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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/05/10

February 5, 2010

1.) Celebrities + Fashion Shows = Dirty Little Secret:“Backstage at Armani Prive that night, I chatted with Anne Hathaway about the exquisite collection of pink corseted dresses dusted with stardust we had just seen, every one of which will surely be fought over at the Oscars. I asked her which shows she had enjoyed so [...]

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Photos: Narciso Rodriguez Essence (for Her)

May 25, 2009

Denyse Beaulieu, over at Grain de Musc, alerted me to the new Narciso Rodriguez release, Essence — not because either of us cares about the fragrance (department store fruity musk), but because the bottle is so gosh darn cool! Let me quote from Denyse: “Have you ever heard me rave about bottles? No you haven’t. [...]

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CB I Hate Perfume Wednesday

December 3, 2008

After the unexpectedly crazy cool seduction of Ormonde Jayne Seraphim yesterday, I figured it might be a good time to catch my breath by focusing on some scents and accords from Christopher Brosius’ CB I Hate Perfume line. Brosius is a near note-perfect embodiment of what I would consider a contemporary American perfumer — if [...]

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Quick Sniffs: Odori Tabacco; Ginestet Le Boise; Isotta Fraschini Uomo; Voluspa Pagoda

September 23, 2008

ODORI TABACCO: the sweetness of pipe tobacco rather than the dry, bitter glory of the unadorned tobacco leaf. If you’ve ever visited a high-end tobacco store and spent time in one of their walk-in, temperature and humidity controlled display rooms, this is kind of what Odori Tabacco smells like, albeit on a much smaller scale. [...]

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Fumidus by Profumum

May 28, 2008

Boggy, peaty, smoky — three things that aren’t necessarily associated with a good perfume, but Fumidus by Profumum manages to accentuate the positive and turns the whole thing into the fragrant equivalent of a foggy romp across the peat marshes of Scotland. If you like the sharp, bitter smell of single malt scotch mixed with [...]

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New York by Parfums de Nicolai

April 30, 2008

My box of samples arrived today from Lucky Scent. I immediately tore it open and selected New York by Parfums de Nicolai. I wanted to experience the idea of New York that a perfumer would think to bottle. At first, it didn’t really bring to mind anything except that it’s a nicely balanced fragrance — [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/05/10

Photos: Narciso Rodriguez Essence (for Her)

CB I Hate Perfume Wednesday

Quick Sniffs: Odori Tabacco; Ginestet Le Boise; Isotta Fraschini Uomo; Voluspa Pagoda

Fumidus by Profumum

New York by Parfums de Nicolai

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