Lazy weekend poll ~ Easter basket, episode 7
Happy Easter, everyone! It\'s time to fill your (fantasy) Easter basket:
1. You can pick one perfume, new or old: what is it"
2. And you can hav...
20-04-2019 18:53
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Elie Tahari Eau de Parfum ~ new fragrance
Designer Elie Tahari has launched his debut fragrance, Elie Tahari Eau de Parfum. The brand celebrates its 45th anniversary this year......
19-04-2019 18:52
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Friday scent of the day 4/19
Happy Twice as Nice Friday! (It\'s also Dutch-American Friendship Day and Bicycle Day.) Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that you\'v...
19-04-2019 18:52
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A bad, bad thing
Karlie Kloss in a quick spot for the Carolina Herrera Good Girl Dot Drama collector edition....
19-04-2019 18:52
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Thursday scent of the day 4/18
Happy Almost-Friday! It\'s also World Heritage Day / International Day for Monuments and Sites. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in Carthusi...
18-04-2019 18:54
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Aftelier Embers & Musk ~ new fragrance
Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Embers & Musk, a new fragrance. Embers & Musk is the brands first new liquid perfume since 2017\'s C...
18-04-2019 18:54
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Demeter Mountain Laurel ~ new fragrance
Demeter has launched Mountain Laurel, the latest addition to their Fragrance Library......
18-04-2019 18:54
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Shay & Blue Watermelons & Parfums MDCI Bleu Satin ~ fragranc
The scent and taste of watermelon screams !SUMMER! to me. As a child, cracking open a chilled watermelon was a celebratory event during steamy Virgin...
18-04-2019 18:54
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Byredo Sundazed ~ new fragrance
Niche line Byredo will launch Sundazed, a new unisex fragrance, in May......
17-04-2019 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 4/17
Hump Day, Banana Day, Bat Appreciation Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m testing a mod of the upcoming Arielle Shoshana Sunday (and if y...
17-04-2019 18:53
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Liquides Imaginaires Beaute du Diable ~ new fragrance
French niche line Liquides Imaginaires has launched Beauté du Diable, the first fragrance in the Eaux de l?âme trilogy......
17-04-2019 18:53
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A brand new modern universe
I wanted to create a neo-vintage fougère. A traditional fougère spirit translated into a brand new modern universe. Instead of using aniseed aromatic ...
16-04-2019 18:55
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Tuesday scent of the day 4/16
Tuesday, Charlie Chaplin\'s birthday, Emancipation Day in DC, and the ever popular Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day. Taxes are but a distant memory, and...
16-04-2019 18:55
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Dunhill Signature Collection ~ new fragrances
Dunhill has launched the Signature Collection, a new quartet of fragrances for men: Arabian Desert, Indian Sandalwood, Moroccan Amber and British Lea...
16-04-2019 18:55
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Van Cleef & Arpels Reve d?Ylang ~ new fragrance
Van Cleef & Arpels has launched Rêve d?Ylang, a new addition to the brands?s Collection Extraordinaire......
16-04-2019 18:55
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Perfume: In Search of Your Signature Scent ~ book review
I understand the subtitle of Neil Chapman?s1 new book Perfume: In Search of Your Signature Scent. Bookstore browsers will weigh the book?s satisfying...
16-04-2019 18:55
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Chanel Paris-Riviera~ new fragrance
Chanel will launch Paris-Riviera, a new limited edition fragrance in the Les Eaux de Chanel collection......
15-04-2019 18:52
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Monday scent of the day 4/15
Monday, Tax Day (if you\'re in the US), Anime Day, Leonardo da Vinci?s birthday and World Art Day. What?s your fragrance today"
I got my taxes ...
15-04-2019 18:52
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Summer!
A quick animation for Calvin Klein CK One Summer 2019....
13-04-2019 18:53
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Bath & Body Works Gingham ~ new fragrance
Bath & Body Works has launched Gingham, a new fragrance for women......
