The Scented Salamander: Perfume & Beauty Blog & Webzine: September 2006

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September 1, 2006

Dear Readers: Looking for Testimonials on The Scent of Patchouli + Free Sample for Your Efforts (Updated)

Dear Readers,

I am planning to write a piece on popular perceptions of patchouli and patchouli-based fragrances and would love to hear your personal thoughts on the scent. I am looking for testimonials from people who relate to that ingredient in one way or another. I will reproduce exerpts of your testimonials as part of the piece and have a separate appendix with the full texts. You can elect to disclose your names or not...

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Fragrance News: Free Sample of Inspiration by Lacoste

Fragrance News: New Collector's Edition of 24, Faubourg by Hermès

Fragrance News: Enchanting by Celine Dion

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September 2, 2006

Perfume Review & Musings: Aromatics Elixir Sheer Velvet by Clinique

The new Aromatics Elixir Velvet Sheer came in today. I suspected as much after having visited the Clinique website and seeing that the new version of Aromatics Elixir was already available for sale. So I decided to pay a visit to my local Clinique counter. And yes, there it was, the new bottle, standing all prim and elegant in the midst of a perfume tray, surrounded by its predecessors: Happy, Happy in Bloom, Chemistry, and of course Aromatics Elixir which was created 35 years ago in 1971.

The new jus is in a flacon that is sleek, willowy, and sophisticated. As you may have heard already, the juice offers a different physical texture. It is described as a gel but prior to reading about it, it felt to me like an oil of medium thickness on my fingers. For this reason, the new Aromatics is only sold in a splash bottle. The Clinique website has taken pain to specify that the perfume does in fact contain alcohol and that information that was circulated to the contrary in the press is not accurate. The tall stopper is made of transparent glass. It is all very elegant-looking and a pleasure to handle...

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Perfume Review & Musings & Sample Giveaway: Live Luxe by Jennifer Lopez

Sisley Soir de Lune (2006)

Andre Gas Ensoleille-Moi (2006)

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September 3, 2006

Scented Quote of the Day, from Anonymous:

"The main fact about latter-day perfumery is that the only crime is to vary it. Many fashionable women have chosen a distinctive flower, which they always wear but there is no unwritten law against the varying of the blossom".

(1902)

Picture is from art.com and represents Hats at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.

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Scented Quote of the Day, from Jean-Paul Guerlain

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September 4, 2006

Fragrance News: Free Sample of Forbidden Fruit by Desperate Housewives

~~You can request a free sample of Forbidden Fruit here (~~Update: offer non longer valid). It takes up to 4-6 weeks to receive the sample.

The new perfume based on the popular TV show, Desperate Housewives, is described as a sensual fruity floriental. Each of the five main characters in the series is symbolized by a specific note in the perfume. You can read my previous post about the perfume here.

The fragrance is available for sale at Macy's:

Forbidden Fruit at Macy's via Amazon

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Dear Readers: Looking for Testimonials on The Scent of Patchouli + Free Sample for Your Efforts (Updated)

Fragrance News: Free Sample of Inspiration by Lacoste

Fragrance News: New Collector's Edition of 24, Faubourg by Hermès

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September 5, 2006

Giveaway: Fabulous Lace Vest from Szulika! What Celebs Wear

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Giveaway: $250 Worth of Shoebuy!

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Fragrance News + Some Notes: Eau de Marmalade by Duerr's

Duerr, the British manufacturer of jams and marmalades has created an Eau de Marmalade based on one of their recipes using Seville oranges to celebrate their 125th anniversary. The new cologne, if issued, will combine notes of Seville oranges, spicy cinnamon, and Irwell water from the river near Manchester.

As Marketing director Richard Duerr explains, “One of our orange suppliers in Seville, Destilaciones Bordan, also makes perfume oils and so we thought it would be a good idea to have a go”. Orange oil is used quite extensively as a scent in Spanish perfumes so we decided to make our own but with bitter orange as the main scent with a drop of water from the Irwell.”...

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Fragrance News: Free Sample of Forbidden Fruit by Desperate Housewives

Dear Readers: Looking for Testimonials on The Scent of Patchouli + Free Sample for Your Efforts (Updated)

Fragrance News: Free Sample of Inspiration by Lacoste

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September 6, 2006

Fragrance News: Prestige Edition for Parfum des Merveilles by Hermès

Hermès is releasing a very limited prestige edition of Parfum des Merveilles contained in a blue crystal bottle with a transparent stopper designed by Serge Mansau and hand-blown by craftsmen from the Saint-Louis crystal manufacture. Only 450 numbered copies will be issued to be sold in Hermès boutiques and select department stores from September 2006 for 1100 Euros.

The stopper is prolonged by a crystal arrow that will allow the perfume to be directly applied onto the skin. The flacon will be sold together with an "estagnon" or aluminium bottle of 30 ml and a mini funnel to fill the perfume bottle thus harking back to common earlier practices relative to perfume-wearing where ladies would keep little funnels for just precisely that purpose.

Source: FashionMag.fr

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Fragrance News + Some Notes: Eau de Marmalade by Duerr's

Fragrance News: Free Sample of Forbidden Fruit by Desperate Housewives

Dear Readers: Looking for Testimonials on The Scent of Patchouli + Free Sample for Your Efforts (Updated)

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New Perfume: Mandarine-Mandarin by Shiseido & Serge Lutens

Serge Lutens has introduced his latest creation, Mandarine-Mandarin just on time to seduce us for fall and perfume our autumnal days with his dreams. The perfume is part of the Eaux Anciennes Collection and belongs to the exclusive line sold only at the Salons Shiseido at the Palais Royal in Paris. The Salons ship within Europe.

The scent opens on notes of Chinese Orange and nutmeg unfolding into a heart of candied mandarin, orange peel and Lapsong-Souchong (smoky tea) and develops on a base of rock rose, labdanum, Tonka bean, and ambergris.

According to Osmoz, "The fragrance reveals an Oriental trail built around a ‘black mandarin’ note. Smoky tea, spice, candied fruit and amber tell the fragrant story of the emperor’s favorite. ‘She may not be the Mandarin’s spouse, [but] she reigns in supreme harmony over the Emperor’s very heart…"

Or to make it even more interesting, "Sorbets and candied fruits, what complexity this dream without a letter-opener reveals!"

You can visit the recently revamped website of Serge Lutens at Salons Shiseido here. Mandarine-Mandarin retails for 100 Euros for a 75 ml flacon.

Sources: Osmoz, Salons Shiseido

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New Perfume & Flacon: Paprika Brasil by Hermès

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New Perfume: Baghari by Robert Piguet

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New Perfumes: Le Parfum by Thierry Mugler Based on the Novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind

The limited edition of the fragrance(s) Le Parfum by Thierry Mugler based on Patrick Suskind's bestseller novel Perfume about a man whose uncommon beginnings in life and unique sense of smell lead him to murder and perdition is about to be released.

According to Osmoz, "Perfume, the novel by Patrick Süskind, was a huge international success, with over 15 million copies printed worldwide. Rarely has perfume had such a leading role. In 2006, this fabulous and fascinating story is coming to the cinema. No one had dared to attempt to bring into existence the extraordinary accords the author had described in such detail. Until now. In this boxed set of 15 fragrances, Thierry Mugler dares to present the novel’s 15 olfactory themes. ‘Disturbing, arousing, divine, sensual, icy… none of the fifteen compositions will leave you indifferent’...

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New Perfume: Mandarine-Mandarin by Shiseido & Serge Lutens

New Perfume & Flacon: Paprika Brasil by Hermès

New Perfume: L'Homme by Yves Saint Laurent

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