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Early Use of Perfumes

There has always been a trade in scents and by the year 2008 perfume had become a $10 billion industry. Today women have fragrance wardrobes of at least six different perfumes, rather than a single signature perfume, keeping one special perfume for occasion moments.

People have used perfume, oils and unguents on their bodies for thousands of years in lesser or greater amounts dependant on fashion whims. The early Egyptians used perfumed balms as part of religious ceremonies and later as part of pre love making preparations. Myrrh and Frankincense were exuded gums from trees used to scent the atmosphere in rituals. Other plants such as rose and peppermint were steeped in oils until a perfumed unguent formed. The unguent was then rubbed into the skin. It’s interesting to note that perfume has come full circle today as more and more of us seek out high quality aromatherapy perfumed oils to use in exactly the same way as our ancestors did.

Products that enhance the feel of skin and the smell of the body have been highly valued in every culture. Trade routes introduced spices to other parts of the world and a wider range of scents could be made. In the past people often mixed their own potions using home methods creating their own aromatherapy products. Many homes had a still room where essences were steeped out of flowers and herbs.
Left – Lavender field in Grasse France.

Perfume fell out of use during early Christianity, but was revived in the medieval period. By the 1600s scents were applied to objects such as furniture, gloves and fans. In the Georgian Era non greasy eau de cologne was developed and it had many uses from bath essence to mouthwash.

Chemical Advances in Perfumery
The late 19th century was the first real era of perfume as we know it when new scents were created because of advances in organic chemistry knowledge. Synthetic perfume products were used in place of certain hard to find or expensive ingredients. At the same time a similar chemical knowledge development happened in textile printing dyes.

Grasse in Provence, France became a centre for flower and herb growing for the perfume industry. The men who treated leathers in the same area found the smells so bad they perfumed themselves and the leathers. They were knowledgeable about making the botanical essences and were the early perfume noses. But it was only in the C20th that scents and designer perfumes were really mass produced. Before that, the few trade names that existed were Coty and Yardley who made fairly light scents with familiar smells.

What Is Perfume Made From?
Perfume is made from about 78% to 95% of specially denatured ethyl alcohol and a remainder of essential oils.

Perfume is the costliest form of fragrance with 22% of essential oils.

Eau de Parfum (EDP), comes next with between 15 and 22% essential oils.

That’s followed by Eau de Toilette (EDT) with 8 to 15% oils.

The weaker Eau de Cologne has just 4% essential oils.

For those who crave super subtlety Eau Fraiche with 1 to 3% essential oils, is the lightest dilution of fragrance.

Many new perfumes are promoted as EDPs and an EDT is not always produced as there has been a vogue for Eau de Parfum as individuals want a more lasting signature.

There are major fragrance categories – Floral, Oriental, Floriental, Chypre, Green Marine and Fruit. Typical plant products include anise, bay leaf, bergamot, cardamom, cedar wood, eucalyptus, frankincense, gardenia, geranium, iris, jasmine, lavender, lemon, lilac, lily, lily of the valley, magnolia, moss, neroli, orange, orris, patchouli, pine, raspberry, rose, sage, sandalwood, tuberose, vanilla, violet and ylang-ylang.

The memory of a scent left by violets.

Typical animal products used in perfume include musk from the male musk deer, ambergris from sperm whales, castoreum a secretion of the beaver and civet from the civet cat. All are used as fixatives and add an indefinable mystery to the smell at the same time.

Tips for Wearing Perfume
When you apply perfumes apply them to pulse points such as the folds in the crook of your elbow and back of knees, wrist, neck and cleavage. Make sure you do not rub wrists together as this crushes the smell. Spraying a little into the air is also good if you walk straight into the perfume. This helps to diffuse it over your body. Do not simply apply to the neck always work up the body as the scent rises. Also consider wearing in your bra a small ball of perfume impregnated cotton wool.

