There are two fragrances in my collection named after Alexanders. The first is Aleksandr by Arquiste, dedicated to the famous Russian poet Alexander ...
31-05-2020 18:52
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You probably thought: The heading clearly exaggerates the medicinal value of perfumes. You are correct that evidence-based medicine will not recommen ...
31-05-2020 18:52
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After eleven weeks of being inside my apartment, I?ve sought to re-encounter the archive of samples and bottles of fragrance with which I cohabitate. ...
31-05-2020 18:52
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French perfume house Nicolai Parfumeur Createur has announced the launch of the new fresh fragrance (Eau Fraîche) Eau de Yuzu. At the b?ginning of th ...
30-05-2020 18:52
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An update of a poll we did in late March. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else. (And a PSA: the splitme ...
30-05-2020 18:52
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Recently, when I was sorting through spices in my kitchen, I suddenly thought that American singer Suzanne Vega often mentions different scents in he ...
30-05-2020 18:52
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The cologne HERO, created cooperatively by several perfumers from all around the world, was born from the idea to create an olfactive tribute to care ...
30-05-2020 18:52
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A spot for Avon Far Away Amalfi. ...
29-05-2020 18:53
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The last Friday in May! Our community project for today: wear a perfume by The Different Company, Tauer Perfumes, Tokyo Milk, Tocca or Téo Cabanel, i ...
29-05-2020 18:53
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There are only 54 fragrances in the Fragrantica database that are catalogued as being both a fougère and marketed towards women. Of course, there hav ...
29-05-2020 18:53
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Avon has launched Far Away Amalfi, a new flanker to 1994\'s Far Away for Women. The last in the series was Far Away Aloha... ...
29-05-2020 18:53
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The famous French house Guerlain will unveil a new Shalimar flanker named Philtre de Parfum on September 1st, 2020. It is announced as a version that ...
29-05-2020 18:53
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A more fundamental contribution, she thinks, may come from the sun itself. When exposed to ultraviolet light, certain molecules ?get excited? and form ...
29-05-2020 18:53
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The Dutch brand Rituals finds inspiration for its various scent collections in Eastern traditions, for instance the wisdom of Ayurveda from India, th ...
29-05-2020 18:53
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When you say oceanic or marine, most people think of the 90s olfactory idea of the ocean ? freshly cleaned linens, soapy florals and bitter unripe le ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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Photo: Rémy Foltête, Clos de Callian Right now in the South of France, Provence rose (rose de mai), aka rose centifolia, is in full bloom, being du ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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It\'s Almost-Friday, apparently. It\'s also the Sierra Club\'s 127th birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I am taking full credit again, in ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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Among this year\'s finalists of the Art and Olfaction Award, I discovered a name that I had never heard before: Christèle Jacquemin. The photographer ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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Fran Summers for Givenchy Irresistible. ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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In 2006, the French jewelry brand GAS launched its first fragrance, Ensoleille-Moi. The scent revolved around the essence of a memory dear to the cre ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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A recent Friday Community Project made me think about one of my favorite fragrance sub-genres, which I\'ll call "vintage vanity" ? perfumes ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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Feminis? original Aqua Mirabilis was a light liquid probably taken as drops on sugar cubes or mixed with water to make a delicious, citrus-flavoured m ...
28-05-2020 18:53
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Renowned artisanal fragrance brand, Angela Ciampagna, have been around for almost ten years and have built up an admiring following with their beauti ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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In a pilot study at the University of Helsinki, dogs trained as medical diagnostic assistants were taught to recognize the previously unknown odor sig ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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The new edition launching before the summer of 2020 within the Atkinsons niche line The Contemporary Collection is called Robinson Bear. The perf ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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A year after the first edition Scent of Kiss, under the license of Angelini Beauty, the Spanish brand Armand Basi continues the journey revolving ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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Hump Day: yes, I double checked. (And adding a PSA: we\'ll have a splitmeet on June 6.) What fragrance are you wearing"
Me: full credit in The D ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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With so much talk about life after the pandemic of Covid-19, numerous researchers, biologists, microbiologists, sociologists, and psychologists have ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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In the modern Pantheon of rose fragrances, Mon Evidence Yves Rocher takes the place of Cinderella: Its inexpensive and cute composition is far from t ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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The Nuit d\'Issey line by the Issey Miyake (Shiseido) house, gets one more version in May 2020, a masculine fragrance called Nuit d\'Issey Polaris ...
