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Stephen Webster Poison Ivy Necklace

Stephen Webster Poison Ivy Necklace

US $3,000.00

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03 06 Tiburon Poison Flared 8 Piece Complete Body Kit

03 06 Tiburon Poison Flared 8 Piece Complete Body Kit

US $1,238.24

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Cavemen in Pinafores: Perfume Does Drag

The other day, applying a perfume ostensibly intended for women, I thought, “I really better butch it up today if I expect to pull this one off.”

Funny thing, though, how all that works: half way through the morning, I realized the perfume itself provided more than enough swagger. Maybe you know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the kind of fragrance which can come across like Corporal

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Bad Rap: Anais Anais

I’m generally astounded at the viciousness directed toward Cacharel fragrances, Anais Anais in particular. My ability to appreciate the latter might have something to do with gender. Anais Anais wasn’t pimped on boys with the same virulence used to market it to girls. Giorgio, Poison, Paris, et al were made so aggressively ubiquitous to the female adolescent consciousness. Being a boy, I was

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This Week at the Perfume Counter: In which your roving I Smell Therefore I Am reporter makes the marketplace rounds, nostrils flared

I keep going back to the Estee Lauder counter. Do I want Sensuous? I can’t decide. I do and I don’t and I might and maybe, don’t pressure me. Everyone says it smells great for an Estee Lauder fragrance, but I tend to scratch my head at that, and no…

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Optical Scentsibilities: Memento Mori

How could the idea of mortality be tied to perfume? There seems to exist a plethora of references to Eros and Thanatos in scented matters. From the ancient practice of accompanying the dead to their resting place with aromatic incense and the fragrant …

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Midnight Poison by Christian Dior: the clock strikes twelve

My subtitle might remind you of a great classic Blue Oyster Cult song, Astronomy and Parfums Christian Dior might be privy to the fact that it has awesome lyrics(click the link to read) able to convey poignant images.And so Christian Dior proceeded wit…

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