Up for grabs: one 100 ml bottle of Bleu de Chanel. Kevin used it to write his review; he says it is 98% full.
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The Bond No. 9 New York is back, this time in a classy 42 oz. amphora vitrine bottle studded in crystallized Swarovski elements. The Chinatown Dramming Unit bottle has been finished with an elliptical mirror on top with honeycomb base. It also comes with the Bond No. 9 signature and a golden spigot. As for the contents, you can pick from any of the 32 listed fragrances. The set, priced at $3,500, will be presented to you in a stunning white patent leather gift case, which is also studded with crystals of its own!
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More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
The new bottle for Guerlain Shalimar, designed by Jade Jagger (yes, daughter of Mick and Bianca) and due to launch in September. It will be available in 30, 50 and 90 ml Eau de Parfum, and in a limited edition 20 ml Extrait version…
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Celebrate the Brazilian Father’s Day with limited edition Absolut Vodka in designer bottles
Father’s day is celebrated on the 8th of August every year in Brazil and this year, vodka brand Absolut 100 in collaboration with three top designers is all set to bring out limited edition gift bottles, sold exclusively at São Paulo. First up are two designs by Pedro Brando, one where the bottle neck spots a skull shaped silver pendant and the other bottle with a silver ring on the neck, both of which costs $650 apiece. The second designer to lend his artistic rendition is John Henry Cooper from Stone Bonker, which uses men’s accessories in a creative way. His two design spots an Italian silk tie knotted around the neck in two distinct ways, each costing $350.
Last but definitely not the least are bottles designed by Optica Ventura. These spot large sunglasses and are packaged in a black case bearing the text “Absolute 100” in white. These are priced at $490 apiece.
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
Another day, another limited edition from Jean Paul Gaultier. This one is the Classique Charm Edition 2010…
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Murray & Lanman Florida Water ~ fragrance review
‘Candy and flowers, dear,’ Ellen had said time and again, ‘and perhaps a book of poetry or an album or a small bottle of Florida water are the only things a lady may accept from a gentleman.’
— Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
When Scarlett O’Hara received this advice from her mother (during her fictional girlhood, leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War), Florida water had already been a popular variant on Eau de Cologne for several decades. The New York-based company Murray & Lanman first began to produce and sell a trademarked Florida Water in 1808. The firm has undergone a few name changes over the past two centuries, but it still exists; and, now known as Lanman & Kemp, it still offers this classic item.
The Lanman & Kemp website lists multiple uses for its Florida Water, including a treatment for “jangled nerves” and a suggestion for “boudoir daintiness.” I don’t know how long this particular list has been in existence, but it delights my vintage-loving soul, and so does the label on the Florida Water bottle…
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Avon’s new Eternal Magic has just launched in the US, and they would like to give one lucky Now Smell This reader in the US or Canada a 50 ml bottle autographed by actress Zoë Saldana.
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The Fragrant Rabbit Hole
Ten years ago it would have been impossible for most of us to have become as absorbed by perfume as we are now. Ten years ago if we’d stumbled across a bottle of Guerlain L’Heure Bleue and were fascinated by its combination of old-fashioned femininity and offbeat melancholy, we might have trolled through the perfume counters at department stores in big cities to smell other Guerlains, then tried in vain later to remember what we smelled. Most of us wouldn’t have had anyone to send us samples of Balmain Vent Vert and whisper how it has changed over the years, or tell us about the surprisingly terrific old fragrances at the Estée Lauder counter, or introduce us to Serge Lutens, who — at least stateside — we may not otherwise have encountered.
The internet changed all that. We can share impressions and read reviews of perfumes then swap samples to see if it’s worth ordering. We can find our Evil Scent Twins so we know what to avoid — or try. And we can meet all sorts of fascinating people.
But there are drawbacks, of course…
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More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Marc Jacobs, Daisy in the Pop Art Edition, due to launch in August…
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Up for grabs: one 50 ml bottle of Liz Earle Botanical Essence No. 1. I decanted 2 small samples (I keep the samples, you get the bottle).
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