Consider layering perfumes. Use all the same discount perfume in various products. Begin with shower or bath gel and then rub in body lotion or spray with a matching after bath spray. Finally apply the scent preferably as perfume or EDP. I find that the use of body lotion makes you feel really scented and it is probably to do with starting at the feet and applying the scent all over allowing the scent to rise. It also makes you feel extra special and very pampered.

Keep bottles tightly stopped, away from direct heat and out of sunlight. You will certainly know when they have gone off as you’ll notice that you do not get that lovely boost of heavenly scent when you spray or dab and the fragrance will look darker in the bottle. Some perfumes come in blue or opaque bottles and these store perfume well.

Try to choose perfumes that suit you, not your friends or family. Test a perfume in a store and then walk around for a minimum of ten minutes. Some perfumes take more like half an hour or an hour to truly develop. For example, Boudoir by Vivienne Westwood, Jicky by Guerlain and Must de Cartier are all ones I love after an hour, but am not convinced on first sniff.

Put a few drops of perfume onto an oil burner to scent your bedroom. At Christmas use musky oriental room fragrances in the form of perfumed incense sticks, candle or sprays to enhance the familiar associated yuletide seasonal smells of cinnamon, orange oil, pine, frankincense and myrrh.

Famous Early Perfumes – Chanel No 5
Ernest Beaux created Chanel No. 5 for Coco Chanel in 1921. It has a floral top note of ylang-ylang and neroli, with a heart of blends of jasmine and rose all above a woody base of sandalwood and vetiver. Chanel believed women should wear perfume wherever they hoped to be kissed. Today Chanel No.5 sells a bottle every 30 seconds.

In recent years Chanel No. 5 has been marketed as a spray with two refills in an effort to have it recognised as an essential everyday finishing touch rather than a precious scent to be used sparingly.

Right – The hypnotic scent of roses.

One of my favourites is Guerlain’s Shalimar launched first in 1925 and relaunched in 2001. It’s a refined oriental feminine fragrance with iris, vanilla, and rose. It has the wonderful Guerlain quality that never dates and always gets compliments. I still think it’s one of the very best Guerlain perfumes. They are all particularly wonderful and each seems to develop with the individual. Maybe it really is because the secret ingredient called Guerlinade the X factor that is added to every new perfume bearing the Guerlain name, makes it smell like a truly sense hitting perfume unlike later unisex creations.

In 1932 Dana made the exotic Tabu, Worth made the memorable Je Reviens which remained popular in the 50s and 60s and in 1934 Elizabeth Arden developed Blue Grass. All are still sold today. Later Molyneux and Schiaparelli and other designers produced exotic perfumes in direct competition with Chanel. Jean Patou launched Joy in 1935 and it was voted Scent of the 20th Century at the Fragrance Foundation FiFi awards 2000.

1944 saw the introduction of Femme by Rochas. After the war lighter fresher perfumes by Dior and Balmain which could be worn easily by day became more and more popular with the middle classes. In 1947 Dior launched the ever popular Miss Dior. I still love these older perfumes such as Miss Dior and the wonderful lily Diorissimo.

Scents for Everyone
At this time the working classes still rarely used anything more exotic than the very early scents or the new perfumes produced by cosmetic houses rather than fashion design house couturiers.

Some of the less costly perfumes had quite pleasing scents, but they had none of the cachet of Couture house names. Everyday prices meant that the ordinary person could afford to buy a perfume gift from ranges by Coty, Yardley, Max Factor and Revlon and not break the bank.

Max Factor’s Hypnotique and Primitif were very popular in the 1950s as was Tweed by Lentheric, and Coty’s L’Aimant. Revlon scored great success with Intimate and Aquamarine. Intimate is still available on some Internet sites. Yardley’s Lily of the Valley or French Fern bath salts and talc were always to be found in the Christmas stockings of the masses of working folk.

Goya also produced scents in a price conscious range. Goya’s Black Rose and Here’s My Heart featured regularly in full page adverts. Many people still used 4711 Eau de Cologne, with its clean fresh smell.

A 4711 roll on stick was especially popular for summer heat perspiration before air conditioning.

