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November 25, 2011 | Chanel JerseyWhen a little bird at Chanel (actually, they’re all little birds at Chanel) told The Scent Critic that their next fragrance launch was based around lavender and vanilla, I said a silent ‘hmmmm’. Because lavender and vanilla aren’t natural bedfellows, in fragrance. They don’t go together like a horse and carriage; they go together like [...]  December 2, 2010 | The 12 Scents of Christmas No. 1: Shalimar Ode à la VanilleThis is the peak perfuming time of year. A splash behind the ears, a spritz down the décolletage, a touch behind the knees. (An old tip, but it works: the fragrance wafts beautifully up at you. Er, and whoever happens to be on their knees around you.) So the snow-bound Scent Critic will be working [...] October 19, 2010 | Organic Glam So OudOne of the great, magic-enhancing mysteries of the fragrance world is of course that we scent-lovers can never find out exactly what’s in a perfume. It’s Above Top Secret info, for commercial reasons. (Fragrance, unlike other areas of cosmetics, is not bound by the need to label anything but any potential allergens – limonene, geraniol [...] June 11, 2010 | Givenchy EaudemoiselleI’d categorise this under a ‘first day at work’ fragrance. You’re nervous. You want to make a good impression, and not to stick your head above the parapet lest you make a fool of yourself. Your crisp white shirt is ironed, your heels not too tall, your iPhone carefully switched to silent. And if you [...] May 25, 2010 | Liz Earle Botanical Essence Eau de Parfum No. 1Liz Earle inspires an almost cult-like religious devotion among her beauty flock. Products like Cleanse & Polish have been elevated to the Beauty Hall of Fame – and one of the key factors in their phenomenal success has always been the attractive botanical smells, because Liz herself is so ‘scent-aware’. It was probably only a [...] May 20, 2010 | Tom Ford Urban Musk (Private Blend)Musk. You love it or you just don’t. I definitely fall into the first category and so, clearly, does Tom Ford, who’s launched a portfolio of not one but four musk options in his White Musk Collection. (These, I’m told, have helped to catapult the Tom Ford brand to No. 1 in Harrods beauty and [...] |
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