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Balenciaga L’Essence Eau de Parfum ($95-130)
I fell in love with all things violet lately – the flower, the color, the candles, the scent, Tom Ford ‘Violet Blonde’ perfume… Needless to say, I was intrigued by Balenciaga L’Essence with its fresh take on spring’s violet motifs.
Notes: Violet
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Hermes Un Jardin sur le Nil Eau de toilette ($90-$125)
Created by the legendary Jean Claude Ellena for Hermes, Un Jardin Sur Le Nil is a very strange and controversial type of fragrance. It falls into what I call it “cilantro syndrome” category, meaning that you either hate its
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Escada Rockin Rio
Sexy Graffiti
Island Kiss
($43 each)
I can’t remember anybody who didn’t heart at least one of Escada’s numerous fragrances. In the early 2000s the company’s fruity florals were booming, which made us dream of island hopping every time we
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 Tom Ford ‘Violet Blonde’ Eau de Parfum ($100, $145)
Notes: Violet Leaf Absolute, Italian Mandarian, Baie Rose, Tuscan Orris Absolute, Tuscan Orris Butter, Jasmin Sambac, Sampaquita, Benzoin, Cedarwood, Vetiver Absolute, Musk, Soft Suede.
It took a while for me to get my hands on ‘Violet Blonde’. But
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 Here’s something out of the wacky news category: edible or swallowable perfume is now in existence. Take that, bacon perfume! Created by an Australian artist Lucy McRae, in collaboration with Harvard biologist Sheref Mansy, the fragrance is actually a pill that, when digested, makes the skin emit perfume scents.
According to the press release,
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Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial ($84-$119)
First of all, I’ll try to gather the right adjectives to describe Shalimar Initial perfume and my feelings about it: perfume – crispy, colorful, rich; me – surprised and puzzled at the same time. Surprised because I didn’t expect myself to like it, puzzled because I’m
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 I was testing Vince Camuto Eau de Parfum ($60-$78) for a while without any desire to review it here at first. I had my reasons not to: didn’t want to sound like a grumpy old lady who criticizes everything new that comes her way. If you happened to browse through my latest perfume reviews,
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 ELIE SAAB Le Parfum ($90 – $120)
Notes: orange blossom, jasmine, honey, patchouli, rose, cedar wood.
Another day, another floral… what else is new? First fragrance from ELIE SAAB, Le Parfum is not the kind of scent that strikes you at the first spritz, but it gets both interesting and annoying later,
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