From Woolworth’s young teenagers bought Soir de Paris by Bourjois in its small blue bottle. They delighted in translating the French into Evening in Paris.
Right – The ever popular rose and lilies of the valley.

Perfume to the Masses
Throughout the 1960s ordinary people began to buy perfume in quantity. People who had never been abroad before began to spend time browsing in perfume stores and buy perfume in duty free shops. They came home with bottles of Madame Rochas, Worth’s Je Reviens, Carven’s Ma Griffe, Arpège by Lanvin, Houbigant’s Chantilly, Guerlain’s Mitsouko and L’Heure Bleu, Calèche by Hermes, Sortilege, Ecusson and Estee Lauder’s Youth Dew.

Yves St. Laurent launched Y in 1964, Rive Gauche in 1968. Guy Laroche presented Fidji in 1966. Those old favourites Chanel No.5 and Miss Dior were still best sellers with considerable competition from products like Avon’s perfume’s such as Topaze, Coty’s Imprevu and in total contrast, Faberge’s earthy daytime Woodhue. TO TOP OF PAGE

Perfumes for the 1970s
By 1977 Yves St. Laurent had put ‘Opium’ perfume into production and it was a huge huge success with women everywhere. It was definitely a perfume for sultry evenings. By contrast women enjoyed wearing perfumes like Nina Ricci’s L’Air du Temps and Nina Ricci’s orange based Bigarade was popular for a while. Ô de Lancôme, Lauder’s Cinnabar, and Anais Anais by Cacharel in 1978 (the latter beloved by schoolgirls) were all well received.

Revlon’s Charlie was a top seller and the trouser wearing woman who wore it was portrayed as a woman at ease with herself at work and play. Avon perfumes were also popular as they were affordable, but interesting coming in huge sprays to dainty containers for perfumed wrist creams. Max Factor’s Maxi was in a similar affordable everyday price range.

Various musk based oils and scents at quite low prices flooded chemists shops. Aviance Night Musk by Prince Matchabelli was popular and affordable.

1980 Power Perfumes Match Power Dressers
New designer scents were marketed fiercely in the 80s and for the first time ever, blatant erotic advertising which generated enormous attention from the media led to the success of the 1985 Obsession campaign from Calvin Klein. Obsession with its heavy smell of vanilla was dominant in the market.

It was equally impossible to open a magazine or Sunday supplement without being overwhelmed by the scent of Giorgio Beverley Hills on a yellow and white striped sample strip. Eventually Giorgio was banned from restaurants because the smell was too dominant over food aromas.

Image and a gimmick were a specialty of the 1980s and Jean Paul Gaultier put a perfume in a glass torso in a tin and continued to produce limited editions and variations of the designer package. Vanderbilt a refined oriental of carnation, rose and mimosa was put on the market in 1982 and was one of the more affordable & attractive perfume products. Lou Lou launched in 1987 was a refreshing subtle change from the more oppressive oriental scents.
Right – The intoxication of the heavy scent of lilies.

Some scents of the era like Yves St Laurent’s wonderful rose with violets in Paris have become true classics. Sultry sirens found Givenchy’s Ysatis and Guerlain’s 1989 Samsara hard to beat. Champagne the perfume caused a court case in the champagne making industry and was eventually taken off the market under that name. It is now sold in similar packaging, but as Yvresse.

Fresher Marine Green 1990s and New Millennium Perfumes
The 1990s saw a whole new range of cleaner sharper scents which probably began with Estee Lauder’s White Linen from the 1980s. Perfumes such as L’Eau d’Issey by Issey Miyake in 1992, Eternity and Dazzling all have a crisper scent. One refreshing oriental fragrance was Sun Moon Stars by Lagerfeld in 1994 and the earlier 1990 Safari by Ralph Lauren was set in one of the prettiest bottles to grace a dressing table. Organza by Givenchy in a great bottle, launched in 1996 has the smell of a long lost much loved scent and was in competition with the now very popular Allure from Chanel launched the same year.

