 20th, 2008 — , Costume National, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, L'Artisan Parfumeur, Liz Zorn, Perfume Review, Perfumes by House from March @ Perfume Posse
First off, a shout-out to Patty, who will be on NPR at 11:40 EST this morning, as part of a Perfumes: The Guide interview with LT and TS, I guess they’re going for the blogger perspective. Go, Patty! Second, a reminder, this coming Friday we are featuring …
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March 19th, 2008 — , Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Perfume Review, Yves-Rocher from March @ Perfume Posse
Today’s post evolved from my most recent fragrance acquisition, a swap on MUA that (small world) turned out to be with a Gail, a blog regular. Gail shares my fondness for comfort scents and included several interesting things in her package, which got me headed in a new direction. …
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January 7th, 2008 — Allure, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Eau de Campagne, Fragrance, Monthly Feature, Office, Perfume, Perfume for the Occasion, Perles, light blue, lumiere from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Happy New Year, lovelies! The holidays have come to an end, and how appropriate it should be that TMH of “For the Love of Perfume” and I start this new year with a post about perfume at the workplace, and more specifically at the office, just as everyone is returning (most likely unwillingly) behind their desk?
Wearing perfume at the office is a delicate affair: the key word, I believe should
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Interesting View: Visit at Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s Studio
November 8th, 2007 — DSH Perfumes, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Videoclip from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
American independent perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz talks about perfume and art and lets us in to her studio in Boulder, Colorado. Thanks to Now Smell This who found it for us.
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Ma Folie de Noel by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz : Perfume Review
September 28th, 2007 — Aniseed, Cognac, DSH, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Fragrance, Ma Folie de Noel, My Christmas Folie, Opoponax, Perfume, Review, Star Anis, anis, sisley from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Do you remember how easily reality could change into enchanted playgrounds when you were a child? Do you remember how the air itself in an old cellar could suddenly assume presence, cold and damp, smelling of something far away, possibly touched by wizardry? Creatures would lurk in shadows and treasures untold were waiting to be discovered in long disused drawers. With no adults around to break
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