Cats don?t accept scent alone
Most pet cats form strong bonds with their caretakers and appear to find their presence reassuring. However, unlike human babies, cats don?t accept sc...
16-09-2021 18:53
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Parfums de Nicolai Poudre de Musc Intense ~ new fragrance
French niche line Parfums de Nicolaï has launched Poudre de Musc Intense, a new floral musk fragrance......
16-09-2021 18:53
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From the bottom of the matter, rise up
The spot for Etat Libre d?Orange The Ghost in the Shell....
16-09-2021 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 9/16
Happy Almost-Friday! It\'s also the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and B.B. King?s birthday. What fragrance are you wearin...
16-09-2021 18:53
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Etro x 2
Flowers and butterflies, for Etro White Magnolia. Below the jump, a spot for Etro Udaipur.
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16-09-2021 18:53
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DS & Durga Grapefruit Generation & Sweet Do Nothing ~ new fr
Indie brand DS & Durga has launched two new fragrances, Grapefruit Generation and Sweet Do Nothing......
16-09-2021 18:53
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Etat Libre d?Orange The Ghost in the Shell ~ new fragrance
French niche line Etat Libre d?Orange has launched The Ghost in the Shell, a new fresh floral fragrance. The Ghost in the Shell was developed through...
16-09-2021 18:53
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Chloe Iris, Narcissus Poeticus & Ylang Cananga ~ new fragran
Chloé has added three new fragrances to the Atelier des Fleurs collection, bringing the total in the series to 15. Iris, Narcissus Poeticus and Ylang...
15-09-2021 18:54
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Demeter Moscow Mule ~ new fragrance
Demeter has launched Moscow Mule, the latest addition to their Fragrance Library......
15-09-2021 18:54
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Wednesday scent of the day 9/15
It\'s Hump Day, the International Day of Democracy and Agatha Christie?s birthday. RIP Norm Macdonald. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in M...
15-09-2021 18:54
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Miller Harris Oud Eclat ~ new fragrance
British niche line Miller Harris has launched Oud Éclat, a new unisex fragrance......
15-09-2021 18:54
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Ariana Grande Cloud Intense ~ new perfume
Singer Ariana Grande has launched Cloud Intense, a new flanker to 2018\'s Cloud......
15-09-2021 18:54
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Divine L?Esprit Libre ~ new fragrance
French niche line Divine has launched L\'Esprit Libre, a new floral iris fragrance......
14-09-2021 18:55
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The most calming, cooling, sweet scent
It depends on what kind of love you?re talking about. But I think real love ? not lust, not passion, but just love ? smells like fresh lilacs. It?s th...
14-09-2021 18:55
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Shade
Sam Wonder, who reviews perfume on the YouTube channel My World of Fragrance, talks to Lush perfumer Emma Dick, plus Agnes Gendry-Hearn and Gabbi Loed...
14-09-2021 18:55
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Tuesday scent of the day 9/14
It\'s Tuesday. A quick reminder that the swapmeet will start this coming Saturday! What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in Hermès Myrrhe Églanti...
14-09-2021 18:55
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Comme des Garcons Marseille ~ new fragrance
Comme des Garçons has launched Marseille, a new clean, \'sunny\' fragrance inspired by Savon de Marseille......
13-09-2021 18:54
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Monday scent of the day 9/13
It\'s Monday, and I\'m already running late. (Also, Roald Dahl Day and one of several versions of International Chocolate Day.) What fragrance are yo...
13-09-2021 18:54
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#crossintotheextreme
Zoë Kravitz for Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Extreme....
13-09-2021 18:54
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Lush Shade ~ new fragrance
Lush has launched Shade, a new unisex fragrance......
13-09-2021 18:54
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History of this rare essence
The history of this rare essence begins where it was first harvested: the Italian countryside. Just beyond the tiny village of San Polo (about a 30-mi...
13-09-2021 18:54
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-September 2021
Saturday is the 20th anniversary of 9/11 (and the National Day of Service and Remembrance). Sunday is the National Day of Encouragement.
We\'re marki...
11-09-2021 18:54
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Naomi Goodsir Corpus Equus ~ new fragrance
Australian designer Naomi Goodsir has launched Corpus Equus, a new fragrance for men......
10-09-2021 18:54
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Friday scent of the day 9/10
Happy Friday! Today is also Karl Lagerfeld\'s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a Karl Lagerfeld fragrance, or a fragrance from his sti...
10-09-2021 18:54
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Amouage Silver Oud ~ new fragrance
Amouage has launched Silver Oud, a new fragrance......
10-09-2021 18:54
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The (not-quite-)daily lemming
Another scented hand cream option: Fig Tea from Parfums de Nicolaï. "For hydrated and delicately perfumed hands. To be used several times a day. ...
