The Russians at the perfume kiosk in the mall have some kind of racket going on. I can’t decide just what. Of course, I have my own racket. Last week, after sitting on my “I’m going to sell this all on e-bay and make millions of dollars” stash, I realized that my drive for new perfume is stronger than my patience when it comes to navigating the internet marketplace. Now I understand why the
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September 14th, 2008 — , Caron Pour Homme, DK Gold, Giorgio Red for Men, Givenchy III, Gucci Rush for Men, Rochas Femme, Tom Ford Black Orchid, Tom Ford Extreme, Tom Ford for Men, Van Cleef and Arpels Gem, miss dior from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
The Dior Chypres series ~Miss Dior: fragrance review
November 15th, 2007 — Chypre, Galbanum, Review, christian dior, commercial, dior series, edmond roudnitska, inside, levis, ma griffe, miss dior, oakmoss, paul vacher, slitskin from helg @ Perfume Shrine
“I will tell you of a perfume which my mistress has from the graces and the gods of love; when you smell it, you will ask of the deities to make of you only a nose”. It is in those words that the Roman writer Catullus speaks of the seductive guiles…
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Dior sketch ads: how lovely!
November 11th, 2007 — Art, Fragrance, advertisment, christian dior, diorama, eau sauvage, illustrator, miss dior, rene gruau, sketch from helg @ Perfume Shrine
How can an obituary be glamorous? Or related to scent barring the mental connection with funeral flowers? Well, it can, if it involves René Gruau, chief visualiser and illustrator for parfums Christian Dior.Here is his obuitary from the Guardian: “Ren…
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November 4th, 2007 — Art, Chypre, aesthetics, christian dior, diorama, diorella, diorling, eau sauvage, edmond roudnitska, femme, miss dior, paul vacher, rochas from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Perfume Shrine embarked on a mission: to disect and discuss one of the bastions of chypre: la maison Dior in its former glory, when under the baguette of Edmond Roudnitska and Paul Vacher it produced classics that remain up there in the pantheon for al…
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Time Travel- Miss Dior Parfum
October 22nd, 2007 — Fragrance, Perfume, dior, miss dior from The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
How do you approach an iconic fragrance?There’s the history: Year of creation (1947), cultural connotations (the first years after WWII) and fashion reference (Christian Dior’s New Look). But it all vanishes the moment you apply the perfume to your ski…
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October 8th, 2007 — 19, Bandit, Chanel, Coty, Estee Lauder, Guerlain, cabochard, caleche, charlie, chronology, chypre series, diorella, edmond roudnitska, femme, ma griffe, miss dior, picasso, saint phalle, zeitgeist from helg @ Perfume Shrine
It has long been my opinion that fragrances do not merely reflect their makers’ vision or the desire to attain beauty and harmony through an ethereal means such as the fume of a precious liquid. They are routinely shaped by the circumstances that defin…
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The Agony and the Ecstasy part3: Fetish in fragrance
July 23rd, 2007 — Angelina Jolie, Boudoir, Carolina Herrera, Fetish, Japanese, albre sultan, black, bois, bulgari, dita von teese, favorite, lutens, miel, miss dior, obsession, realm of the senses, secretary, westwood from helg @ Perfume Shrine
That German word….heavy with connotations, but also a common element of the vernacular. It makes anything seem more naughty that it might have sounded without its tag attached. And yet, isn’t it very true that perfume lovers are “turned on” by …
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