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from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineOn an ordinary morning on an ordinary weekday in Paris this past June, a rumour started to ripple through the mirrored design studios, the gilded, glossy magazine offices and the cramped workrooms of the French fashion industry. “Have you heard?” whispered voices ominous with impending ill news.”The police found a body on Rue de Bellechasse this morning.” “Have you heard?” they whispered, “about
Dior Addict Extravaganza : Perfume Reviews (Part Two)
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetWelcome back for the second part of “Dior Addict Extravaganza”. Today, reviews of Addict Shine and Addict 2:
Dior Addict Shine:
Dior Addict Shine starts out with an intense and rather generic, rather synthetic smelling hit of tangerine and grapefruit. Upon first try, I completely dismiss this as a disappointing failure. I forget about it and start going about my day, when about half an hour
Read the rest here: Dior Addict Extravaganza : Perfume Reviews (Part Two)Three for Tuesday
from Patty @ Perfume PosseReleased by Christian Dior in 1995, and created by Pierre Bourdon, Dolce Vita has notes of rose, magnolia, muguet, apricot, peach, cinnamon, sandalwood, vanilla, and heliotrope. There is something about the interplay of the fruity notes on the open that makes this start off feeling a little, well… smutty. Like …
Read the rest here: Three for TuesdayLeather Series 11: the Big Bruisers
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrinePerfume directions often go the way of fashion trends and lifestyle choices, which sometimes translates as going the way of the dodo, and this is nowhere more obvious than in the leather scents that emerged in the late 70s and during the 80s. After the brief optimism of the mid-60s, the world entered a grim period of oil crisis, economic downfall and the threat of the planet suffering nuclear
Dior Addict Extravaganza : Perfume Reviews (Part One)
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetAfter recently being pleasantly surprised by Dior Addict Shine, I decided to explore the whole Dior Addict line, which I must confess, I never paid much attention to. So, today and Wednesday Fragrance Bouquet takes a look at the whole Addict fragrance lineup. Let’s start with part 1, exploring Dior Addict and Dior Addict Eau Fraîche.
Dior Addict:
The original Dior Addict is, in my opinion, a
Read the rest here: Dior Addict Extravaganza : Perfume Reviews (Part One)February Posse Scent Club - Part II
from Patty @ Perfume PosseHopefully our little DNS problems have resolved and all of ya’ll are back now, yes? Best description of the week about a scent comes from my nephew: “Smells like vanilla ice cream and Harleys.” If you can guess which scent it is he’s talking about, drop your guess in comments. …
Read the rest here: February Posse Scent Club - Part IIAlmost a Miss
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine“Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
‘Cause I saw the end before we’d begun,
Yes, I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what’s mine by eternal right.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed. I know you well, I know your smell”.
~James Blunt, Goodbye my lover
A name that combines two contrasting elements : the girly (Miss)
Read the rest here: Almost a MissIsfarkand & Tolu by Ormonde Jayne : Perfume Reviews
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetThe last couple of weeks have been an olfactory delight – I finally got acquainted with the Ormonde Jayne line of fragrances via their sample program (definitely worth it by the way if you can’t get to the boutique – the price to sample the whole range is 28 pounds, or about 37 euro, postage is complimentary and the presentation is simply delightful!) and even though I have not ended up loving
Read the rest here: Isfarkand & Tolu by Ormonde Jayne : Perfume ReviewsLament for a Fragrance in Sepia
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine“Headstrong” or “stubborn” is not the first thing that comes to mind when I contemplate on my mother’s personality. Yet it was the formidable, petulant perfume thus named, Cabochard, that had won her heart and ~along with Dioressence~ became her insignia. The Grecian-inspired fluted designs of Madame Grès which were cut directly on the body would have suited the Dorian drama of her beauty. Her
Read the rest here: Lament for a Fragrance in SepiaForget me Not : Chloé (Original) by Chloé
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetIt would be hard to imagine fashion in today’s world without prêt-a-porter. Up until the 50’s however, luxury ready-to-wear fashion was unheard of. When it comes to the question of who popularized high fashion as we know it, most remember Yves Saint Laurent who was indeed the first couturier to open a ready-to-wear boutique, Rive Gauche in 1966. Some will even remember that Givenchy and the
Read the rest here: Forget me Not : Chloé (Original) by ChloéBetter Butter?
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineAt Hermès, craftsmen work with various luxurious materials: Barenia calfskin, Mysore goat (chèvre Mysore), and taurillon Clémence, as well as lizard, ostrich and crocodile skins. One of them is “Veau velours Doblis” suede. This suede comes from a variety of cowhide that is treated in such a way as to render the most velvety, buttery tactile feel on the hand.
