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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): …
Tom Ford Private Blend
from Karin @ SavvyThinker.comNo one ever accused me of not having expensive tastes. I was able to sample these on my recent trip, and if I had a lot of money burning a hole in my pocket, I would have bought several of them. They are not marketed exclusively for men or women, but all scents […]
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from Karin @ SavvyThinker.comThe beauty store in the Houston airport has two Lancome perfumes not available in the US unless they make their way to discounters — Benghal and Cyclades. They are from the Collection Voyage (travel collection.)
I loved the bottle for Cyclades and given any amount of liking of this fragrance, I would likely have popped […]
Perfumes: Some Suggestions (by Nava)
from Nava @ Perfume PosseI was unable to make it to the Sniffapalooza 2008 Spring Fling, but I did go on a sniffing expedition last week in New York City with a couple of lovely friends from makeupalley.com. One of the fragrances I was determined to sample was Guerlain’s Mitsouko, after reading and listening …
Read the rest here: Perfumes: Some Suggestions (by Nava)Monsoon Season
from March @ Perfume Posse
I dropped the Big Cheese off at the airport yesterday for his trip to Thailand, China — and Burma. The devastation from Sunday’s cyclone (15,000 dead was the last count I read) changes his plans, but he’s not sure how yet. He has friends in Yangon, and the …
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from Patty @ Perfume PosseFirst, winners for the sample of Musc Nomade from Annick Goutal: Vida, Dusan and Marina! Just hit the contact us over on the left, get me your snail mail address, and the sample shall be yours!
You guys are always so super-helpful to me and everyone who reads us, so here …
Read the rest here: Perfumes for Graduation and TravelMore Things to Dust
from March @ Perfume Posse
I think I have remarkably few bottles for a fragrance obsessive. I’m not going to name a number because (like sexual partners) no matter what I say, some of you would be horrified at the sheer wanton profligacy of my spending, while others of you would think, is …
Read the rest here: More Things to DustSweet, sweet musk
from Patty @ Perfume PosseA bottle of Annick Goutal’s Musc Nomade just landed in my hands… and!
Perfect.
Created by Isabelle Doyen with Camille Goutal, it has notes of white musks (muscone, angelica, ambrette), tonka bean, almond accents, labdanum, and Bombay wood (a papyrus derivative) *taken from Now Smell This.
Some musks, like Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur, …
Read the rest here: Sweet, sweet muskJo Malone Wins Me Over
from March @ Perfume PosseAnyone 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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from Patty @ Perfume Posse
First, I have a new photoblog, and you can find it here. I took the photo above when we were in NYC, and Judith and I were resting our feet outside of Bendel’s, sniffing the changes in Tom of Finland on our skin. When we go to Europe the end …
You Sniff It Friday
from Patty @ Perfume PosseWe gave y’all three scents to sniff, and we are posting your reviews on those scents. Y’all had a lot to say, so this was really fun for us to do!
Clinique Happy
Am I going to hell if I say I like this fragrance? It’s cheerful. I always get compliments on …
Read the rest here: You Sniff It FridayThe Scent of Forgiveness and Redemption
from Patty @ Perfume PosseOvermuch lately, I find myself ruminating on forgiveness and redemption. How much can a person do before they have gone into the unforgivable, and there is no explanaiton or apology they can make for redemption in another person’s eyes? It’s an individual barrier to be sure. In my faith, we are called …
Read the rest here: The Scent of Forgiveness and RedemptionAnnick Goutal for Monsieur and Me
from March @ Perfume PosseMusette is hard at work on the Chicago Thingy – a get-together with perfume and chocolate in Chicago on a Saturday in September/October. Have you been to Chicago? Chicago has: great food; interesting architecture; excellent theater; amazing shopping. And did I mention chocolate? And perfume? …
Read the rest here: Annick Goutal for Monsieur and MeManly Scent Sampler Pack
from Patty @ Perfume PosseMy brother has presented me with a challenge, so I, of course, turn to all of you to see what I’ve done so far and to see if you have suggestions or additions.
