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July 31st, 2008 — , Immortelle, Serge Lutens, el attarine, everlasting flower, exclusive, new, niche from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.” ~Job 28:19
The golden glory of sunrise over the beige stones of the Merenid tombs overlooking Fez has nothing on El Attarine by Serge Lutens, nor do the riches …
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July 1st, 2008 — , Serge Lutens, el attarine, exclusive, preview, serge noire from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
The perfume community has been complaining lately. But let’s finally admit it: Serge Lutens is the Pope of cult fragrances and Chris Sheldrake has been the archbishop to aid his vision come into fruition. And since, despite Sheldrake’s new position und…
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June 16th, 2008 — , Review, anemone, exclusive, hilde soliani, hortensia, iris, marghertita, niche, ti amo, tulipano from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Living in Italy, Parma especially with its tradition of Verdi’s operas, is like surrounding yourself by culture the way other people in other places are surrounded by skyscrapers, Taco Bells or hay fields full of cows. It just isn’t quite the same!
Ita…
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June 10th, 2008 — , Coconut, Estee Lauder, Floral, Fruity, Review, bali dream, exclusive, orchid from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Fragrance brands have cottoned up to the fact that jaded travellers who have to sail through the Symplegades to travel by air are searching for a little escapism: anything really to make them get it through the tiresome waiting for their luggage to get…
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May 29th, 2008 — , Guerlain, Indult, Review, Tihota, Vanilla, exclusive, maison de la vanille, niche, smell alike, spiritueuse double vanille, twin peaks, vanille noire de mexique from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
According to the beautiful myth in Totonac mythology, the tropical vanilla orchid was born when Princess Xanat, forbidden by her father from marrying a mortal, fled to the forest with her lover. The lovers were captured and beheaded. Where their blood …
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May 15th, 2008 — , News, Thierry Wasser, boutique guerlain, carnal elixir, exclusive, guerlain homme from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
News about Guerlain drop like bombs this morning for us, evening for some. There are groundbreaking developments which merit their own mention.
First of all Thierry Wasser was appointed head perfumer at Guerlain, succeeding Jean Paul Guerlain after ye…
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May 6th, 2008 — , Guerlain, Review, boutique guerlain, colette, cruel gardenia, exclusive from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
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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March 11th, 2008 — , Chypre, Review, aedes, dominique camilli, exclusive, molinard, niche, oakmoss from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
If there is one fragrance family that has a very specific history and timeline to its emergence it is the chypre one. Perfume Shrine has explored the historical intricasies shrouding the chypre genre as well as its classifications and production, so re…
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September 25th, 2007 — Boutique, Guerlain, Prada, exclusive, ganache, infusion d'iris, iris from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Like Charles Dickens knew so well, there is some charm in correlating different things and finding respective affinities. After all one would devoutly wish for an interaction between entities in the universe; a sense of belonging, of not being cut out….
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June 25th, 2007 — Fragrance, exclusive, new, niche, trend from helg @ Perfume Shrine
I am very proud to present to you a very new, very niche, very exclusive line from Europe that hasn’t made the rounds yet. I was priviliged enough to get samples of the fragrances and I was intrigued enough to talk about them.Stay tuned for reviews up …
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