As I pass outside the boutique Hermès
Read the rest here: Better Butter?The Case of the Jolie-Laide Madame
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears”.~Getrude Stein
It is perhaps fitting that a review of Jolie Madame, the leathery fragrance by Germain Cellier created for couturier Pierre Balmain in 1953 should start with a quote by one of his famous clients who graced this perfume with her preference over others. Like Stein herself, Jolie Madame bypasses jolie (=pretty)
Read the rest here: The Case of the Jolie-Laide MadameLet it Rock by Vivienne Westwood : Perfume Review
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetWhat’s in a name? Admittedly, a name like “Let it Rock” does not sound half as seductive as Libertine or Boudoir, but nevertheless, it is possibly the best name for a fragrance bearing the signature of British designer Vivienne Westwood. In fact, knowing some of the history behind it, instantly allows one to connect the scent with the images the name doubtlessly was meant to evoke. Our story
Read the rest here: Let it Rock by Vivienne Westwood : Perfume ReviewIntrigant Patchouli by Parfumerie Generale : Musings and a Perfume Review
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetHow do you feel about strongly animalic scents? Undeniably, there is a sense of danger in wearing one in public. The message these fragrances broadcast is by far not subtle – it is instead, a proclamation of pure sexual energy, an advertisement of one’s lusty nature and perhaps best of all, they are an admittance of the fact that at least part of us, longs for and misses the ability to smell the
Read the rest here: Intrigant Patchouli by Parfumerie Generale : Musings and a Perfume ReviewBullion or Bull? 8 88 of them…..
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineSometimes it’s hard to distinguish the bullion from the bull. Gold has a way of masquerading into the most unexpected guises, while the reverse is also true.
Comme des Garcons 8 88 new fragrance was released for only one week (!) in London at the Burlington Arcade guerilla store. It won’t be available again until March 2008, but a generous and kind soul was able to get us a sample and Perfume
Moschino by Moschino : Perfume Review
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetFranco Moschino, the charismatic, ‘ragazzo’ wild boy of Italian fashion, launched Moschino Couture in 1983 and took the fashion world by storm with his wild, provocative designs. He very quickly became known for his iconoclastic, sometimes cocky style, which earned him notoriety among fellow designers and at the same time delighted the public and press who simply couldn’t get enough of his shows
Read the rest here: Moschino by Moschino : Perfume ReviewEt Lux in Tenebris: Incense Rosé by Andy Tauer
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineHow could all the autumnal joy of eating a bright citrus fruit marry to the somber ambience of incense? And how does this immerse itself in the heritage of centuries and centuries of aromatization and meditation through fragrant smoke?
Incense Rosé the new fragrance by Andy Tauer is a proposition towards this very end.
Incense Rosé was announced as “A fragrance that breaths
in the tradition of
Unveiling a myth: Iris Gris by Jacques Fath
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrineby guest writer Denyse Beaulieu
The day I finally smelled the peach in Mitsouko – a full-fleshed downy peach bulging through the seamless composition – was the day after I smelled the mythical Iris Gris, by Jacques Fath. As though the latter had opened up an unknown dimension in the former: the same peach note, known as undecalactone or aldehyde C-14 (though it technically isn’t an aldehyde),
Read the rest here: Unveiling a myth: Iris Gris by Jacques FathNocturnal Demons
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineHave you ever lost sleep over the notion of an unattainable ideal? Have you longed and ached for that which you have not even experienced? Are you like the hero in Steppenwolf , a lone soul in search of the sublime revelation of self in the whirlwind of a crumbling civilization? Those questions might ring silly to someone who hasn’t known the pang of desire that a beautiful perfume stirs in the
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from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetIn the first decade of the 1900s, Jeanne Lanvin, the magnificent, iconic couturiere and founder of the house that still bears her name, begun designing outfits and dresses for one of her younger sisters and her daughter, as well as for her own, beloved and doted upon child, Marguerite. Soon, word spread, and Lanvin became famous as a mother-daughter fashion designer. Lanvin especially loved to
Read the rest here: Forget me Not : Arpège by LanvinOutlaws and Brigands: Bandit by Piguet
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineIt was 1944, when WWII was at its most crucial stages with the battle of Monte Cassino, the fall of Rome to the Allies, the maiden flight of the Bristol Brigand and subsequently D-day that Robert Piguet had sent his models down the runway brandishing knives, toy revolvers and masks like highwaymen, like outlaws. And it was this occasion that prompted Germaine Cellier to grab the models’ knickers
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