27-05-2020 18:52
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LeRoza, a niche brand, was created in 2018 in New York by Wasim Barazi. He is a native of Damascus, which is the city the ancient Romans called ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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A spot for Guerlain\'s Summer 2020 Aqua Allegoria collection, including the two new fragrances, Granada Salvia and Orange Soleia. ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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The French house of Fragonard presents a new collection, Les Fleurs du Parfumeur, as a celebration of Grasse and the lush nature of the South of F ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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It\'s Monday Tuesday and Miles Davis\' birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m starting the week with partial credit for The People of th ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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On May 16, 2020, Pierre Guillaume Paris announced the launch of the new Hapyang 15.1 fragrance, which continues the floriental theme that Pierre Guil ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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The Japanese jewelry company Mikimoto is known worldwide for its artificially grown pearls. Kokichi Mikimoto, the founder of the company, conducted h ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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French niche line Jardins D?Écrivains has launched L\'Eau de Taipi, a new fragrance in their series of "splash colognes".* Two more joined ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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The always-exciting French niche house Room 1015 is now launching a new fragrance, adding a new chapter to its contemporary rock \'n roll portfolio ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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Owner of the Domaine de Manon which works with the Dior fashion house, [horticulturist Carole Biancalana] nonetheless told her seasonal workers they m ...
26-05-2020 18:52
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Besides the two new fragrances for the Les Classiques Collection by Reminiscence ? fresh, sunny, and aromatic Mandarine Fraiche and oriental, wood ...
25-05-2020 18:52
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One of my early lessons in understanding different kinds of art had to do with minimalism. It can still be a bit frustrating to approach any si ...
25-05-2020 18:52
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Cuir Venitien by David Jourquin became one of the best fragrances at Esxence 2016 according to the Fragrantica team, entering the Must Try list, but ...
25-05-2020 18:52
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Our ?Recommend Me a Perfume? thread is open this week. You can use this space to find perfume recommendations, to share your discoveries and favorite ...
25-05-2020 18:52
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Simon Constantine, one of the \'gorillas\' at Gorilla Perfumes, is best known for creating the most challenging Lush scents, among them the criticall ...
25-05-2020 18:52
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The new niche brand from Spain Alguien, as its creator states, is born with the purpose of uniting several worlds: art, crafts, fashion and perfum ...
24-05-2020 18:52
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Here is another vintage fragrance that I have long wanted to try - Tweed Lentheric. It did not have impressive Lalique bottles or funny advertisement ...
24-05-2020 18:52
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This week doesn?t have a distinct story line. Considering the new moon phase, it is a really good time for initiating whatever you want to happ ...
24-05-2020 18:52
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Calaj Limited Editions is a new brand based in Romania, founded by Flavius Calaj, a pioneer in introducing artisan and independent fragrance houses t ...
24-05-2020 18:52
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In late 2019, new niche house Maison d?Etto arrived onto the scene with five fragrances created by top IFF perfumers, hoping to ?inspire moments o ...
23-05-2020 18:52
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All sorts of pop cultural and esoteric signs suggested that 2020 was to be the year of the foot, and while there certainly seems to be a burgeoning c ...
23-05-2020 18:52
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Chanel has launched Le Lion de Chanel, a new addition to the Les Exclusifs collection. The fragrance is currently exclusive to the Middle East, and i ...
23-05-2020 18:52
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Every time Cinnabar Estee Lauder is mentioned, someone will recall Opium Yves Saint-Laurent immediately, and compare the two perfumes. This pair of f ...
23-05-2020 18:52
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After the Nina Rouge edition from 2019, the house of Nina Ricci (Puig) is launching its Nina Rose fragrance in the summer of 2020. These editions be ...
23-05-2020 18:52
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Quick PSA: the swapmeet is open until Tuesday!
It\'s Memorial Day weekend, and we\'re celebrating with our standard open thread poll. (And I\'m takin ...
23-05-2020 18:52
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While driving around the Indonesian countryside, especially in Sulawesi and Java, you see sheets of tarp spread along the side of the road with cloves ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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Summer is coming, and with it we will enjoy the novelties of the Sun collection by Jill Sander. At the end of May 2020, two new editions, Sun Eau ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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French niche line Parfums MDCI has launched La Surprise and L\'Aimée, two new fragrances for women in the art-inspired Painters and Perfumers collect ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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The French brand Le Couvent presents three new fragrances within their Botanical collection under the creative direction of perfumer Jean-Claude E ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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A new chapter in the Issey Miyake men?s fragrance collection is opened with Fusion d\'Issey, a fragrance dedicated to Mother Nature; one that invi ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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Happy World Goth Day! Our community project for today: get your goth on! (Need help" Here\'s the wikipedia page on Goth subculture.)
What fragra ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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New dates have been announced for the Beautyworld Middle East 2020 event; the 25th edition of the region?s largest exhibition for beauty produc ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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Many of the forgotten small perfume houses of the 20th century have come back to the fore thanks to the growth of the niche branch in recent years. I ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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Lovely (and peaceful) short animations for Diptyque\'s fragrances. I\'ve included 5 (4 are below the jump): Philosykos, Oyédo, L\'Ombre dans L\'Eau, E ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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The Epiphany fragrance from the Achtung collection came into my hands by some roundabout trails. I love to smell everything new, although I am suspic ...