13-04-2019 18:53
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-April 2019
It\'s Thomas Jefferson Day (and Butch Cassidy\'s birthday too). We\'re marking all the occasions with our usual weekend open thread poll. Talk about ...
13-04-2019 18:53
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Giorgio Armani Light Di Gioia ~ new perfume
Giorgio Armani has launched Light Di Gioia, a new fragrance for women. Light Di Gioia is a followup to 2010?s Acqua Di Gioia; the last in the series ...
13-04-2019 18:53
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A Lab on Fire Hallucinogenic Pearl ~ fragrance review
I like to check in with A Lab On Fire on a regular basis, just to see what they\'ve been up to. This brand has won my respect over the years, not jus...
13-04-2019 18:53
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Guerlain Cuir Intense ~ new fragrance
Guerlain has launched Cuir Intense, a new fragrance in the limited distribution unisex Les Absolus d?Orient series......
12-04-2019 18:54
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Friday scent of the day 4/12
It\'s Platonic Ideal Friday! Our community project for today: wear your platonic ideal of X (and X can be anything: yourself, a note, a fragrance fam...
12-04-2019 18:54
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Diptyque Eau de Minthe ~ new fragrance
Diptyque will launch Eau de Minthé, a new fougère fragrance, next month. Eau de Minthé was inspired by the naiad of Greek myth, Minthe, who was turne...
12-04-2019 18:54
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Avon Flourish Honey Blossom ~ new perfume
Avon has launched Flourish Honey Blossom, a new fragrance for women......
12-04-2019 18:54
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Scandal
Irina Shayk forgets a few clothing items for Jean Paul Gaultier\'s Scandal A Paris. Gaultier himself has a brief cameo, along with Rossy de Palma....
11-04-2019 18:54
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Thursday scent of the day 4/11
Happy Almost-Friday and happy Pet Day! What fragrance are you wearing"
I am still in weather-denial, this time with Parfum d\'Empire Azemour Les...
11-04-2019 18:54
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It?s the perfume that chose me
I often say that it\'s the perfume that chose me. From an early age, I was fascinated by the world of couture and luxury for the art, craft and handcr...
11-04-2019 18:54
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Sage and Coriander
It is at this same spot that two new scents of antiquity, Sage and Coriander, revived by KORRES for the National Archaeological Museum, will be reveal...
10-04-2019 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 4/10
It\'s Hump Day, and Siblings Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I?m pretending it\'s warmer than it really is, in Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfu...
10-04-2019 18:53
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Molton Brown Geranium Nefertum ~ new fragrance
Later this month, Molton Brown will launch Geranium Nefertum, a new unisex fragrance......
10-04-2019 18:53
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Tuesday scent of the day 4/9
Tuesday, Marc Jacobs\' birthday, plus National Unicorn Day and National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day and National Winston Churchill Day. Wh...
09-04-2019 18:54
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Rag & Bone Monoi & Genmaicha ~ new fragrances
American fashion brand Rag & Bone has launched two new unisex fragrances, Monoï and Genmaicha......
09-04-2019 18:54
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French Panache
A spot for Lacoste L.12.12 French Panache....
09-04-2019 18:54
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Jackpot
He described the old days when you had slot machines - which we still have in Australia. Pull the lever down and wait to see if the five cherries woul...
09-04-2019 18:54
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Recenter to stay grounded
Chris Hemsworth for Boss Bottled Infinite....
09-04-2019 18:54
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Monday scent of the day 4/8
Monday all over again! It\'s also Zoo Lovers Day and Vivienne Westwood\'s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I?m doing big white floral (...
08-04-2019 18:53
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Nina Ricci Les Sorbets ~ new perfumes
Nina Ricci has launched Les Sorbets, new limited edition, gelato-inspired flankers to 2018\'s Bella, 2016\'s Luna and 2006\'s Nina......
08-04-2019 18:53
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Boss Bottled Infinite by Hugo Boss ~ new fragrance
Hugo Boss has launched Boss Bottled Infinite, a new fragrance for men. Boss Bottled Infinite is a flanker to 1998\'s Boss Bottled (and not to be conf...
