Lazy weekend poll ~ summer vacation, edition 4
A variation on a poll we did in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Tell us about a summer vacation, any summer vacation: one you took, one you plan to take, one yo...
23-06-2018 18:52
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A delicious fragrance
Gungor doesn?t claim to have any special powers, like your average intentional journey leader might. But he knows, apparently innately, how to set up ...
23-06-2018 18:52
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Elizabeth Arden My Fifth Avenue ~ new perfume
Elizabeth Arden has launched My Fifth Avenue, a new fragrance for women......
23-06-2018 18:52
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Bunch o? limited edition collector bottles 2018, part 5
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is ?spec...
23-06-2018 18:52
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Friday scent of the day 6/22
Happy Friday, and welcome to edition 3 of the Picture challenge! Our community project for today: wear a perfume that matches the picture, which is D...
22-06-2018 18:52
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5 Roses for June ~ body products review
Although I\'ve garnered something of a reputation as a rose-lover over the past decade, I don\'t review rose fragrances exclusively ? in fact, my las...
22-06-2018 18:52
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Roger & Gallet Mandarine ~ new fragrance
Roger & Gallet has launched Mandarine, a new limited edition fragrance for summer 2018......
22-06-2018 18:52
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Fragrance was lawless
While decoupling fragrance and gender may seem like a modern idea, art historian Jessica Murphy points out that it is really an old idea. For the majo...
22-06-2018 18:52
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Fragonard Verveine ~ fragrance review
This year, French perfume company Fragonard is celebrating verbena with the release of Verveine.* Much of Fragonard\'s PR has to do with Verveine\'s ...
21-06-2018 18:52
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Armani Prive Rose D?Artiste ~ new perfume
Giorgio Armani has launched Rose D?Artiste, a new fragrance in the limited edition Les Éditions Couture series in the Armani Privé fragrance range. R...
21-06-2018 18:52
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Unprecedented
In a statement, the house called the new scent by Dior perfumer-creator François Demachy ?an unprecedented fragrance and a powerful universe which mar...
21-06-2018 18:52
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Thursday scent of the day 6/21
Happy Almost-Friday and happy World Music Day! Plus, the solstice. What fragrance are you wearing"
I celebrated the solstice by sleeping late. I...
21-06-2018 18:52
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Chopard Happy Lemon Dulci & Happy Felicia Roses ~ new perfum
Chopard has launched two new fragrances for women, Happy Chopard Lemon Dulci and Happy Chopard Felicia Roses......
20-06-2018 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 6/20
It\'s Hump Day and World Refugee Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in Guerlain Anisia Bella.
Reminder: on 6/22 we\'re doing the Picture ...
20-06-2018 18:53
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Tuesday scent of the day 6/19
Monday\'s ugly little sister, plus Juneteenth, and Martini Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m Annick Goutal Mandragore, because Jirish wo...
19-06-2018 18:53
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Reminiscence Rem Homme ~ new fragrance
Reminiscence has launched Rem Homme, the masculine counterpart to 1996\'s Rem......
19-06-2018 18:53
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Michael Kors Twilight Shimmer ~ new fragrance
Michael Kors has launched Twilight Shimmer, a new fragrance for women. Twilight Shimmer follows 2016\'s Midnight Shimmer......
19-06-2018 18:53
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I saw the future and I closed my eyes
Young people goofing off for 4711 Remix Cologne Edition 2018....
19-06-2018 18:53
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You also cannot be bizarre
The DNA of Louis Vuitton is really to dare. It?s innovation from a technical point of view, but also the recognition that you cannot be successful if ...
18-06-2018 18:52
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Monday scent of the day 6/18
Argh, it\'s Monday again. It\'s also International Picnic Day, International Sushi Day, Autistic Pride Day and Paul McCartney\'s birthday. What fragr...
18-06-2018 18:52
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Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers Summer Air ~ new perfume
Elizabeth Arden has launched Sunflowers Sunlight Kiss, a new flanker to 1993\'s Sunflowers......
18-06-2018 18:52
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Juicy Couture Oui ~ new perfume
Juicy Couture has launched Oui, a new fragrance for women......
16-06-2018 18:52
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Kate Spade TRULYtimeless ~ new fragrance
Kate Spade has launched TRULYtimeless, a followup to last year\'s TRULYgracious, TRULYdazzling, TRULYdaring and TRULYjoyful......
16-06-2018 18:52
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Bloomsday 2018
Happy Bloomsday, and happy Father\'s Day weekend! We\'re celebrating everything with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the f...
16-06-2018 18:52
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Tom Ford Ombre Leather ~ new fragrance
Tom Ford has launched Ombré Leather, a new unisex fragrance. Ombré Leather may or may not be a new release of the limited edition 2016 Private Blend ...
