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The Artisan Series: Andy Tauer (Part 3)

August 24, 2010

Andy Tauer has come a long way since he released his first perfumes, Le Maroc Pour Elle and L’Air du Desert Marocain, to the public in 2005. Not counting special editions and limited releases, he now has twelve fragrances to his name, with Carillon Pour un Ange seeing a recent pre-release, plus Une Rose Vermeille [...]

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Seattle Snapshots: Part 1

September 23, 2009

I start off my morning errands with the purchase of a loaf of fresh bread at Le Panier Bakery in Pike Place Market, plus a short latte. I’ll sit at the window counter (if there’s a space available — the place is really busy during the tourist season) and drink my coffee while I people [...]

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Photos: M. Micallef Aoud Gourmet

September 7, 2009

Back in February, I took a bite from the M. Micallef Aoud Gourmet buffet, and I liked what I found: “This is exactly what aoud needed — a spoonful of gourmand to help the medicine go down. The somewhat sharp and prickly initial phase of the complex aoud scent is both rounded and warmed by [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 08/28/09

August 28, 2009

1.) So, I think that, Uh, the Fashion Industry Wants Us All to Shop?: September 10th just happens to be the grand opening of the Neiman Marcus in Bellevue, Washington, so I think I just might be shopping, after all (with Louise and Julie, of course). Not everyone is impressed, however, with the fashion industry’s [...]

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Photos: Serge Lutens Chergui

July 16, 2009

So yesterday was the birthday, and it started out ordinarily enough with breakfast at The Four Seasons (can fried Kobe pastrami with beet hash and sunny-side up eggs at The Four Seasons be considered anywhere approaching “ordinary”?) and then coffee with double chocolate shortbread cookies at Fran’s Chocolates (again, the question is begging), and I [...]

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Yosh Trompeur (or “It’s Not Nice to Lie To Your Perfumer”)

May 19, 2009

So this is what I can gather — in 2005, independent perfumer Yosh Han created a fragrance called ‘The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things’ as an homage to the allegedly autobiographical collection of stories of the same name by writer JT Leroy: “Then there’s JT LeRoy, the 24-year-old reclusive cult figure whom Han has [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 05/15/09

May 15, 2009

1.) Katie Puckrik Smells — at Beauty and the Dirt!:Check out Katie’s new column at Beauty and the Dirt. It’s as savvy and entertaining as her video fragrance reviews on YouTube. From the comments to her Le Labo Labdanum 18 review: “And the question I always have is: who stumbled upon petrified whale hurl on [...]

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Jalaine Amber and Untitled #3 by Sarah Horowitz

April 17, 2009

JALAINE AMBER: There’s really not much to dislike about a Jalaine fragrance besides its price point — the formulae are simple, the ingredients are high-quality, the longevity is excellent and they wear like dreamy, plush wraps. Their Patchouli is a sweet, creamy party-mix of musk, amber and patchouli, and their Vetiver scent is like burying [...]

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Chanel No. 18 (edt) and Odori Zafferano

April 7, 2009

CHANEL NO. 18: Part of the recently launched Les Exclusifs line, Chanel No. 18 gets a lot of love from the usual perfume suspects: “The striking simplicity of this composition belies its inherent loveliness” (Bois de Jasmin); “feels as if one were suddenly gliding and skating on a frozen pond of icy and satiny orris [...]

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Guerlain Shalimar and Parfumerie Generale Coze (plus Annick Goutal Sables)

January 22, 2009

GUERLAIN SHALIMAR: With the continuous (and seemingly endless) flood of new releases, it’s easy to overlook the classics in favor of the now, but I finally sat down for a meet and greet with Shalimar and was happily surprised to discover how attractive and downright chic it is, especially considering its age (Shalimar was originally [...]

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The Artisan Series: Andy Tauer (Part 3)

Seattle Snapshots: Part 1

Photos: M. Micallef Aoud Gourmet

Fashion Industry News Roundup: 08/28/09

Photos: Serge Lutens Chergui

Yosh Trompeur (or “It’s Not Nice to Lie To Your Perfumer”)

Fashion Industry News Roundup: 05/15/09

Jalaine Amber and Untitled #3 by Sarah Horowitz

Chanel No. 18 (edt) and Odori Zafferano

Guerlain Shalimar and Parfumerie Generale Coze (plus Annick Goutal Sables)

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