08-04-2019 18:53
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Lazy weekend poll ~ four questions for April 2019
A repeat of a poll we did last year. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or, likewise as always, feel free to talk about something else ...
06-04-2019 18:57
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Repetto Dance with Repetto Floral ~ new perfume
French dance shoe & leather goods company Repetto has launched Dance with Repetto Floral, a new fragrance for women. Dance with Repetto Floral is...
05-04-2019 18:53
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Brilliant Blossoms
A spot for the Jo Malone Brilliant Blossoms collection, which includes several reissues (Orange Blossom, Star Magnolia and Silk Blossom) plus the new ...
05-04-2019 18:53
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Friday scent of the day 4/5
Friday, and not a moment too soon. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Gallivant, Grès, Ginestet, Grossmith or Grandiflora, if you h...
05-04-2019 18:53
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Lancaster French Riviera ~ new fragrance
European skin and suncare brand Lancaster has launched French Riviera, the brand\'s yearly limited edition sun-safe summer fragrance......
05-04-2019 18:53
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Yves Rocher My Green Summer ~ new fragrance
Yves Rocher has launched My Green Summer, a new limited edition summer fragrance for women......
05-04-2019 18:53
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Juliette Has A Gun Vanilla Vibes ~ new perfume
French niche line Juliette Has A Gun has launched Vanilla Vibes, a new fragrance inspired by Burning Man......
05-04-2019 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 4/4
Happy Almost-Friday and happy International Carrot Day! What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m starting in on G with Gobin Daudé Sous Le Buis.
Rem...
04-04-2019 18:54
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Light Blue Sun
New young people (who are they" I have no idea) for Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Sun. (If you are missing Bianca Balti and David Gandy, see her...
04-04-2019 18:54
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Guerlain Eau de Bain ~ new bath & fabric spray
Guerlain has launched Eau de Bain, the latest in their series of scented fabric sprays (see Eau de Lit, Eau de Lingerie, Eau de Cashmere)......
03-04-2019 18:54
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Wednesday scent of the day 4/3
Hump Day and Chocolate Mousse Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
We\'re expecting slightly warmer weather today. I\'m in Carven L\'Eau de Toil...
03-04-2019 18:54
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Cartier Oud & Menthe ~ new fragrance
Cartier has launched Oud & Menthe, a new fragrance in their luxury Les Heures Voyageuses oud series......
03-04-2019 18:54
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#enterthelegend
Nick Youngquest and Luma Grothefor in Namibia for Paco Rabanne Invictus Legend and Olympea Legend....
03-04-2019 18:54
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A shortcut to stimulate the brain?s olfactory bulb
[Eric] Holbrook, who is collaborating with the VCU team, is now trying to find a shortcut to stimulate the brain\'s olfactory bulb and then trigger a ...
03-04-2019 18:54
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Perfume and Crime Writers
I?m writing this from Vancouver B.C., where the mystery author-fan convention Left Coast Crime is in full gear. The hotel lobby smells of the Hyatt R...
02-04-2019 18:54
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Burberry Her Blossom ~ new perfume
Burberry has launched Burberry Her Blossom, a new flanker to 2018\'s Burberry Her......
02-04-2019 18:54
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The damage so far: first quarter 2019 buying poll
Another April! You know that when the crocuses fade and the daffodils show their pretty faces, it\'s time for Donatella, Our Lady of Fragranced Forgi...
02-04-2019 18:54
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Tuesday scent of the day 4/2
It?s Damage Tuesday (Donatella will be coming by shortly), and it?s International Children?s Book Day and World Autism Awareness Day. What fragrance ...
02-04-2019 18:54
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Prada La Femme Prada Water Splash & L?Homme Prada Water Spla
Prada has launched La Femme Prada Water Splash and L\'Homme Prada Water Splash, new flankers to to 2016\'s La Femme Prada and L\'Homme Prada......
