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Caron – Pour Un Homme de Caron
This was the first fragrance ever to be created exclusively for men and is as relevant today as it was in the year of its creation – 1934! This is lavender but not as we know it – minty cool Provencal lavender. The scent evokes driving though Provence in an open topped sportscar, it smells…
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Frederic Malle – Carnal Flower
The reinvention of the tuberose – Frederic transported this heady flower into the 21st century for the modern woman to enjoy. Carnal Flower was actually named after his aunt – the actress Candice Bergen – she was in a film called Carnal Knowledge with Jack Nicholson which was about the sexual mores of the decade.…
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Thameen – Moon of Baroda
This is a wonderful new British brand and Moon of Baroda is the Jewel in the Crown. This is an original construct in that it is circular rather than the traditional pyramid. The top note is the best Lebanese cedarwood that I have ever come across – it is warm and dry and you can…
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Eclectic Fragrance
Fragrance is a world of many choices, so we have decided to present you with our selection – for both men and women – of timeless scents, scents that will be as relevant in the next 10 years as they have been for the last 50. That’s not to say that any one is better…
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INVICTUS by Paco Rabanne
Men’s fragrance has become all the more a competitive segment with a significant increase in the variety of fragrant options and our (mens) increasing collective understanding of fragrance. Gone are the days where you could categorise the majority of male consumers within the remit of the ten leading scents; todays man is much more selectively…
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Blue Series by Comme des Garcons Parfums
There is something about the Comme des Garcons Parfums that despite their variety of ingredient, packaging and theme bears an undercurrent of strategic fragrance construction that even a more untrained nose can recognise. They favour incense based scent, this much is true, but the fact remains that each CDG scent is as disparate as they…
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UNSCENT: Communicating Art Perfumery
The 21st – 24th March 2013 saw Fragments of the emerging olfactory scene, present the international olfactory scene of Art Perfumery with installations and project rooms, in the historic surroundings of Palazzo Morando in via S. Andrea 6, in the heart of Milan’s fashion district. The name of the event, by using its negative form, seeks…
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Etro Rajasthan
ETRO RAJASTHAN The central and defining feature of ETRO has always been their ability to use seemingly disparate colours in intricately fussy patterns yet still end up with a garment that is more than wearable. It’s almost as if ETRO view the rainbow as a challenge with each collection striving to better their ever increasing colour…
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Albert Fouquet meets JFK: EIGHT & BOB
As far as heritage and intrigue, Eight & Bob has just about the best background story of any fragrance ever made; French Aristocracy, Hollywood Royalty, a US. President and Nazis – allow us to explain… Albert Fouquet, the son of a Parisian aristocrat, was part of elite French society of the early twentieth century and…
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Odin New York – 09 Posala
Odin New York Fragrances 09 Posala brings to mind a fresh, aromatic orchard with hints of sweet citrus and earthy amber to arrive at a successful complex layering of notes. Inspired by the heritage of the South, 09 Posala is a delicate floral scent balanced with smoky bourbon and Perique tobacco notes. As part…
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ODIN New York: A Fragrant Journey
More often than not one’s journey to success is unclear. You start life heading tentatively in one direction, and end up hurtling in another; chance encounters, friendships made, changes in circumstance, all serve to dictate your aspirational path. The story of ODIN New York – as with most journeys – has certainly had its undulations,…
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HUGO RED by Hugo Boss
In the mid 1990’s the world of men’s fragrance experienced a renaissance, a repositioning of ingredients and notes leading to a more modern, lighter fragrance than men were previously accustomed to wearing. It was during this time – 1995 to be exact – that a modern classic was conceived, HUGO MAN by Hugo Boss. This…
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Le Beau Male Perfumer – Francis Kurkdjian
Over the course of nearly twenty years of collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier, Francis Kurkdjian has created several fragrances of desire, true to the designer’s signature. In anticipation of the arrival of Jean Paul Gaultier’s new fragrance, Francis Kurkdjian talks about Le Beau Male. Isn’t it risky to reinterpret a legendary fragrance? Not at all…
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Le Beau Male by Jean Paul Gaultier
The focus of the Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male fragrances has always been on the sensuality and inherent sexuality embodied in the scent; a celebration of the ‘homme fatal’. The newest and all the more icy incarnation of the record selling Jean Paul Gaultier scent called Le Beau Male has now been unveiled. JOSHUA’s opted…
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