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from March @ Perfume Posse
Okay, your assignment for next Monday – hey, why should I do all the work?!? No, seriously, I like to read your responses. So – the assignment, suggested by Maria last week (and with a nod to Now Smell This, who just did something similar on Friday): …
Cruel Desires
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineLeafing 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…
Cocktail : 1 oz vintage, 1 oz modern, 2 oz new, splash of musings
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetAfter our healthy serving of ensalada mista a couple of weeks ago, it is now time for another round of perfumed tidbits and thoughts. It might be rather early in the day, but how about a little cocktail?
· Let’s start with some news first: Emerald Dream, Estee Lauder’s 2007 travel retail exclusive, is currently making its way to select beauty counters. Here in the Netherlands, Emerald Dream is
Read the rest here: Cocktail : 1 oz vintage, 1 oz modern, 2 oz new, splash of musingsPerfumes - The Guide
from Lucy @ indieperfumesReading the Turin/Sanchez book is so much fun. They are opinionated and unapologetically subjective. Their personalities are so big and they give them free rein, so I find it a joy to read. Why read anything about perfume if it is not entirely idio…
Read the rest here: Perfumes - The Guide6 Perfumes that Are My Loves
from Patty @ Perfume PosseWhen one sets out to narrow down to six perfumes her favorites, what she should do instead is grab a Xanax, place her head under the pillow, hold it down firmly so nobody hears and scream until the mood passes.
But I didn’t. Instead I have come up with the list of the …
Read the rest here: 6 Perfumes that Are My Loves2008 fragrance anniversaries
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineSeveral significant fragrance anniversaries are scattered through 2008: the House of Guerlain’s 180th year (to mark which a new men’s scent is in the works), L’Air du Temps’ 60th and the 30th for several other classic scents: Polo, Mûre et Mus…
Read the rest here: 2008 fragrance anniversaries2008 fragrance anniversaries
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineSeveral significant fragrance anniversaries are scattered through 2008: the House of Guerlain’s 180th year (to mark which a new men’s scent is in the works), L’Air du Temps’ 60th and the 30th for several other classic scents: Polo, Mûre et Mus…
Read the rest here: 2008 fragrance anniversariesGuerlain Apres L’ondee
from Patty @ Perfume PosseOnce the temperatures start rising just a little, as I’m rolling through my decanting early in the morning, before my day job starts, there are always a few perfumes in certain seasons that I can’t pass by without spritzing.
If it’s spring, it is Guerlain’s Apres L’ondee. Violets in rain. Created …
Read the rest here: Guerlain Apres L’ondeeMale Perspective on l’Instant de Guerlain
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Archaeological cocktail, originally uploaded by Ignissa. I spent the better pa…
Read the rest here: Male Perspective on l’Instant de GuerlainLeap Year Candy
from March @ Perfume PosseVetiver and I have a difficult relationship. I blame this on a tragic first meeting with Hermessence Vetiver Tonka, one of … how do I put this delicately? One of the most heinous fragrances on the planet. Vetiver Tonka is the fragrance equivalent of avocado ice cream …
Read the rest here: Leap Year CandyThree for Tuesday
from Patty @ Perfume PosseReleased by Christian Dior in 1995, and created by Pierre Bourdon, Dolce Vita has notes of rose, magnolia, muguet, apricot, peach, cinnamon, sandalwood, vanilla, and heliotrope. There is something about the interplay of the fruity notes on the open that makes this start off feeling a little, well… smutty. Like …
Read the rest here: Three for TuesdayLove is in the Air
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineFebruary has landed and with it all the corny yet weirdly enticing thoughts of love potions and amorous gifts. So in the interests of brightening up your days and helping you dream a bit, Perfume Shrine will devote posts up till Valentine’s Day to scents of love.
Many fragrances, especially feminine ones, include “love” or “amour” in their name. Whether they represent the romantic idea to your
Read the rest here: Love is in the AirTop Ten Perfumes of Winter!
from Patty @ Perfume PosseAs we are hitting mid-winter, the Holidays are over, and winter fatigue is setting in, instead of sitting around like Medusa, Stheno and Euryale - fighting over our one Gorgon tooth, eye and nose - we decided to be more, um, constructive. Here’s the Posse’s list of Top Ten …
Read the rest here: Top Ten Perfumes of Winter!Too many launches? Some perfume history…
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineWe have been saying it among ourselves -and hearing it discussed in perfume circles- constantly recently: there are just too many launches. Enough!
So it came as a mild surprise upon reading Le Parfum by Jean Claude Ellena in French (on which more commentary later on) that it might have always been so, actually…
In the span of Les Années Folles (the 20s) and a little later, the surgence of
Magicians and Pharaohs: Djedi by Guerlain
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineLore has shaped the imagination of many in reference to the secrets of the Great Pyramid of Egypt: hidden passages, curses cast upon intruders, mystical symbols and astronomical calculations far ahead of their times. More Sphinx-like than the actual Sphinx, the Great Pyramid still holds some of its secrets to this day.
Djedi by Guerlain ,”the driest perfume of all time” according to Roja Dove
Read the rest here: Magicians and Pharaohs: Djedi by GuerlainHow much more gorgeous can you go?
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineSeek and you shall find: it is these biblical words that come to mind upon seeing the gorgeous advertisements of the year 1972 by Guerlain.I was seeking an ad that would depict a red-haired beauty for Mitsouko in a futile search for the entertaining al…
Read the rest here: How much more gorgeous can you go?What makes for the popular vote?
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineNow there’s an interesting question for the new year! Isn’t it?The poll we conducted here at Perfume Shrine was intriguing on many levels, none the less important because it revealed certain finer points.First of all, the poll confirmed that the people…
Read the rest here: What makes for the popular vote?In which I go to sephora…
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde…and save you the trouble.I’ll start with the non-perfume findings, because those are way more positive. And also because it’s my turn to add a cent or two of my thoughts to the much talked about Wall Street Journal article. Since it relates nicely t…
Read the rest here: In which I go to sephora…Ode to Mitsouko
from March @ Perfume Posse
The presents are wrapped and under the tree, except for what Santa will bring later tonight. I’ll be spending much of today at church putting the final touches on the decorations for Christmas Eve, then home to bake iced sugar cookies (Santa’s favorite). This is a funny, wistful time of …
Leather Series 6: Kinky whiffs
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineBy 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, …
Read the rest here: Leather Series 6: Kinky whiffsPerfume Review: Spiritueuse Double Vanille by Guerlain
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogReview by Tom
Thanks to the incredible generosity of Robin, I now have a quite large decant of this fragrance. This is not a fragrance that I should love at all- I pretty much dislike vanilla in scents as a rule, perhaps because they usually smell to me like Vanillin (that god-awful stuff that substitutes for real vanilla in commercial baked goods). Foody snob that I am, I only like the real
Read the rest here: Perfume Review: Spiritueuse Double Vanille by GuerlainPutting Color in My Cheeks- Guerlain Terracotta Bronzing Powder
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeIt’s the season: We’re getting pale and sallow, the cold air isn’t doing us any favors and neither does the excessive heating. I’m wearing bronzers year-round, but it’s this time of the year that requires something special to warm things up.That’s what…
Read the rest here: Putting Color in My Cheeks- Guerlain Terracotta Bronzing Powder