Tom opened up a bar and grill recently, which is is doing an amazing business in a tiny …
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from March @ Perfume PosseFirst off, a shout-out to Patty, who will be on NPR at 11:40 EST this morning, as part of a Perfumes: The Guide interview with LT and TS, I guess they’re going for the blogger perspective. Go, Patty! Second, a reminder, this coming Friday we are featuring …
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from Bryan @ Perfume PosseWhen I came across this gorgeous painting in the Louvre, many years ago, I was shocked. Much in the way I believe Shakespeare’s contemporary audience was when they first saw the sleepwalking, murderous (at least complicit) Lady in the famous play. I adore painting and Fusli was as yet unknown …
Read the rest here: DarknessTop Ten Spring Fragrances
from March @ Perfume PosseIt’s that time of year again — our Top Ten Spring fragrances, even if it hasn’t felt quite as much like spring at this point as we’d hoped. Patty and March each offer up five’ish scents perfect for thinking about spring:
March
Spring is probably my least favorite fragrance season, which strikes …
Read the rest here: Top Ten Spring FragrancesTommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl, etc.
from Patty @ Perfume PosseDo you ever just get tired of hearing about a somewhat readily available perfume that you’ve never smelled, so you finally just smell it and end your misery? Yeah, exactly.
Tommy Girl has notes of black currant bud, apple, tangerine, mandarin, spearmint, heather, honeysuckle, violet, rose, magnolia, jasmine, lily, sandalwood and cedarwood. …
Read the rest here: Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl, etc.Sniffapalooza
from March @ Perfume PosseIt’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 …
Read the rest here: SniffapaloozaEtat Libre d’Orange Tom of Finland
from Patty @ Perfume Posse
A Perfume Posse First - On Friday April 25, you all get to do the reviews for our first You Sniff It Friday. If you have smelled it already or can get a chance to smell it, we want you to sniff Clinique Aromatics Elixir, Clinique Happy and Tommy Hilfiger Tommy …
Idole
from March @ Perfume PosseI wrote this post before I left for the NYC Sniffapalooza, given the rigors of the schedule and my travel. I’ll report in later, if Patty doesn’t cover it tomorrow. Instead I thought I’d cover one of my fragrant surprises.
Two weeks ago I grabbed one of my gazillions of …
A Few Pet Peeves
from Bryan @ Perfume PosseI’m not going to sit here an whine about too many things. I just want some validation. Who amongst us is sick of falling in love with a beautiful, hypnotic gem of a perfume only to find it gone in 60 seconds? 31 Rue Cambon is one of the most …
Read the rest here: A Few Pet PeevesBook and Hermes Un Jardin Apres La Mousson
from Patty @ Perfume PosseFirst, a quick perfume review from my favorite series of perfumes and perfumer, the gorgeous, brillian Jean-Claude Ellena: Un Jardin Apres la Mousson, the newest editionin the Un Jardin series from Hermes. Notes of cardamom, coriander, pepper, ginger and ginger flower, with a vetiver accord Ellen created. Meant to create a monson …
Read the rest here: Book and Hermes Un Jardin Apres La MoussonPerfumes: The Guide
from March @ Perfume PosseI’ve spent much of the past couple of weeks tucked into Perfumes: The Guide, to the dismay of the Big Cheese and my children, who kept interrupting me for trivialities like requests for food, or the location of some clean clothing. I was ostensibly issued an early copy for …
Read the rest here: Perfumes: The GuideTen thoughts about perfume and its people
from Lee @ Perfume Posse1) Scentaholics are a curious breed. Seemingly feeling things more strongly than the mainstream, their faces show reactions to smells that for most would be hyperbole. For us, the curious few, those faces are normality.
2) Alongside this tendency to feel things strongly, many scent fans also express things in intense …
Boston with Friends
from Patty @ Perfume PosseThere are few things more enjoyable than meeting up with perfume friends. As soon as you get past the introductions and hugs so you have the face behind the name firmly in front of you, it is an unfinished conversation that picks up where it left off last, though no one …
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from March @ Perfume PosseSniffa attendees: Patty and I and Divalino have triple-dog-dared each other into some shenanigans. Look for me in a tasteful rhinestone tiara at the Sniffa Bergdorf breakfast on Saturday; I believe Patty will be wearing her KU cap (and won’t we be a sight?) At the BlueMercury cocktail …
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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 LovesA Package from Maria
from March @ Perfume PosseItem One: Sniffa attendees — you should all have gotten your email itineraries. I didn’t realize it was such a full schedule. What say we try to hook up during the two-hour cocktail deal Saturday night (6:30 - 8:30) at BlueMercury, assuming we haven’t met already? Everyone …
Read the rest here: A Package from MariaLoose Ends and Estee Lauder Azuree
from Patty @ Perfume PosseThis really is going to be one of those posts, and I do apologize, but I just have a bunch of stuff to talk about, some only a little bit about perfume.
First, I am going to just squeeze March to pieces for turning me on to these Not Your Daughter jeans. …
Read the rest here: Loose Ends and Estee Lauder Azuree