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The century ended with softer scents such as Cristobal by Balenciaga or unisex perfumes such as CK One popular with urban fashion followers. In 1999 Cacharel launched Noa Noa. Now renamed simply Noa it is a rounded floral oriental that smells divine. New perfumes of the millennium include the lovely Kenzo Flower, Guerlain’s Mahora, Calvin Klein’s Truth, Rossellini’s Manifesto, Lancôme’s Miracle, Boucheron’s Initial, YSL’s Nu, Michaels Kor’s Michael, Nina Ricci’s Premier Jour and Vivienne Westwood’s exotic tempting Boudoir.

Myths
A great deal of snobbery surrounds perfumes and they are often only considered worthwhile initially if expensive and very exclusive. But the consumer is not stupid however much the hype. If a scent smells unattractive on the individual the consumer will not buy it. The selection of perfumes that do smell wonderful is so great that no one has to wear the latest designer perfume if they hate the smell. Whilst many perfumes do succeed, just as many do not. The perfume has to be good and marketed properly to recoup initial development costs. Launching a new perfume costs between a half and a million pounds, so the scent has to match the mood of the era.

The $10 billion market place is so overcrowded that to keep up with the consumer’s desire for new scents and still keep mystique and a measure of exclusivity, design houses such as Dior, Guerlain and Lancôme are now producing limited edition perfumes for a few months only with bottles destined to become designer items. In 2001 Dior’s limited edition perfume was called Remember Me, a lily fragrance.

There is already a bottle collectors Internet trade for scent bottles with or without perfume.

A great many individuals are now seeking out classic perfumes or specially blended oils. A classic is a perfume that has lasted a minimum of ten years and grown to be much loved.

Some people also find that they sneeze quite violently when they wear modern perfumes. I include myself in this category and I’ve found that wearing the older perfumes designed more than 50 years ago seems to reduce the sneezing. It’s also wonderful to rediscover some of the older perfumes and sense their depth, special individual quality and difference from the scents of today. If only manufacturers would stop tinkering with old favourites.

This may be why many have gone back to purchasing 100% alcohol free perfume oils and mixing their own scents. You can get high quality oils from All Natural Perfume Oils online.

Lost Perfumes
There is quite a bit of Internet activity of web surfers seeking perfumes either no longer in production or not sold in some countries. It is hard for the consumer to understand why manufacturers remove perfumes without warning, but their reason for being is profit. If the profit margin does not meet their ideal they ditch a discount perfume regardless of diehard fans.

Lancôme’s wonderful original version of Magie was called Magie Mist. How I wish they would bring the original Magie Mist back, so much more feminine, pretty, softer, rounder and more memorable than the revamped version called Magie Noir that makes me sneeze.

But manufacturers are in the game of making profits and if sales are slowing they either withdraw the item or relaunch it as a new formula thought to be more in keeping with the mood of an era. Two recent examples of this are Ô de Lancôme and Yves St Laurent’s Opium, both of which have been updated in 2000-1. If you want the old versions get a stock in now. Venezia and Cacharel’s Lou Lou have also been withdrawn not so long ago, so if you see it and like it, get it in.

Always buy perfumes from reputable dealers when using the Internet for your purchases.

By: Patricia – The perfume Lover

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If you’re planning a trip to the Sonoran desert, expect to experience more than the barren landscapes you’ve seen in the movies. Far more than a dry and dusty place, the desert is a colorful and dynamic ecosystem that’s home to some of the most fascinating plants and animals in the world. The Queen of the Night is one of them – a unique cactus flower that also helps make the desert an aromatic place, as this Southwest fragrance delicately perfumes the air as far as a quarter mile away!

As though its’ exceptionally fragrant blossoms weren’t special enough, the Queen of the Night cactus, or peniocereus greggii, is a night blooming cereus that only blossoms one summer night each year! Inspired by the story and delighted by the scent, Joann Petz, a native New Yorker with a career in the fragrance industry, made it her mission to capture and bottle this fragrance. She envisioned women’s perfume, as well as other bath and body products so that visitors to the Sonoran desert can take home with them the essence of this intriguing and mysterious place in a women’s fragrance unlike any other on the market today.

