September 30th, 2008 — , Vetiver Series, citrusy vetiver, comparison, smoky vetiver, soapy vetiver, straight vetiver, sweet vetiver from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
There is just something about empyreal vetiver that makes it the perfect transitional olfactory module between an Indian summer of bright blouses and the more serious tweeds of truly autumnal weather. Vetiver’s shades of green oscillate between the pal…
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September 4th, 2008 — , Chanel, Les Exclusifs, Review, Vetiver Series, death in venice, luchino visconti, sycomore, vetiver, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“Do you come from Heaven or rise from the abyss, Beauty?
Your gaze, divine and infernal,
Pours out confusedly benevolence and crime,
And one may for that, compare you to wine …
From God or Satan, who cares? Angel or Siren,
Who cares, if you make— …
August 28th, 2008 — , Andy Tauer, Review, Spicy, Vetiver Series, niche, pepper, swiss, vetiver, vetiver dance from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“She is the embodiment of grace. She flows like water, she glows like fire and has the earthiness of a mortal goddess. She has flowers in her hair, jewelled hands and kohl-dark eyes. Her eyes speak a language that her hands will translate, her feet …
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August 27th, 2008 — , Gender, Vetiver Series, fragrance history, vetiver from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Have you ever watched a conjurer put a volunteer from the audience into one of those contraptions that open and close via those ornamented Chinese doors? He enters as a man, next thing you see is the magician’s attractive female assistant emerge from t…
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August 18th, 2008 — , Guerlain, Review, Vetiver Series, elle mcpherson, flanker, jean paul guerlain, masculine, vetiver, vetiver pour elle from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
I guess I have to thank Elle McPherson: Australian 6-feet “the Body” supermodel of the 80s, whose signature fragrance has loyally been the masculine Vétiver by Guerlain. It makes sense: anything more traditionally feminine on that gorgeous specimen of…
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August 18th, 2008 — , Guerlain, Review, Vetiver Series, carven, comparison, fragrance history, givenchy, luca turin, vetyver from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Vetiver seriously entered the consciousness of the West at some point in the 19th century, along with its brotherly Indian counterpart patchouli (brought to England in 1850), as exotic plants that smell good and keep precious silk cloths free of insect…
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August 15th, 2008 — , Vetiver Series, haiti, india, java, luca turin, material, perfumery uses, reunion, vetiver, vetiver varieties from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Vetiver is one of those materials of perfumery that has a particularly interesting background, not least because of its exotic lineage from the Indian peninsula and the fact that the aromatic substance is derived from its rhizomes, making fragrances fo…
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August 15th, 2008 — , Vetiver Series, haiti, india, java, luca turin, material, perfumery uses, reunion, vetiver, vetiver varieties from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Vetiver is one of those materials of perfumery that has a particularly interesting background, not least because of its exotic lineage from the Indian peninsula and the fact that the aromatic substance is derived from its rhizomes, making fragrances fo…
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August 14th, 2008 — , Vetiver Series, fur sachet, uses of vetiver, vetiver water from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
My personal acquaintance with vetiver, a note I love, came through serendipity many years ago. Perusing through the antique shops in a picturesque corner of the city’s center, there are several little consignment stores set up by expatriates from Russi…
Related StoresJune 16th, 2008 — , Limited Editions, New Perfume, Perfume News, Summer Edition, Vetiver Racinettes, Vetiver Series, summer 2008 from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
Ayala Moriel is proud to present a new, limited-edition perfume for summer 2008:Vetiver Racinettes.Vetiver is the root of a tropical grass native to India, Indonesia and Java. It is known for its calming and cooling effect on both mind and body, and is…
Related StoresJune 14th, 2008 — , Limited Editions, New Perfume, Perfume News, Summer Edition, Vetiver Racinettes, Vetiver Series, summer 2008 from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
Ayala Moriel is proud to present a new, limited-edition perfume for summer 2008:Vetiver RacinettesVetiver is the root of a tropical grass native to India, Indonesia and Java. It is known for its calming and cooling effect on both mind and body, and is …
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