22-05-2020 18:52
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NPD data shows that fragrance sales declined in the first quarter by 13%, compared to the first quarter of 2019. At the same time, the drive for self- ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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Diesel\'s masculine fragrance Spirit Of The Brave from 2019 (a flanker of the original Diesel Only The Brave) as been intensified with the new editi ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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A World Meditation Day special: "Enjoy 7 minutes of calm with Landscapism ? breathtakingly beautiful scenes curated from the real world. Ideal fo ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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Most people would agree that they associate seasons with scents typical for that season - winter with ?wintery? smells; summer with ?summery? sme ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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French niche line Juliette Has A Gun has launched Lipstick Fever, a new fragrance... ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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Today, May 20th, is World Bee Day. The chosen date is not accidental: On this day, the founder of modern beekeeping, an artist of Slovenian origin ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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Well, it\'s Almost-Friday. Plus, World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development and World Meditation Day. What fragrance are you weari ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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Even such a seemingly simple and unambiguous flower as chamomile put in the context of perfumery can cause a certain confusion. Essential oils are ob ...
21-05-2020 18:52
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There are some fragrances which reveal almost everything there is to reveal in their presentation: their textural and visual aesthetics and their utt ...
20-05-2020 18:54
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Not everyone knows that the perfumer behind the Australian indie artisanal brand Fort Manlé, the self taught Rasei Fort, also has a little project o ...
20-05-2020 18:54
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My aunt would also always tell this one anecdote: My grandmother was a fantastic cook, and she had an apron with embroidered flowers, so when I was a ...
20-05-2020 18:54
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Anti Anti Atelier PMP was born in 2016 in Germany. Fans of Stuckism in art (it?s also anti-anti-art, or re-modernism) had to wait a long time ? their ...
20-05-2020 18:54
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Happy Josephine Baker Day and World Bee Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
It\'s not quite as warm as it should be, but all the same I\'m in L ...
20-05-2020 18:54
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I decided to find and try the FH 77 Courrèges masculine fragrance because of the cult status of another of the brand\'s fragrances, Empreinte Courreg ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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Niche line Byredo has launched Lil Fleur, a new fragrance intended as a "youthful ode to Damask rose"... ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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Rickard Söderberg is a Swedish opera singer whose career took off with appearances in concerts with major Scandinavian symphony orchestras and in ro ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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The Italian line MONOTHEME THE FINE FRAGRANCES, under the license of Mavive S.p.A., presents the new advertising campaign and the design of the fl ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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But it\'s not all sunny: Perfume founders like Julian Bedel of Fueguia 1833 admit that the online uptick hasn\'t made up for the loss in brick-and-mor ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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Do you like tea scents" Relaxing, aromatic, those that create harmony and at the same time lift the mood. The scents of teas offer special p ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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When some new niche brand appears on the market with twenty new perfumes, it seems like its owners would have liked to start their glorious perfume b ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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It\'s Tuesday (I checked). PSA: the swapmeet will be open for another week! What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in L?Eau de L?Artisan. This mor ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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Michael Kors presents the next masculine fragrance in the Extreme collection that includes Extreme Blue, Extreme Night, Extreme Rush, Extreme Spee ...
19-05-2020 18:53
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A spot for Narciso Rodriguez Narciso Ambrée. Then below the jump, a spot for Narciso Rodriguez For Him Bleu Noir.
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18-05-2020 18:53
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What is the place of art in difficult times" The world has changed within a matter of weeks in a way that most of us couldn’t have envision ...
18-05-2020 18:53
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Italian line MONOTHEME THE FINE FRAGRANCES, under the license of Mavive, presents two new fragrances this spring, which complement a wide range of ...
18-05-2020 18:53
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Narciso Rodriguez has launched Narciso Rodriguez For Him Bleu Noir Extrême, a new woody aromatic fragrance for men. For Him Bleu Noir Extrême is a fl ...
18-05-2020 18:53
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Happy International Museum Day! What fragrance are you wearing" (And if you like, tell us the last museum you visited, or the museum you wish yo ...
18-05-2020 18:53
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Narciso Rodriguez has launched Fleur Musc Florale, a new fragrance for women. Fleur Musc Florale is a flanker to 2017\'s Fleur Musc, which was a vari ...
18-05-2020 18:53
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We recently reported that the Omani perfume house Amouage has released a new fragrance, Interlude Black Iris Man, created by a new creative team\'s w ...
17-05-2020 18:52
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Many amber fragrances rely on their richness to entice and enrapture. But it\'s that same quality which can sometimes turn them cloying and predictab ...
17-05-2020 18:52
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Did you ever enjoy being confused" Of course not, I hope. With the planet Venus being retrograde and bouncing off many other planets, this ...
17-05-2020 18:52
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The German citrus cologne Troika Juchten 4711 entered the perfume market in the 30s during the twentieth century. It was quite late - the times of th ...
17-05-2020 18:52
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I have a special interest in the history of the perfume company Muelhens, so I try to follow what has been released under the 4711 brand. With rare e ...
16-05-2020 18:52
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By Rosie Jane has launched Madie, a new fresh floral fragrance for women... ...
16-05-2020 18:52
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The swapmeet (episode 16) is open for business! PLEASE read the instructions! (For those of you who refuse to read the instructions, please do not re ...
16-05-2020 18:52
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We\'re marking the middle of May with our same old open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance you?re wearing today, the last frag ...
16-05-2020 18:52
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