16-06-2018 18:52
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Friday scent of the day 6/15
Happy Wish List Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that\'s in the top 5 of your full bottle wish list. Thanks to Katrina for t...
15-06-2018 18:53
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The pink vs blue division
Sadly, fragrance lovers are scared to trust their instincts, since the seductive bludgeon of commercial marketing has successfully indoctrinated would...
15-06-2018 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 6/14
Happy Almost-Friday! It\'s also Flag Day and World Blood Donor Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m doing high summer, in good old CB I Hat...
14-06-2018 18:53
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Gucci Guilty Oud ~ new fragrance
Gucci has launched Gucci Guilty Oud, a flanker to to 2010\'s Gucci Guilty and 2011\'s Gucci Guilty Pour Homme......
14-06-2018 18:53
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Peach season
If you still can\'t get that peach scene from Call Me By Your Name out of your head, now you have the perfect soundtrack for your thoughts: the limite...
14-06-2018 18:53
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Philosophy Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere ~ new fragrance
Philosophy has introduced Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere, a new flanker to 2013\'s Fresh Cream......
13-06-2018 18:52
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Wednesday scent of the day 6/13
It\'s Hump Day, and Dorothy L. Sayers\' birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in one of several greens on my wish list, Providence Perf...
13-06-2018 18:52
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Agua de Colonia
Five quick (and pretty) videos from Claus Porto, with perfumer Lyn Harris talking about their new Agua de Colonia fragrances: Agua Vetiver, Agua Geran...
13-06-2018 18:52
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Spatial arrangement of scent
?[This study shows that] bees can tell the difference between flowers where the only difference is their spatial arrangement of scent ? and that sugge...
13-06-2018 18:52
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Proenza Schouler Arizona ~ fragrance review
Proenza Schouler recently launched its debut fragrance, Arizona, a "radiant" scent that conjures "feelings of liberation to find a gre...
12-06-2018 18:53
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Tuesday scent of the day 6/12
Hey, it\'s Tuesday and it\'s International Falafel Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m wearing Parfum d\'Empire Corsica Furiosa, 4 years o...
12-06-2018 18:53
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Penhaligon?s The Changing Constance & The Blazing Mister Sam
Penhaligon?s has launched two new additions to their Portraits collection: The Changing Constance and The Blazing Mister Sam......
12-06-2018 18:53
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Guerlain Musc Noble ~ new fragrance
Guerlain has launched Musc Noble, a new limited distribution unisex fragrance. Musc Noble joins the Les Absolus d?Orient series, and follows 2017\'s ...
12-06-2018 18:53
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Monday scent of the day 6/11
Happy Monday, and happy Corn on the Cob Day! (Plus, happy birthday to Hugh Laurie.) What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m doing a wish list week,...
11-06-2018 18:53
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Comptoir Sud Pacifique Jasmin Dentelle ~ new fragrance
Comptoir Sud Pacifique has launched Jasmin Dentelle, a new fragrance in the Jardins Pop collection......
11-06-2018 18:53
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Queen of Pop
Poppy Delevingne does the diva for Jo Malone\'s new bath collection....
09-06-2018 18:52
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Givenchy Eau de Givenchy ~ new fragrance
Givenchy has launched Eau de Givenchy, a new musky citrus version of their 1980 fragrance. The fragrance was inspired by Hubert de Givenchy\'s Clos F...
09-06-2018 18:52
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Lazy weekend poll ~ summer reading list, edition 8
It\'s June ? time for the annual summer reading poll!
Please recommend a great book to add to our summer reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we...
09-06-2018 18:52
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Friday scent of the day 6/8
Hey, it\'s finally Friday! It\'s also World Oceans Day. (And RIP Anthony Bourdain). Our community project for today: wear one of your "top 10 of...
08-06-2018 18:52
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Acqua di Parma Colonia Vaniglia ~ new fragrance
Italian niche line Acqua di Parma has launched Colonia Vaniglia, the latest fragrance in the brand\'s Ingredient Collection. Colonia Vaniglia is a fl...
08-06-2018 18:52
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The holy grail
Perfumers Amandine Clerc Marie, Christophe Raynaud and Marie Salamagne talk about the development of Mugler Aura....
08-06-2018 18:52
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(Mostly) Scented Father?s Day Gifts ~ 2018 Edition
I have two "kids"; both cats. If they could give Father?s Day presents to me, I know they\'d be either food-focused (Teddy Caramelo Calzini...
08-06-2018 18:52
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Top 10 Summer Fragrances 2018
I have never done one of the spit-or-scrape genealogical tests, but I have always suspected that my family has secret Nordic or Baltic blood, as both...
08-06-2018 18:52
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Fresh Rose Morning ~ new perfume
Fresh has launched Rose Morning, a new fragrance for women......
