. If you are not currently being aggregated and think you should be send an email to kevin [at] perfumebloggers (dot) com with your blog URL.My Serge Drawer: Friday Guest Post
from March @ Perfume Posse(hi, folks — here’s a guest post by Nava, a regular reader and contributor at Perfume Critic and Makeupalley, and a commenter at the Posse as well as other scented and unscented blogs. She lives in New York with her husband and cat, and loves to be a …
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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: SniffapaloozaBreak This Bittersweet Spell on Me
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineDouce Amère’s sonorous name, meaning “bittersweet” in French, brings back memories of childhood with a Prustian rush: the precarious balance of bitter and sweet like a poisonous plant, like bitter sightshade; the smell of danger and dare of a bitters …
Read the rest here: Break This Bittersweet Spell on MeFive O’Clock Snooze
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 LovesThe Lion Sleeps Tonight- Surge Lutens Vetiver Oriental
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeMy Serge Lutens habit is not exactly a secret, and the shelf space the bottles take in my perfume cabinet is steadily growing. The other day I was taking stock and checked to see which one is most likely to need restocking first. The answer is Vetiver …
Read the rest here: The Lion Sleeps Tonight- Surge Lutens Vetiver OrientalReplowing Serge Lutens 5 au Gingembre
from Patty @ Perfume PosseLee gave a great review on this last week, and I did a short blurb as well, but I am so much in love with this stuff, I have to write a little more about it - mostly because I’ve put it on every day since I got it.
This goes on …
Read the rest here: Replowing Serge Lutens 5 au GingembreCaron Bellodgia & Fleurs de Rocaille
from Patty @ Perfume Posse
Painting - Caravaggio’s Narcissus
Figuring out what to write about in a post is a bit like planning meals - I don’t mind the actual writing, but coming up with the what-to-write-about bit sometimes puts me in a whirling mental kerfuffle. It’s relatively easy to pick the most interesting scents, …
What time is it?
from Lee @ Perfume PosseSummer time?
All the time?
Even more all the time?
Part-time?
Closing time?
Are you sure it isn’t closing time?
Trippy time?
Hammer time?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme?
Just Rosemary and Thyme?
No, silly! It’s none of those. It’s time to announce the winners, that’s what time it is…
The most competitive draw was for Bois Farine - Sue …
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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 IINocturnal 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
Read the rest here: Nocturnal DemonsJourney Inward- Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeEvery once in a while I find a perfume that makes me stop in my tracks and realize that “this” is how things should smell. It’s the scent equivalent of what Tim Gunn calls “Soul Stirrers” when he talks about clothes people should keep in their wardrobe…
Read the rest here: Journey Inward- Serge Lutens Ambre SultanFavorite Things 2007
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeIn what has become an annual tradition, a group of beauty, fashion and perfume bloggers have joined in this little project of bringing you lists of our favorite things from the year that’s coming to an end. Not all of these were actually launched in 20…
Read the rest here: Favorite Things 2007Serge Lutens Midwinter part 3: Fumerie Turque
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeIt’s cold outside.Well, actually, it’s supposed to be cold outside, but we’re having the weirdest weather with temperatures in the mid 40s tonight, though it’s raining buckets. We’ll just have to pretend it’s a real midwinter out there.Blogs and perfum…
Read the rest here: Serge Lutens Midwinter part 3: Fumerie TurqueSerge Lutens Midwinter part 2: Chêne
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeThis time of the year, most of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere are celebrating a midwinter holiday of some sort. No matter what our culture or religion is, we are linked through our pagan ancestors who were connected to the Earth, knew a thing o…
Read the rest here: Serge Lutens Midwinter part 2: ChêneSerge Lutens Midwinter part 1: Bois et Fruits
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde‘Tis the season for fruitcake.Many Serge Lutens perfumes have a wintery appeal with their deep, dark notes. I chose to start with Bois et Fruits because of the holidays and the traditional dried fruit dishes. Serge Lutens simply describes this scent as…
Read the rest here: Serge Lutens Midwinter part 1: Bois et FruitsSoft White Paws- Serge Lutens Louve
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde“She began to walk forward, crunch-crunch over the snow and through the wood toward the other light. In about 10 minutes she reached it and found it was a lamp-post. As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a woo…
Read the rest here: Soft White Paws- Serge Lutens LouveThank me later: An amazing Serge Lutens promotional at Bergdorf Goodman
from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeBefore I start catching up (I’m so behind it’s not even funny, both on other people’s blogs and on my own), I have something great to share. If you follow the Serge Lutens news, you probably already know that two bell jars of Serge Lutens scents from t…
Read the rest here: Thank me later: An amazing Serge Lutens promotional at Bergdorf GoodmanPerfume Review: Sarrasins by Serge Lutens
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogReview by Tom
In 1984 (when I was 7), a good friend of mine managed to scam the second of many jobs for me, this time at the Olympic Arts Festival an adjunct to the 1984 Olymics in Los Angeles. I was an East Coast boy, having grown up in New England and at that point living in New York. I sounded (and still do when I am tired) a bit like Katharine Hepburn, had milk-white skin, pale grey-green
Read the rest here: Perfume Review: Sarrasins by Serge LutensPerfume for the Occasion: Perfumes for a Stressful Day
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetMight certain scents help in alleviating stress? When TMH of For the Love of Perfume and I were discussing this month’s Perfume for the Occasion feature, we thought it would certainly be an interesting question to explore. Influenced by the fact that October was a rather hectic and stressful month for both of us, we felt that others too, might wish to read a few suggestions on which fragrances
Read the rest here: Perfume for the Occasion: Perfumes for a Stressful DayChypre Rouge by Serge Lutens: fragrance review
from helg @ Perfume ShrineIt’s not often that a perfume assumes a stolen identity to pass icognito under our noses, hiding its true nature under a misnomer. Chypre Rouge is not a chypre by any stretch of the imagination, even taking into account the new chypre contestants that …
Read the rest here: Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens: fragrance reviewSpice and Everything Nice- Serge Lutens Rousse
from The non-blonde @ The Non-BlondeThe truth is that I have been wearing Rousse ever since I got my bottle, throughout the summer. It did well in the heat and didn’t bloom too crazily. I hope. But I couldn’t wait to try the spicy cinnamon heat in its natural habitat of gray days, cold n…
Read the rest here: Spice and Everything Nice- Serge Lutens RousseSerge Lutens Palais Royal Exclusives at Bergdorf Goodman?
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogYesterday I had a pleasure of meeting Tom (who is as handsome and as dryly-humorous as I always imagined him to be) and two wonderful friends from makeupalley (Who totally made my day with their beauty and humor and warmth. “Perfume people” are the best.). According to Tom’s account - or rather according to a SA from Bergdorfs- the bell jars are coming to Bergdorf Goodman, exclusively, in
Read the rest here: Serge Lutens Palais Royal Exclusives at Bergdorf Goodman?Perfume for the Occasion : Winter Holiday Scents
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetHalloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years Eve … All sorts of Winter Holidays are fast approaching, and even though it is still early, the beauty world is already busy, with companies like Givenchy already releasing this year’s holiday limited edition products. Alright, I’ll admit, it is a tad early to start contemplating winter holidays, but when TMH of For the Love of Perfume
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