Etsy weekend shopping……. The Fern Lily Girls Perfumes are made for ladies who want to “Embrace (their) Inner ‘Fern Lily Girl’ with Vegan Nature Inspired Body Products.”  The intent here is to “make you smile” and to “make you smell beautiful.”  The fragrance line contains a variety of Perfume Oils, a Glistening Moisturizing Shimmer Perfume Stick, and Dry Perfume Oil Spray. These are vegan fragrances. 

Grove’s Lemon Mint Leaves Dry Oil Perfume
$26.99
This spray carries notes of lemon, mint, and a “leafy, beautiful earth leaf inspired scent.”  It’s held within a 2 ounce bottle that is decorated with artwork depicting “Grove.” 
Grove is …read more

Smell Bent has a new line of fragrances for the holidays. They are only available for a limited time (gone by 1/1/10), so grab ‘em while you can.
I’ve mentioned before how much I love the fragrances available from Smell Bent.  They work well as unisex and  have unique note combinations and funny names -  a smile is the perfect compliment to a great fragrance.  I got some samples in the mail to try for review.  My daughter sat down with me and we went through them all. Our favorite, hands down, is the Elf Fullfilling.  We loved that it smelled like a …read more

The Fragrance Foundation describes fragrance as being like a “musical composition.”  The top note is the “overture,” the middle or heart note would be the “chorus,” and the base note is like the lingering memory of the song, “…lingering on the skin for many pleasurable hours.”
I like this idea, because I use both scent and song to place memories. For example, and that smell when rain first begins to fall, it creates a particular scent as it hits the blacktop of the street. Do you know what I mean?  That smell instantly takes me back to my sophomore year of high …read more

The holidays are a great time to try out new fragrances. Many companies offer mini-sizes in singular scents or an assortment set like the one below from Calvin Klein. It holds .5 oz bottles of Obsession for Women EDP, Eternity For Women EDP, Euphoria Women EDP, Secret Obsession EDP, CK One EDT.
Of course, it would also make a great gift, as that’s the intended use. I’m including the notes of each fragrance below.
Calvin Klein
Women’s Holiday Coffret
$35 at Drugstore.com
*Obsession For Women fragrance notes: Plum, Jasmine, Tuberose, Burnt Amber, Cashmere Woods, Mace, Vanilla, Sandalwood
*Eternity for Women fragrance notes: Freesia, Mandarin, Sage, Muguet, White …read more

I recently read a thread in an online community that asked if it’s really necessary for men to have an “arsenal” of fragrances or should they, could they, stick to just wearing one fragrance. A couple of the points brought up included that in tough economic times people may purchase fewer high-end scents, why limit yourself to only one if you are a fragrance lover, and the idea of choosing a scent that becomes your “signature scent.”
Personally, I like my man to have a few scents in rotation. If there’s a common theme among the fragrances, say a particular note …read more

ULTA has a whole bunch of gift shopping bonuses available. This is a great way to get more gift for your buck or to treat yourself – your choice. These offers cover cosmetic, perfume, and home fragrance products.
Here are a couple of home fragrance offer examples………

ULTA is offering a set of 2 clear glass Hurricane Candle Holders free with any $30 fragrance purchase. You can use the candle holders in a variety of ways to decorate for the holidays or all year round.
Another home fragrance offer from ULTA is a free 3.7 oz Yankee Candles Cranberry Peppermint jar candle with …read more

Vera Wang has relaunched the Vera Wang Princess scent with Zoe Kravitz as the new face of the fragrance. The stage is set with Zoe in her “royal bedroom…a modern day princess… in her Vera Wang ball gown…

The Vera Wang people really know females – my daughter is in love with this ad campaign and she’s still working me to get the Princess sample bottle for her own. It has the cutest little crown at the top.  I think it’s safe to say that this appeals to “princesses” of all ages.
I like the fragrance – a Fruity Floral.  It smells …read more

Pamela Anderson’s Malibu fragrances launch this month. The line consists of two fragrances – a “night” scent called Malibu Night and the “day” scent, Malibu. I watched a clip of her describing the scents to Ellen, on the Ellen show, and she explained that the Malibu scent is a “beachy” scent and the Night Malibu is more “exotic” and the one to wear if you want to “seal the deal.”
Anderson explains further on her website…
I’ve been making many of my own products for years, layering coconut body wash with thick sandalwood/patchouli body butters, amber oils, bath products and essential oils. …read more

Jo Malone “tells” a story with their two new Fragrance Chronicle collections. Each collection contains a main fragrance accord in a 30 ml cologne, followed by additional smaller cologne blends, all packaged in a fragrance “book.” The idea is to layer the scents to create something unique. These are unisex collections.

Pomegranate Noir Fragrance Chronicle
$95
The Pomegranate Noir Fragrance Chronicle™ tells the story of an intriguing Pomegranate accord blended with notes of delicious fruits, spicy florals and warm smoky woods.  Transform Pomegranate Noir with the accords of Raspberry, Casablanca Lily and Guaiacwood to create your own compelling blend of this iconic fragrance …read more

Early gift shopping…. Check out this adorable clutch-type makeup bag that comes with the Miss Dior Gift Set. I love the big, silver Dior “D.” 
The rest of the gift set consists of a 1.7 ounce Eau de Parfum Spray, a 1.7 ounce Moisturizing Perfumed Shower Gel, and a 1.7 ounce Perfumed Body Moisturizer. Miss Dior Cherie is an updated version of the original Miss Dior fragrance.

Miss Dior Cherie Gift Set
$ 76 at Sephora
Some of the notes listed  are new to me. For example, there’s a “caramelized popcorn” note.  (Yum, I think I’ll make some.)  This fragrance is classified by Sephora as …read more