10-09-2021 18:54
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English Pear & Freesia
A spot for Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia (which, by the way, is now widely available in a limited edition fluted bottle, sold in 3 sizes)....
10-09-2021 18:54
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Memo Flam ~ new fragrance
French niche line Memo has launched Flåm, a new woody floriental fragrance in the brand\'s Graines Vagabondes collection......
10-09-2021 18:54
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Their loss is significant
What we end up with is a blurry picture of the past, a false yet powerful memory. But experiencing this creates an emotional, physical connection with...
10-09-2021 18:54
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Thursday scent of the day 9/9
Happy Almost-Friday! It\'s also Leo Tolstoy?s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I?m taking Karl points in Annick Goutal Nuit Étoilée.
Re...
09-09-2021 18:53
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Oud Wood
South Korean actor Hyun Bin is back with more smolder, for Tom Ford Oud Wood....
09-09-2021 18:53
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L?Artisan Parfumeur Obscuratio & 63 Crepusculum Mirabile ~ n
L?Artisan Parfumeur has added two new fragrances to the La Botanique collection (formerly known as Natura Fabularis). Like the others in the series, ...
08-09-2021 18:55
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Le Grand Tour
A spot for the Grand Tour collection from Diptyque (see Kyoto, Venise and Paris, plus there are home fragrances items for Miliès and Byblos)....
08-09-2021 18:55
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A gentle melody
Spots for Guerlain Rose Chérie and (below the jump) Santal Pao Rosa.
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08-09-2021 18:55
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Wednesday scent of the day 9/8
It\'s Hump Day, Star Trek Day and International Literacy Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in mixed Merveilles (Eau Claire des Merveille...
08-09-2021 18:55
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Yves Rocher My Vanilla Garden ~ new fragrance
Yves Rocher will launch My Vanilla Garden, a new limited edition fragrance for Holiday 2021......
08-09-2021 18:55
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Tuesday scent of the day 9/7
It\'s Tuesday and National Beer Lovers Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m commando for a quick doctor appointment this morning, and drink...
07-09-2021 18:53
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Hummingbirds using their sense of smell
?This is pretty exciting, as it is the first clear demonstration of hummingbirds using their sense of smell alone to make foraging decisions and avoid...
07-09-2021 18:53
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Monday scent of the day 9/6
It\'s Monday, Coffee Ice Cream Day, Read a Book Day, and in the US, Labor Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I stayed up too late reading, ove...
06-09-2021 18:53
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Jo Malone Starlit Mandarin & Honey ~ new fragrance
Jo Malone will launch Starlit Mandarin & Honey, a new limited edition fragrance for holiday 2021, next month. In addition, Orange Bitters and Whi...
06-09-2021 18:53
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The layering of cacao and jasmine
In the 17th century, Cosimo III de? Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, ordered the royal pharmacist, Francesco Redi, to devise a secret recipe for chocola...
06-09-2021 18:53
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Create the extraordinary
Willow Smith for Mugler Alien Goddess. Below the jump, perfumers Marie Salamagne and Nathalie Lorson talk about the fragrance.
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06-09-2021 18:53
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Bvlgari Empyr ~ new fragrance
Bvlgari has launched Empyr, a new masculine fragrance in the luxury Le Gemme collection......
04-09-2021 18:54
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Lazy weekend poll ~ favorite note, edition 2
This simple game is a repeat from 2016.
Name ONE favorite note.
Now tell us your absolute favorite fragrance that features that note, and then tell u...
04-09-2021 18:54
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Completely insane
?Nobody could see this coming,? said Larissa Jensen, vice president of beauty and industry adviser at the NPD Group, of the boom in fragrance. The cat...
03-09-2021 18:54
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Guerlain Rose Cherie & Santal Pao Rosa~ new fragrances
Guerlain has repackaged their L?Art et la Matière collection, and added two new fragrances: Rose Chérie and Santal Pao Rosa. The new bottles can be c...
03-09-2021 18:54
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Friday scent of the day 9/3
Happy Friday, and happy (almost) Labor Day Weekend! Our community project for today: take a break from community projects and wear what you want.
Wha...
03-09-2021 18:54
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Cry baby
Natalie Portman for (the new, yet again) Miss Dior....
03-09-2021 18:54
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Louis Vuitton Spell on You ~ new fragrance
Louis Vuitton has launched Spell on You, a new fragrance for women......
03-09-2021 18:54
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Carven C?est Paris! Pour Femme ~ new fragrance
Carven has launched C\'est Paris! Pour Femme, the feminine counterpart to C\'est Paris! Pour Homme......
