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After my Own Heart

“April is the cruellest month, breeding
lilacs out of the dead land”says the famous line from the Waste Land.

Lilac has always stood for me as the very emblem of April, “stirring dull roots with spring rain”. So inextricably has the month been linked…

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Ineke: Fragrant Presentation

It is often that I am taken by surprise in not having sampled lines which are making a ripple in the pond of niche perfumery: After all one can test only so much! My surprise turned into elation when I got the Deluxe Sample Pack that contains samples o…

Antique Perfume Shop

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Ineke: Fragrant Presentation

It is often that I am taken by surprise in not having sampled lines which are making a ripple in the pond of niche perfumery: After all one can test only so much! My surprise turned into elation when I got the Deluxe Sample Pack that contains samples o…

Antique Perfume Shop

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New Perfume Samples - Montale and Ineke

 
Okay, fresh pile of perfume samples today to plow through, so let’s get started.
Ineke Evening Edged in Gold - The latest perfume from Ineke, it features notes of gold osmanthus, plum, Angel’s trumpet, saffron, cinnamon bark, midnight candy, leather, woods.  Definitely an evening floral.  It opens big floral, while the cinnamon adds …

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Interesting Read: Interview with Ineke Ruhland

Visit Basenotes to read an interesting interview with San-Franciscan/Canadian perfumer Ineke Ruhland. Ineke is about to launch her new perfume, Evening Edged in Gold, thus adding the letter “E” to her fragrant abecedary anthology…While still inspired…

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Aftermath

Having gone to the Fall Sniffapalooza on Saturday, I came away with a number of impressions. Actually, the experience is so intensive it takes a few days to sink in. One thing I was ultra happy about was finally meeting the perfumista-par-excellence …

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New Release from Ineke - Evening Edged in Gold

Coming this winter is Ineke’s fifth fragrance, Evening Edged in Gold, with notes of plum, osmanthus, Angel’s Trumpet, Midnight Candy, saffron, woods and leather.

If you are in New York on October 20th, Ineke will be participating in the Sniffapalooza events at Bergdorf Goodman and Takashimaya.

For more information, visit ineke.com.

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Balmy Days and Sundays

The mild breeze of warm, pleasantly sweet and clear air is called balmy. The very word balmy calls forth pleasant associations. The concept of balm is identified with particular sweet smelling plants and resins, and soft air that seems to have a caress…

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Perfume Stars: Summer Favorites. Part 2

In the second part of Perfume Stars: Summer Favorites, the creators of some of the most exciting new lines tell us about their ideal warm-weather scents and their preferred holiday destinations.

Pierre Guillaume, Parfumerie Generale

What are you favorite summer fragrances? What are the characteristics of your ideal summer scent?

“It is rather more a matter of personality than of climate…

Parfum Femmes Francais

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