“When I learned of the Queen of the Night,” says Joann Petz of Once In a Bloom Fragrances, “I was immediately drawn to it. A beautifully fragrant flower that blooms only one night each year! I was at once intri gued, inspired and captivated. What does it smell like? When does it bloom? Do many people know about this flower?”

More than hypothetical questions, Joann took it upon herself to find out the answers.

The Queen of the Night blossom has a fresh floral aroma with a touch of sweetness. It blooms one night between mid-June and the first week in July. As for its popularity, the Queen of the Night is practically unknown – the desert’s most fragrant secret that lends this land some of the mystery that people travel from all of the world to see and experience for themselves. In fact, you can see people doing just that in this video of Annual Bloom Night held in Tucson at Tohono Chul Park.

Joann invited a master perfumer to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix where they spent 10 days waiting for the blossom of this night blooming cereus to make her yearly appearance. After memorizing the scent, this master perfumer went into his laboratory to re-create this unique Southwest fragrance from a mixture of various essential oils for Joann’s Desert Queen® Fragrance Collection.

In addition to women’s perfume, the Queen of the Night fragrance is also available in Hand and Body Lotion, Scented Soap, Bath and Shower Gel and an Aromatic Candle.

So next time you’re in the Sonoran desert towns of Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tucson or in any various cities in the Southwest region, don’t leave without picking up the Desert Queen products at these retail locations. And even if don’t get the chance, you can now get this unique women’s fragrance in Joann’s online store.

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Review for Givenchy Absolute Irresistible:

Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible is the newest perfume available in the line of delicious and dazzling Eau de Parfumes in the Very Irresistible fragrance collection by Givenchy. This newest perfume is touted as “more glamorous and higher-end” than Absolutely Givenchy and other similar fragrances. Absolutely Irresistible Givenchy is an elaborate concoction of aromas melded together in perfect harmony that will leave you heady with fascination and delight.
The spokeswoman for Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible is the always beautiful, graceful and charming Liv Tyler. Like Liv Tyler Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible is perfectly diverse and is sweet and sophisticated, smart and funny, and may portray the wearer of this delightful perfume as being both a sexy temptress and the classic girl next door.Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible has a very fine floral aroma that is intoxicating and alluring. Filled with classic fragrances such as rose and Egyptian jasmine, Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible also boasts red berry fruits, patchouli and red pepper for added kick and flair. The heady and delicious aroma of Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible also includes green mandarin orange and orange blossom for a sweet and fruity twist, as well as cedar, heliotrope, and amber.

The notes of Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible are poignant and delicious with a strong appeal and an alluring quality.Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible is available is 1oz, 1.7oz and 2.5oz Eau de Parfum bottles and had an early release date well ahead of the anticipated scheduled unveiling that was supposed to be in November. Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible is very reasonably priced perfume for a woman who wants to smell as beautiful as she feels and let the world know that she is strong, smart and confident. Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible is an exciting addition to the Givenchy line of perfumes and promises to be a favorite for a long time to come. more Givenchy perfume

Review for Giorgio Armani Mania Summer:
Giorgio Armani is an Italian fashion designer who is known best for his Armani suits. He has created a conglomerate of different business ventures with lines of boutiques, jeans, home collections, clothing lines, and fragrances. He might even create a hotel in Dubai. Giorgio Armani has a very decadent and sensual style. He has been a favorite in the haute couture circles for years, especially with businessmen who favored his Armani suits. His fragrances also have much of the sensuality and luxurious feel that he has endowed his fashion line with.

Mania Summer by Giorgio Armani is a lighter fragrance than some of the other romantic perfumes and colognes in the Giorgio Armani perfume line. It is a tad more sophisticated than old-world, which is a mark of the Giorgio Armani style. It includes some new modern fragrance notes like pink peppercorn and tangerine. The top notes for Armani Mania Summer are: Moroccan bay leaf, green mandarin orange, black currant, and pink peppercorns. The middle notes are: Muguet, peony, magnolia, and iris. The low notes are: cedar, amber, vanilla, musk, and white sandalwood. The scent can be classified as a woody floral scent.