08-06-2018 18:52
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Loewe Agua Miami & Agua Miami Beach ~ new fragrances
Spanish house Loewe has launched Agua Miami and Agua Miami Beach, two new flankers to 2000?s Agua de Loewe......
07-06-2018 18:53
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You have to be really careful about scented candles
Well, it kind of makes you wonder, \'What do I know" What wisdom do I have"\' So I started keeping a list of my wisdom. Part of it is, you h...
07-06-2018 18:53
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Man Blue
Marlon Teixeira on a skateboard, for Jimmy Choo Man Blue....
07-06-2018 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 6/7
Happy Almost-Friday, and don\'t forget to honor Chocolate Ice Cream Day! What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Kaleidosco...
07-06-2018 18:53
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Demeter Argan ~ new fragrance
Demeter has launched Argan, the latest addition to their Fragrance Library......
06-06-2018 18:54
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Almost like perfume shopping
For Mizensir, creation is much easier. That?s because, technically, the brand is for me. Things I create for Bvlgari or Gucci, for example, are differ...
06-06-2018 18:54
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Van Cleef & Arpels Reve d?Encens ~ new fragrance
Van Cleef & Arpels has launched Rêve d?Encens, a new addition to the brands?s Collection Extraordinaire......
06-06-2018 18:54
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Wednesday scent of the day 6/6
Hump Day. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was baptized on this day in 1599. Rest in peace, Kate Spade. What fragrance are you wearing"
Me: ...
06-06-2018 18:54
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Oriza L. Legrand Secret Joly ~ new fragrance
Niche line Oriza L. Legrand has launched Secret Joly, a new fragrance......
06-06-2018 18:54
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Dolce & Gabbana The One Mysterious Night ~ new fragrance
Dolce & Gabbana have launched The One Mysterious Night, a new limited distribution flanker to 2008\'s The One for Men. The One Mysterious Night f...
05-06-2018 18:53
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Tuesday scent of the day 6/5
Tuesday, and World Environment Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m having my standard cup of English Breakfast from Upton, made generally ...
05-06-2018 18:53
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Journey into new territory
A spot for the new Louis Vuitton collection for men....
05-06-2018 18:53
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Bam!
Apricots. Before getting in this trade, I wanted to be a chef. I started cooking very early on at home. When you bake apricots, you just put the fruit...
05-06-2018 18:53
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Neela Vermeire Creations Rahele ~ fragrance review
You know how you only need to see a few square inches to know that a painting is a Van Gogh" Or read a paragraph to know a story is by Hemingway...
04-06-2018 18:53
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Monday scent of the day 6/4
Don\'t look now, but it\'s Monday again. If it helps, it\'s also Hug Your Cat Day and Cognac Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
Me: a little d...
04-06-2018 18:53
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Biarritz Deauville Venise
Short spots for Les Eaux de Chanel. Paris-Biarritz is first, then below the jump, Paris-Deauville and Paris-Venise.
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04-06-2018 18:53
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Didn?t know what time it was and the lights were low
Gaspard Ulliel for the new Bleu de Chanel Parfum....
02-06-2018 18:52
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, early June 2018
The weekend, yay! We?re lazing around with our standard open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance you?re wearing today, the last...
02-06-2018 18:52
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Jo Malone Rose & White Musk Absolu ~ new fragrance
Jo Malone has launched Rose & White Musk Absolu, a new fragrance......
02-06-2018 18:52
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Make the cosmetics aisles more of a destination than a stopo
Department stores are being forced to rethink how they sell higher-end makeup and perfume as competition intensifies from discounters like Target, spe...
02-06-2018 18:52
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The freebiemeet, episode 11
The freebiemeet is open! PLEASE read the instructions, even if you\'ve read them before! Really, pretty please, with sugar on top! There\'s not even ...
02-06-2018 18:52
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Legend of the magic hour
Johnny Depp returns to the desert, in a 7+ minute short for Dior Sauvage. Warning (if that wasn\'t enough already): brief partial nudity. You can read...
01-06-2018 18:53
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Blocking the receptor with specific molecules
Researchers have found that an olfactory receptor plays a critical role in the progression of prostate cancer. They found that activating the receptor...
01-06-2018 18:53
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Bvlgari Le Gemme Reali ~ new fragrances
Bvlgari has launched Le Gemme Reali, a new collection of three luxury fragrances in the Le Gemme series. Nylaia, Rubinia and Veridia were developed b...
01-06-2018 18:53
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Friday scent of the day 6/1
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! Welcome to June. And it\'s Friday, and it\'s World Milk Day. Our community project for today: in honor of World Milk Day (and...
01-06-2018 18:53
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You will have to believe
A spot for the Clean Reserve Avant Garden collection....
01-06-2018 18:53
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Tory Burch Nuit Azur ~ new perfume
Tory Burch has launched Nuit Azur, a new fragrance for women. Nuit Azure is a followup to 2017\'s Bel Azur......