02-09-2021 18:53
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Reports of a large ambergris find
The Sri Lankan businessman, who has lived in the United Arab Emirates for the past 45 years, typically trades in silver and gold. Ambergris is a sidel...
02-09-2021 18:53
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C?est Paris!, again
The spot for Carven C\'est Paris! Pour Femme....
02-09-2021 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 9/2
Happy Almost-Friday, and happy 57th to Keanu Reeves. (More birthdays: Horace Silver, Salma Hayek, Billy Preston.) What fragrance are you wearing"...
02-09-2021 18:53
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Sometimes it?s just the feeling we recall
Interestingly, smell has the ability to elicit a strong emotional response without the recollection of an explicit memory. Sometimes it?s just the fee...
01-09-2021 18:53
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Ormonde Jayne Evernia ~ new fragrance
British niche line Ormonde Jayne will launch Evernia, a new fragrance in the brand\'s Signature Collection......
01-09-2021 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 9/1
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, and welcome to September! What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in Blackbird Y06-S, because perfumelover67 reminded me of...
01-09-2021 18:53
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Cosmic greetings
Alien drag queen Juno Birch for Jo Malone....
01-09-2021 18:53
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Happiness, freedom, complicity
Camille Goutal in a spot for Goutal Paris\' 40th anniversary....
01-09-2021 18:53
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Tuesday scent of the day 8/31
It?s Tuesday and the last day of August. (And a quick PSA: the next swapmeet will be on September 18.) What fragrance are you wearing"
I am up e...
31-08-2021 18:53
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Chloe Naturelle ~ new fragrance
Chloé has launched Chloé Eau de Parfum Naturelle, a new 100% natural flanker to the 2008 version of Chloé Eau de Parfum......
30-08-2021 18:56
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The rose is almost not a Cartier flower
To me, the rose is almost not a Cartier flower. It?s too classic, too romantic, too mawkish, too much of a cliché or too commonplace. The flower has a...
30-08-2021 18:56
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Nature is my inspiration
The spot for Chloé Naturelle. Below the jump, perfumer Michel Almairac talks about the fragrance.
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30-08-2021 18:56
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Monday scent of the day 8/30
It\'s Monday and Slinky Day. RIP Ed Asner. What fragrance are you wearing"
After a good long spell of indecision, I ended up in Maison Francis...
30-08-2021 18:56
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Gratitude and optimism
A spot for Floral Street + Van Gogh Museum Sunflower Pop....
28-08-2021 18:53
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, late August 2021
It\'s the weekend, and we\'re celebrating with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance you?re wearing today, your id...
28-08-2021 18:53
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Wary of disappearing flower crops
Wary of disappearing flower crops used in its best-selling perfumes, fashion and beauty firm Chanel has bought up more land in southern France to secu...
28-08-2021 18:53
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Something particularly wonderful about orris?s strangeness
Maybe this explains why iris suddenly smells so right, so modern. It is totally genderless, totally timeless. And don?t we all feel as if we?ve been ...
27-08-2021 18:58
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Friday scent of the day 8/27
It\'s Friday! Our community project for today: People change...wear something you never would have worn in your pre-perfumista days.
What fragrance d...
27-08-2021 18:58
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Thursday scent of the day 8/26
Happy Almost-Friday! It\'s also National Dog Day and Women?s Equality Day. (A quick PSA: I am at the beach this week, and so the blog will be even la...
26-08-2021 18:54
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If you?re ready, part 2
A materials-oriented spot for Armani My Way Intense....
25-08-2021 18:54
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A floral-scented asphalt
Polish construction firm Budimex and refiner Lotos have created a floral-scented asphalt in a bid to improve working conditions for road builders, Bud...
25-08-2021 18:54
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Givenchy Desinvolte ~ new perfume
Givenchy will launch Désinvolte, a new addition to La Collection Particulière......
25-08-2021 18:54
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Wednesday scent of the day 8/25
It\'s Hump Day and Banana Split Day. RIP Charlie Watts. (A quick PSA: I am at the beach this week, and so the blog will be even lazier than usual.) W...
25-08-2021 18:54
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The (not-so-)daily lemming
Escentual\'s Perfume Blind Trial Discovery Set is £19.95, redeemable for any purchase on the site, and gets you 8 themed 2 ml "mystery" samp...
25-08-2021 18:54
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That fresh smell of the sea
I like the smell of fish markets. I spent a lot of time in Croatia years ago, and every morning we would get up, and we would go to the fish market be...
24-08-2021 18:54
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Tuesday scent of the day 8/24
It\'s Tuesday and National Peach Pie Day. (A quick PSA: I am at the beach this week, and so the blog will be even lazier than usual, and I am already...