This is a light, fresh scent that is perfect for the summer months. Spritz it on and you can wear it anywhere. It’s casual but a sophisticated fragrance that can be worn with pride. The scent is good enough to stand up to the summer heat and sun. It’s vanilla and musk notes lend for a sweet finish to this perfume. This is sensual only in that it makes you feel good. It’s not really a sexy evening scent. It does have a hint of the same base notes that makes the other Armani perfumes and colognes so alluring, but in a much lighter form. It is not over-powering and wears well.

Dunhill Pursuit For Men Review:
Dunhill was founded by Alfred Dunhill as a company that specialized initially in saddlery. The times changed, however, leading to the use of the motorcar instead of the horse as the preferred mode of transportation. Alfred Dunhill took the knowledge that his company had amassed in leather goods and changed the company’s focus to accessories for motorcars, like leather overcoats, goggles, car horns, and more. This began their long tradition of selling luxury items dedicated to men, which now includes fragrances. This company continues to reinvent itself and now also offers women’s fragrances too.

The expertise in men’s quality, luxury items extends to their fragrances. The scent is very masculine and even the advertising campaign seeks to attract men who want a more conventional, manly scent. It’s called the scent for men who crave adventure. It has patchouli, pepper, and cinnamon spice notes. It adds the requisite citrus notes along with some woodsy notes too. The bottle itself is broad-shouldered making you think of John Wayne, a man’s man with a big heart. It could best be described as an oriental spicy woody fragrance. The amber liquid is visible through the clear, glass bottle, which has little adornment.

This is a complex fragrance as well as an ultra-masculine scent. It is versatile enough to wear during the day with jeans, as it is to wear it to the office without too much trouble. People who love Dunhill scents will definitely love this elegant new fragrance too. It is long lasting but not too heavy. It’s character remains firm and robust throughout the day. It is classic Dunhill with the emphasis on casual elegance for the man about town. It will quickly become a favorite in your bath cabinet. It comes in a wide range of products from aftershave, shower breeze, deodorant, and eau de toilette.

Have you ever tried using scented body lotions ?

Well if not, you definitely should as body lotions contain way less alcohol (some are alcohol free) which is much better for your healthy looking skin than most of the fragrances, especially in a cold weather. It is good idea to find out if your favorite fragrance does not come in lotion, as most of the perfume designers make these.

Do you think scented lotion doensn’t have a strong enough scent?

Well give it a try, and you’ll be actually surprised, as some of the lotions smell even longer than Eau De Toilette’s or Eau De Parfums thank to its creamy texture that does not dry on your skin, plus your complexion is moisturized. It is recommended to try small amount of tester first, leave it on for some time and see if no irritation occurs.

Coco Chanel Body Lotions:
I highly recommend to try Chanel body lotions and scented face and body creams. They are all excellent, we have not even heard a single person with skin irritation’s or redness complain. Fragrances are distinctive and very long lasting as for skin care products.

Chanel Coco – classic and beautiful, very sensual scent, this lotion is strong enough to use for a night time as smell live is about 5-6 hours. Excellent texture, non oily, does not make your clothes look shiny . As Chanel Coco perfume it has floral and amber notes. Truly classic.

Review for Thierry Mugler Angel Ice Cologne:
The Thierry Mugler line of fragrances launched a new fragrance called Angel Ice or Ice*Men. This men’s fragrance was released worldwide on April 2007 and is due to be introduced in the United States in September 2007. It comes from a long line of very popular fragrances with the Thierry Mugler name. The original Angel for women was the #1 fragrance in France in 1992 and within the top five in the United States. Most of the fragrances in the Thierry Mugler line have not strayed far from the formula that achieved them fame.