01-06-2018 18:53
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An original and sensorial discovery
Bringing together close to 110 art and archaeology objects together for the first time, it will take you on a journey through Chinese civilisation. A ...
31-05-2018 18:53
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Paul & Joe Fragrance Mist ~ new perfume
Paul & Joe have launched Paul & Joe Fragrance Mist, a new limited edition summer fragrance for women......
31-05-2018 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 5/31
It\'s Almost-Friday and Almost-June! What fragrance are you wearing"
Me: at the beach in Parfums de Nicolaï Musc Monoï.
Reminder: on 6/1, wear s...
31-05-2018 18:53
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Liushen Florida Water ~ fragrance review
I\'ve been called a perfume snob. Sometimes that epithet is hurled my way as a knee-jerk reaction to a negative review of a mainstream / department s...
31-05-2018 18:53
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Clean Reserve Nude Santal & Heliotrope ~ new fragrance
Clean has launched Nude Santal & Heliotrope, a new addition to the Clean Reserve Avant Garden collection......
31-05-2018 18:53
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Human perfume project
Transdisciplinary designer Ani Liu bottles her husband. You can read more about Ani Liu, and her experiences at the MIT Media Lab, here....
30-05-2018 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 5/30
Hump Day! And a quick reminder that our next freebiemeet is coming up on Saturday. What fragrance are you wearing"
Me: Burberry Brit Rhythm for ...
30-05-2018 18:53
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A first sensory experience of antiquity based on scent
Three fragrances ? rose, coriander and sage ? were created for what museum officials are calling a first sensory experience of antiquity based on scen...
30-05-2018 18:53
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Jo Loves Graffiti Art ~ new fragrances
British niche line Jo Loves has launched Graffiti Art, a new collection of four body sprays ? Fig, Grapefruit, Tuberose and Vetiver ? to be worn alon...
29-05-2018 18:53
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Tuesday scent of the day 5/29
Happy Tuesday! It\'s also Biscuit Day and JFK\'s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m smelling more summery than the weather, in Guerl...
29-05-2018 18:53
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Bond no. 9 Governors Island ~ new fragrance
Niche line Bond no. 9 has launched Governors Island, a new unisex fragrance......
29-05-2018 18:53
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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Memorial Day Weekend 2018
It\'s Memorial Day Weekend, and like many of you, I am taking the full three days off. I\'ll be back on Tuesday!
Meanwhile, our standard weekend open...
27-05-2018 18:53
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DS & Durga I Don?t Know What ~ new fragrance
Indie brand DS & Durga has launched I Don\'t Know What, a new fragrance enhancer / layering agent......
26-05-2018 18:52
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Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Shimotsuki ~ fragrance review
Indie perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz recently released the final "season" in her Haiku/Japan::Moonlight series, now comprised of Gekkou Hana...
26-05-2018 18:52
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#WeAreAllAlien
A 9+ minute short film from Thierry Mugler, for Alien and Alien Man. Includes mild profanity and other problems which shall remain nameless because co...
26-05-2018 18:52
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A citrus odor to attract females
A nearby colony of lovesick crested auklets are the culprits: Males produce a citrus odor to attract females. And as new research in Behavioral Ecolog...
25-05-2018 18:53
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Friday scent of the day 5/25
It\'s Oh the Places You?ll Go Friday! (And, appropriately enough, Towel Day.) Our community project for today: wear a perfume with a place name. Than...
25-05-2018 18:53
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Mare Eau du Levant ~ new fragrance
German magazine and publishing house Mare has launched Eau du Levant, a new fragrance developed by perfumer Geza Schön......
24-05-2018 18:53
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Parle Moi de Parfum Orris Tattoo & Chypre Mojo ~ new fragran
French niche line Parle Moi de Parfum has launched two new fragrances, Orris Tattoo and Chypre Mojo. Both were developed by perfumer Michel Almairac....
24-05-2018 18:53
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Thursday scent of the day 5/24
Happy Almost-Friday, and happy birthday to Bob Dylan. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m wearing Berdoues Assam of India for what looks to be ...
24-05-2018 18:53
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The aggressive perfume spritzers
While shoppers might still see an occasional sign featuring a glowering model in a statement lip, the glass cabinets have been replaced with antique a...
23-05-2018 18:53
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Wednesday scent of the day 5/23
It\'s Hump Day and Lucky Penny Day. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m earning double points (and smelling delicious) in A Lab On Fire Paris*L...
23-05-2018 18:53
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Imitation
The 3 minute spot for Amouage Imitation....
22-05-2018 18:53
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Parfum d?Empire Le Cri de la Lumiere ~ fragrance review
Sometimes it?s interesting to put aside the scent of a fragrance for a minute and focus on its texture. Is it murky and thick like a dark paisley woo...
22-05-2018 18:53
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