02-04-2019 18:54
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Guerlain L?Homme Ideal Cool ~ new fragrance
Guerlain has launched L\'Homme Idéal Cool, a new flanker to 2014\'s L\'Homme Idéal. L\'Homme Idéal Cool follows 2018\'s L\'Homme Idéal L\'Intense......
02-04-2019 18:54
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Coach Floral Blush ~ new perfume
Coach has launched Coach Floral Blush, a new flanker to 2018\'s Coach Floral......
02-04-2019 18:54
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Etat Libre d?Orange Experimentum Crucis ~ new fragrance
French niche line Etat Libre d?Orange has launched Experimentum Crucis, a new fragrance......
01-04-2019 18:53
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Monday scent of the day 4/1
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, and happy April Fools Day! You have another day left to join in the fun over at the swapmeet. What fragrance are you wearing&...
01-04-2019 18:53
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Lancome Tresor en Or ~ new perfume
Lancôme has launched Trésor en Or, a new fragrance for women. Trésor en Or is a flanker to the 1990 version of Trésor......
30-03-2019 18:54
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Luxury and attention to detail
When you look at the niche artisanal perfume industry 15 years ago, it was really not a big thing yet. What made me want to jump on my own was an even...
30-03-2019 18:54
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, last gasp of March 2019
Saturday is Doctors\' Day and Pencil Day and Vincent Willem van Gogh\'s birthday, and Sunday is Eiffel Tower Day and Cesar Chavez Day and a bunch of ...
30-03-2019 18:54
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4711 Remix Cologne Edition 2019 ~ new fragrance
4711 has launched Remix Cologne Edition 2019, the second in the brand\'s series of note-specific limited edition variations on 4711......
30-03-2019 18:54
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Smelly chemicals in our sweat
Mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood use a variety of clues to track down humans, including our body heat and the carbon dioxide in our breath. No...
29-03-2019 18:53
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Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds En Rouge ~ new fragrance
The Elizabeth Taylor brand has launched White Diamonds En Rouge, a new flanker to 1991\'s White Diamonds......
29-03-2019 18:53
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Friday scent of the day 3/29
The last Friday in March! (It\'s also World Piano Day and Pearl Bailey\'s birthday.) Our community project for today: wear an orange blossom or nerol...
29-03-2019 18:53
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Maison Margiela Mutiny ~ fragrance review
How much does a fragrance\'s "back story" matter to you" I occasionally try to ignore the promotional copy and just smell a new perfum...
29-03-2019 18:53
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The gift that keeps on giving
A (pretty!) spot for Miller Harris\' silk scarf gift wraps....
29-03-2019 18:53
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Zoologist Tyrannosaurus Rex ~ fragrance review
Niche perfume is the new mainstream. Last week I received an order of 10 "niche" fragrance samples that set me back $50. Yeah, I\'m a sucke...
28-03-2019 18:53
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Tom Ford Lavender Extreme ~ new fragrance
Tom Ford will launch Lavender Extrême, a new fragrance in the Private Blend collection......
28-03-2019 18:53
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Repeatedly inhaling lungfuls of scent
The nerves were rising, but ? and I genuinely mean this ? when I breathed in through my scarf I felt like my brain physically lowered itself downwards...
28-03-2019 18:53
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#PowerfullySoft
The spot for Molton Brown Suede Orris. Then below the jump, perfumer Jérôme Di Marino talks about developing the fragrance.
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28-03-2019 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 3/28
A very happy Almost-Friday to you! What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m just now greeting my very old friend Eau Pour Le Jeune Homme by Maître P...
28-03-2019 18:53
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6 from Le Couvent des Minimes ~ new fragrances
Le Couvent des Minimes has launched Aqua Majestae, Aqua Nymphae and Aqua Imperi, three new additions to their Les Colognes Botaniques collection. Ear...
27-03-2019 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 3/27
Hump Day, Manatee Appreciation Day, and the swapmeet is still going! What fragrance are you wearing"
Yesterday I said I was going to test Hermès...
