Many moons ago, I reviewed several Pacifica products, from candles to body butters, and now I'm happy to review their latest product: solid perfumes. At just $8.95 a pop, it makes it easy to collect 'em all (five, that is) or just get your favorite scent. Every girl needs at least one solid perfume,...
Fancy by Jessica Simpson ($59.00) is a sweet, dessert-ish scent. This is Simpson's first fragrance, though she did have a beauty line called "Dessert Beauty," which featured sweet, food-related scents. Fancy is not as cloying or as over-the-top, but there is still a distinct sweetness from the...
Wellness by CLEAN: Purity ($76.00) & Harmony ($76.00)
Purity eau de parfumhas top notes of bergamot, mandarin, tea, and ewberry, along with notes of rose, jasmine, muguet, and geranium at the heart. The base consists of cedarwood, sandalwood, elather, and musk. CLEAN describes this scent as "softly...
Fruits & Passion is a producer of face, body, and home fragrances. They recently launched a collection called Blue Pink Purple, which has three different scents, but all of them will remind you of summer. These aren't scents that will bring memories of your grandma to the surface, and they aren't...
Burberry The Beat is the fresh, new fragrance from the iconic house of Burberry. This youthful scent merges the energy of music, fashion and dance with an irreverent twist to embody the hip, British It-Girl. Agyness Deyen, International Top Model personifies this girl from her punky hair to her...
June Jacobs Better Love Naturel Eau de Parfum ($90.00)
For 2008, June Jacobs wants to go eco-friendly, and they reformulated their Better Love scent to be more "Naturel." I hate to say it, but I would never wear this scent. I found it cloying, overly smoky with a heady mix of nutmeg, and just not...
The Sweet (and Cool) Smell of Pop Art in Andy Warhol Union Square by Bond No. 9
"My favorite smell is the first smell of spring in New York," Andy Warhol once said. Perhaps in a similar spirit, Warhol began painting and silk-screening a series of highly stylized, phantasmagorically colored flowers...
Anyone pick up Air of Style? Thoughts?
The Scent: It is a fairly heavy fragrance when initially smelled from the vial, but when it dries down, it isn't so heady. MAC describes the scent as, "A baroque blend of white pepper, dates, tuberose, orange flower, jasmine, precious woods, leather, vetiver and...
Pacifica Candles' Soy Candles ($13.95), Pillar Candles ($15.95), Soaps ($6.95), Perfumes ($19.95), Body Butters ($15.95)
Each Pacifica candle is made by hand, using century-old techniques to ensure the highest quality. We combine our exclusive Pacifica Wax Blends, in your choice of food-grade paraffin or...
Escada's Moon Sparkle Eau de Toilette ($52.00)
A fruity floral fragrance, with sparkling strawberry and red apple notes. Top notes: strawberry, blackcurrant, citrus cocktail, red apple. Middle notes: sweet pea, freesia, jasmine, rose. Base notes: raspberry, musky notes, sandalwood, dry ambery notes.
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