This fragrance uses the patchouli signature of other Angel scents to work its magic. However, the theme is one of freezing ice with a caffeine kick, like iced coffee with nutmeg. Some people refer to it as a glacial, spicy, wood fragrance due to the hint of coffee and nutmeg scents in it. The bottle itself evokes a frozen glacier with an oceanic blue hue to the entire presentation. The notes are citrus, aquatic, and spicy. There is little information on the top, middle, and low notes at this time.

This particular fragrance can be extreme, much like the packaging and namesake. It’s bound to have people who like it and those who can’t stand it. Much like all of Thierry Mugler’s extreme design concepts, this fragrance is one that is modern and trend setting. Some people think Ice For Men is very similar to Thierry Mugler’s A*Men in fragrance and that it just may be the same fragrance repackaged. If you like A*Men, you will like Ice*Men. This may be easier to wear during the day than at night. If you are a fan of Thierry Mugler fragrances be sure to add this one to your collection.

Review for Emporio Remix Cologne by Giorgio Armani:
Giorgio Armani remains a fashion designer best known for the business suits that carry his name. He has all sorts of business ventures from boutiques and jeans to home collections and clothing lines. He also has a line of fragrances. The Giorgio Armani style is one of luxurious and seductive elegance. One of these brands that he’s created is called Emporio Armani. The brand of Emporio Armani deals with ready-to-wear clothing, sunglasses, fragrances, watches, and accessories. The Emporio Armani is the mass produced version of the Armani custom line. It’s specifically targeted to younger people who may have fewer bucks to spend. It does offer some higher end products like Armani Jeans, but is not haute couture. You can often find Emporio Armani brand name products at high-end department stores.

This fragrance is classified as a fougere. It is a high-powered and dynamic scent that was inspired by the Fall-Winter collection, which featured the colors of midnight blue for him. The packaging and marketing evokes a night at the local discothèque, with midnight blue packaging and electrifying silver writing on the bottle. The top notes are: basil, cardamom, and bergamot. The middle notes are: lily of the valley and mace. The low notes are: vetiver, licorice, and white musk. The result is a remix that is distinctly masculine with a sweet and fresh twist.

Emporio by Giorgio Armani also created a matching Remix She for women. The idea was to pair the two fragrances for a wild night out on the town. The woman’s fragrance took the electric lavender color of the Fall-Winter collection as its base too. The two scents are said to be a duo that dance together very nicely. It makes a lovely and entertaining couples gift, for those of us who want to spend a night on the town.

Lacoste Inspiration Perfume Review:
Lacoste is a high-end company, which retails luxury goods. Some of their items are: perfumes, clothing, footwear, watches, eyewear, and watches. The logo is a green crocodile with the name “Lacoste” underneath. Although the company is French, the mark is well known in the United States. Tennis player Rene Lacoste, who began the company with a line of tennis shirts, founded Lacoste. The brand is equated with the preppy look.

Lacoste Inspiration for Women is a scent that caters to the free-spirited modern woman. It is a classic floral fragrance. The top notes are: pink peppercorn, pomegranate, plum, and mandarin zest. The middle notes are: Muguet, peony, jasmine, and tuberosa. The low notes are: white sandalwood, vanilla, musky accord, and iris. The scent is casual and good for everyday wear, much like the rest of the Lacoste line of products. The bottle was designed by a French design agency that was inspired to ride the edge between elegance and playfulness, with a flirty feel. It is a pleasing oblong thin-shaped perfume dispenser with a light blue liquid inside. It makes you think of a cloudless summer day when you might be up to some fun and frolic.

This is a good perfume for college-aged co-eds. It is very floral and light. There is nothing really unique about it, but it can be a very pleasing casual scent for every daywear. It would fit well with the Izod line of clothing from Lacoste and for times when you are outdoors and in a sporty and playful mood. The lightness of the scent makes it good for daytime wear, but not for evening. The idea is to wear this perfume for yourself, to celebrate your own independent spirit and femininity, and not exactly as a come-hither type of scent.

By: Patricia – The perfume Lover

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