27-03-2019 18:53
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Our language is one of scents
Guerlain perfumer Thierry Wasser, in Calabria to talk about bergamot. Then below the jump, a quick video for the brand\'s new Flora Cherrysia, Coconut...
27-03-2019 18:53
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Tuesday scent of the day 3/26
Tuesday, Purple Day, Guccio Gucci\'s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I am commando at the moment, and planning to test a few fragrance...
26-03-2019 18:53
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Pinrose Mystical Misfit ~ new perfume
Pinrose has launched Mystical Misfit, a new fragrance for women......
26-03-2019 18:53
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An inclusive fragrance for all genders
According to Eris? complaint, which was filed in a New York federal court late last week, since 2017, it has been using the trademark-protected ?MX? m...
26-03-2019 18:53
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Calvin Klein Eternity Summer 2019 ~ new fragrances
Calvin Klein has launched the annual limited edition summer versions of 1988\'s Eternity and 1989\'s Eternity for Men......
25-03-2019 18:53
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Monday scent of the day 3/25
How can it be Monday already" It\'s also the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. And y...
25-03-2019 18:53
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The swapmeet, episode 14
The swapmeet (episode 14) is open for business! PLEASE read the instructions! (For those of you who refuse to read the instructions, please do not re...
23-03-2019 18:53
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Shiseido Rising Sun ~ new perfume
Shiseido has launched Rising Sun, a new \'luminous\' and \'energizing\' fragrance that can be worn in the sun and promises a \'refreshing, invigorati...
23-03-2019 18:53
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, late March 2019
It\'s the weekend, and we\'re taking a well deserved rest with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance you?re wearin...
23-03-2019 18:53
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By Kilian Love, Don?t Be Shy Eau Fraiche ~ new fragrance
French niche line By Kilian has launched Love, Don\'t Be Shy Eau Fraîche, a new flanker to 2007\'s Love, Don\'t Be Shy......
23-03-2019 18:53
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Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal A Paris ~ new perfume
Jean Paul Gaultier has launched Scandal A Paris, a new flanker to 2017\'s Scandal......
22-03-2019 18:54
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Thymes Vetiver Rosewood, Lavender Honey & Eucalyptus White
Thymes has launched three new fragrances: Vetiver Rosewood, Lavender Honey and Eucalyptus White Tea......
22-03-2019 18:54
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Friday scent of the day 3/22
Hey, it\'s Friday! Our community project for today: celebrate the arrival of spring by wearing your favorite spring fragrance. (If it\'s fall where ...
22-03-2019 18:54
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Kerosene Winter of 99 & Sacred Memory ~ new fragrances
Earlier this year, indie line Kerosene launched Winter of 99, a new limited edition unisex fragrance. Late last year, the brand also launched Sacred ...
22-03-2019 18:54
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Biotherm Eau Fusion ~ new fragrance
Biotherm has launched Eau Fusion, the latest in their series of perfumed body sprays......
21-03-2019 18:54
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Giorgio Armani Aqua Di Gio Absolu Instinct ~ new fragrance
Giorgio Armani has launched Acqua di Giò Absolu Instinct, a new fragrance for men. Acqua di Giò Absolu Instinct is a limited edition flanker to 2018\...
21-03-2019 18:54
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Thursday scent of the day 3/21
Happy Almost-Friday! It\'s also National Fragrance Day and World Poetry Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I went with Acqua di Parma Iris Nob...
21-03-2019 18:54
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The (almost) daily lemming
Another in the "I don\'t want it but maybe you do" category, Carolina Herrera Good Girl in the Dot Drama collector edition, in collaboration...
21-03-2019 18:54
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Laboratorio Olfattivo Nerosa ~ new fragrance
Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Nerosa, a new fragrance......
20-03-2019 18:52
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Wednesday scent of the day 3/20
It\'s Hump Day and the International Day of Happiness. Also, the spring equinox, despite the frost on my windshield this morning, and tonight, watch ...
20-03-2019 18:52
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