24-08-2021 18:54
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Pure happiness
The heady aromas wafting from the fields were a daily part of my childhood; it\'s amazing to think that I was constantly surrounded by jasmine, rose a...
23-08-2021 18:54
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Monday scent of the day 8/23
It\'s Monday and the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. (A quick PSA: I am at the beach this week, and so th...
23-08-2021 18:54
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Lazy weekend poll ~ 6 questions for late August 2021
A quick PSA: I am leaving Saturday for a family beach vacation (I\'ve been to the beach already this year, but this is the first time my extended fam...
21-08-2021 18:56
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Dior Sauvage Elixir ~ new fragrance
Christian Dior has launched Sauvage Elixir, a variation on 2015\'s Sauvage for men......
20-08-2021 18:53
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The authentic recognition of an odor
The difference with Koniku?s ?camera? is that the purple encasement contains tiny living nerve cells. They?re suspended inside a proprietary solution ...
20-08-2021 18:53
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Vilhelm Parfumerie Chicago High & Imaginary Authors The Soft
This news item hasn\'t received the attention it might have attracted at a less fraught moment in history: F. Scott Fitzgerald\'s iconic novel The Gr...
20-08-2021 18:53
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Friday scent of the day 8/20
It\'s Friday, plus National Lemonade Day and World Mosquito Day. Our community project for today: wear the first scent that made you a fan of a parti...
20-08-2021 18:53
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Miller et Bertaux Malagasy ~ new fragrance
Niche line Miller et Bertaux has launched Malagasy, a new unisex fragrance......
19-08-2021 18:53
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Byredo Young Rose ~ new fragrance
Niche line Byredo has launched Young Rose, a unisex fragrance intended as a tribute to the energy and \'restless youth\' of the new generation......
19-08-2021 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 8/19
Happy Almost-Friday! It\'s also World Humanitarian Day, International Orangutan Day, National Aviation Day and Coco Chanel?s birthday. What fragrance...
19-08-2021 18:53
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A thread that runs through
Smelling tobacco, and smelling the cigarette packs of my parents. Not cigarette smoke, but the raw tobacco before it?s burned. If you ever put your no...
18-08-2021 18:53
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A palette of emotions
Jacques Cavallier talks about the Magnifying Essences in the Bvlgari Allegra collection....
18-08-2021 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 8/18
It\'s Hump Day and Robert Redford is 85 today. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in L\'Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse aux Papillons, which start...
18-08-2021 18:53
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Zegna Essenze Golden Myrrh ~ new fragrance
Ermenegildo Zegna has launched Golden Myrrh, a new addition to the Essenze by Ermenegildo Zegna collection......
18-08-2021 18:53
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By Kilian Apple Brandy on the Rocks & L?Heure Verte ~ new fr
French niche line By Kilian will launch Apple Brandy on the Rocks and L?Heure Verte in September. The two fragrances join Roses on Ice and Angels\' S...
18-08-2021 18:53
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A desire to fragrance and flavour
Ambergris was often acquired out of a desire to fragrance and flavour. It graced the breakfast table of Charles II, King of England, where it was scat...
17-08-2021 18:55
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A dreamlike jungle
Frédéric Malle and Anne Flipo talk about Synthetic Jungle....
17-08-2021 18:55
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Tuesday scent of the day 8/17
It\'s Tuesday and Thrift Shop Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in Parfums de Nicolaï Balle de Match, later renamed L\'Eau de Sport, whi...
17-08-2021 18:55
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Frederic Malle Synthetic Jungle ~ new fragrance
French niche line Frédéric Malle has launched Synthetic Jungle, the brand\'s first fragrance from perfumer Anne Flipo......
17-08-2021 18:55
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Monday scent of the day 8/16
It\'s Monday, National Rollercoaster Day and Madonna\'s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m giving a second (and final) shot to Dolly...
16-08-2021 18:53
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Juliette Has A Gun Lili Fantasy ~ new perfume
Juliette Has A Gun will launch Lili Fantasy, a new floral ambery fragrance, in September......
16-08-2021 18:53
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Tricking the brain
Air Up is the world?s first drinking bottle that flavors water only by scent with the help of retronasal smelling, according to its co-founder Lena Jü...
16-08-2021 18:53
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Diptyque Kyoto & Venise ~ new fragrances
Diptyque will launch the limited edition Grand Tour collection, including two personal fragrances (Kyoto and Venise) and three home fragrances (Paris...
16-08-2021 18:53
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-August 2021
The dog days of summer are over, but you wouldn\'t know it from the weather here. We\'re soldiering on with our standard open thread poll. Talk about...
14-08-2021 18:56
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