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LOVE ASSCHER CUTS 483CT H VS1 ASSCHER CUT RING GIA

LOVE ASSCHER CUTS 483CT H VS1 ASSCHER CUT RING GIA

US $25,000.00

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Roger Dubuis Too Much White Gold Love Rubies Full Pave

Roger Dubuis Too Much White Gold Love Rubies Full Pave

US $18,800.00

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Hug Nation

I like this. I think of this guy as an Internet minister and he’s currently bringing his “ministry” coast to coast in a 24 foot RV painted pink with wings. I visited his website at www.hugnation.com and listened to most of the video blog he posted for …

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The Three Angels of Lavender

This story was inspired by three lavender concretes I received from Marcia Elston of Samara Botane. There was once a heavenly white angel of Lavender. He wore robes as pure and as white as the driven snow. He was a giant of an angel, with arms that cou…

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..and what’s love got to do with it?

A love of Natural Perfumery is a *warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion. It can be a love of creating natural perfumes and a love of natural perfumes already created. It can be a love of the materials and love of what the materials do to one another…

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What Natural Perfumery is:

Natural Perfumery is about beauty.It’s about sensuality.It’s about art and craftsmanship.It’s about dedication.It’s about love and loyalty.It’s about balance.It’s about creativity and nature.It’s about passion. It’s about wholeness and growth.It’s ab…

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Hidden Joy

Nothing is Lost - by Noel Coward - Deep in our sub-conscious, we are told Lie all our memories, lie all the notes Of all the music we have ever heard And all the phrases those we loved have spoken, Sorrows and losses time has since consoled, Family jokes, out-moded anecdotes Each sentimental souvenir and token Everything seen, experienced, each word Addressed to us in infancy, before Before we could even know or understands The implications of that wonderland. There they all are, the legendary lies The birthday treats, the sights, the sounds, the tears Forgotten debris of forgotten years…

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Hidden Joy

Nothing is Lost - by Noel Coward - Deep in our sub-conscious, we are told Lie all our memories, lie all the notes Of all the music we have ever heard And all the phrases those we loved have spoken, Sorrows and losses time has since consoled, Family jok…

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A Red, Red Rose

“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly pla’d in tune.-” ~ A snippet from “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert BurnsAs with just about every holiday the roots of Valentines day go very deep int…

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{{{ LOVE }}} Bliss

“When you follow your bliss… doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.” …

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{{{ LOVE }}} Across the Universe

“The love you take is equal to the love you make.”~ The BeatlesThis month we celebrate LOVE, in all it’s manifestations. On February 14th, a name will be chosen from the database for a 1/4 oz perfume of your choice. In order for you to be in the d…

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Assia’s Dior: A Mystery

Chlorophyl - by Ted Hughes - She sent him a blade of grass, but no word. Inside it The witchy doll, soaked in Dior. Inside it The gravestone. Inside it A sample of her own ashes. Inside it Her only daughter’s Otherwise non-existent smile. Inside it, the keys Of a sycamore. Inside those, falling The keys Of a sycamore. Inside those, Falling and turning in the air the Keys Of a Sycamore. From Capriccio (Gehenna Press, 1990) reprinted in Collected Poems, edited by Paul Keegan (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003) p. 799.

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Assia’s Dior: A Mystery

Chlorophyl - by Ted Hughes - She sent him a blade of grass, but no word. Inside it The witchy doll, soaked in Dior. Inside it The gravestone. Inside it A sample of her own ashes. Inside it Her only daughter’s Otherwise non-existent smile. Inside it, th…

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Love is in the Air

February 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

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discovery

A New Poet - by Linda Pastan - Finding a new poet is like finding a new wildflower out in the woods. You don’t see its name in the flower books, and nobody you tell believes in its odd color or the way its leaves grow in splayed rows down the whole length of the page. In fact the very page smells of spilled red wine and the mustiness of the sea on a foggy day - the odor of truth and of lying. And the words are so familiar, so strangely new, words you almost wrote yourself, if only…

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discovery

A New Poet - by Linda Pastan - Finding a new poet is like finding a new wildflower out in the woods. You don’t see its name in the flower books, and nobody you tell believes in its odd color or the way its leaves grow in splayed rows down the whole len…

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With Gratitude

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” …

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I just might have to take it back…

Remember when Perfume Shrine was the first one to report on the new Chanel ad campaign for Coco Mademoiselle featuring Keira Knightley? It was the first one to meow about it too. Much as I hate to do it, I might have to take it back (well, only part of…

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