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Jo Malone Dark Amber Ginger Lily 100 ml cologne LE

Jo Malone Dark Amber Ginger Lily 100 ml cologne LE

US $160.00

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NEW JO MALONE LOTUS BLOSSOM WATER LILY BATH OIL 200ML

NEW JO MALONE LOTUS BLOSSOM WATER LILY BATH OIL 200ML

US $159.95

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Will Estee Lauder turn the tide with Sensuous?

I bought a bottle of Sensuous last week. I had no choice. All the perfume blogs were giving Sensuous high marks and describing the fragrance as (paraphrasing here) a “warm, fluid river of wood”….it sounded right up my alley. So, as I menti…

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Jo Malone Wins Me Over

Anyone keeping an eye out for alarming signs indicating the coming of the End Times need look no further than my recent infatuation with some Jo Malone scents. I gave up on Jo Malone quite awhile ago, not too far into my fragrance addiction – somewhere after French Nectarine, …

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Sniffapalooza

It’s me, March, posting on Lee’s day. I know — it feels weird to me, too. But since Lee’s abandoned us taking a break from blogging, we’re rearranging the schedule slightly – I’m back to Mon/Weds., Patty’s Tues/Thurs, and Friday will be a mixed assortment of pleasures while …

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Perfume Review: Jo Malone White Jasmine & Mint

White Jasmine & Mint is the new addition to the Jo Malone collection of fragrances. It is described as having been inspired by “the tranquil moment in an English garden when the sun emerges, the dew gently lifts and the blossoms are at their most fragrant”, and for once an official description is so close to the image a scent evokes in my mind that I am actually hard pressed to think of any other

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Winter Amber Splash by Marc Jacobs: fragrance review

It is not seldom that something is misnamed in the world of perfume. Where shall I start? Angel, that dervish of a scent that has nothing to do with seraphic affinities? Youth Dew, that quintessential in the calculated arsenal of a mature woman that de…

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London Calling…part 3

If on the previous post I talked about the opportunity of a hand and arm massage being rather uncommon to encounter in a perfume boutique, it is with regularity that one encounters the practice at another bastion of British skinscentsa-experience, that…

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Niche Perfumers

When I try to explain my interest in niche perfumes and the current explosion of creativity in that area of endeavor, I find that it easiest to relate some stories about the niche perfume makers. Learning about the new perfumers who have been doing …

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Fig in Fragrance

crossed processed figs, originally uploaded by MatthewA.Global warming makes Vancouver’s summer feel real. And with it comes a craving for figs. I miss their tangy, fizzy sharpness. I miss their oddly refreshing green sap-milky attitude. I even miss th…

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Sally sells sea “sel” at the sea shore

It’s not unusual that my mind reels into well known quotes/parables/phrases that get twisted to serve my purposes. I’m weird like that I guess and words have always being a playground. However the assonance of “s” in the above paradigm is testament to …

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Jasmine series: part 4 ~mellow jasmine suggestions

The fact that jasmine may take on a more sinister turn accounting for fecal undertones that leave many people with apprehension and dismay does not mean that jasmine fragrances have to espouse that aspect. It is perfectly possible to evoke a balanced a…

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Floral Fragrances for Winter

One of the most uplifting things that can happen in Winter is to come inside from a grey dreary cold day into a warm room that has a large fresh fragrant floral bouquet, or to run into someone wearing a wonderfully floral fragrance. I was fortunate eno…

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