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Monday, November 23, 2009

Juliet by Juliet Stewart

By Beth
“What I'm looking for, after all this time
Keeps me moving forward, trying to find it
Since I learned to walk all I've done is run
Ready, on my mark, doesn't everyone
Need a place in the world

Could be right before your very eyes
Just beyond a door that's open wide
Could be far away or in your own backyard
There are those who say, you can look too hard
For your place in the world

Takes some of us a little longer
A few false starts gonna make you stronger
When I'm sure I've finally found it
Gonna wrap these arms all around it

Could be one more mile, or just one step back
In a lovers smile, down a darkened path
Friends will take our side, enemies will curse us
But to be alive is to know your purpose
It's your place in the world
Your place in the world
Your place in the world”

Mary Chapin Carpenter- “A place in the world”

There is only one Juliet Stewart and I have to say that I’ve never met another woman like her. I was recently introduced to her through the ambiance of her luscious perfume Juliet. I could go into great detail about the beautiful composition of the fragrance but somehow I feel that I couldn’t do it justice. It’s an incredible floral , laced with jasmine, amber , precious herbs and so much more. What I will say is that Juliet, is simply beautiful and one of the loveliest perfumes that I’ve had the pleasure to wear in a long time. It’s as lush as fingers dipped in melted chocolate or honey infused cream. My husband adores it and says that he finds it erotic yet ladylike. I would have to agree with him, because Juliet is as at home with my pearls as it is with my nakedness. It’s the perfume equivalent of gorgeous garters worn under a business suit and it makes me smile every time I notice it.

However, the most exquisite thing about Juliet is the muse herself. Juliet Stewart is one of the most delightful women that I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking to. Her perfume is simply the vehicle for her passion and her passion is to help every women that she meets become more available to herself, awake and open to the beauty of her life. She IS the real deal, one of the most beautiful women that I’ve ever seen, but you immediately sense upon speaking with her that it’s a beauty of the deepest sort, of one who’s been alive and experienced living in the most profound way, the path that honors deep joy and powerful sorrow. She is a one woman force of nature who is passionately calling upon all of us to not be enslaved to anything less than the vision of ourselves as whole and complete, whatever that means to us, no matter how personal or provocative. Her mantra...”Be unforgettable, own your Beauty” is a call to all of us to love, understand ourselves and cherish each other in the most passionate and authentic way possible.

Juliet Stewart is a woman whose passion is to simply help all women know that they are beautiful. As an ex -model and the senior makeup artist for Prescriptives she became very clear that the airbrushed images of young women that she was helping to promote were creating unhealthy body images and self loathing in the very women that she was trying to help. She was deeply disturbed that the models that were used to sell her makeup to middle aged women had absolutely nothing in common with them, no shared life experiences.

So she did what only someone as brave as Juliet would do. She quit the very prestigious job that had been created for her by the President of the company and struck out on her own to work with real women, young and old. She found the outlet for her voice in a beautiful boutique that she created in Nyack, New York and everyday she helps many women find the richness of their lives through allowing their authenticity to shine in the mirror along with their beauty. Her luscious perfume and her skill with makeup are only the tools that she uses to create the outer beauty that is the reflection of what she and her clients discover about within. She hears many different stories, of young women battling eating disorders , of divorced or widowed women starting over, or women like me whose children have moved on and who are ready to embrace the next phase of their lives and want to do it in their own image, not the regurgitated youthful images that we see over and over that bear no relevance to anything that we’ve known in our lives. Juliet generates beauty through discovery and she’s right there with you experiencing the joy and the tears of the blossoming.

The short conversation that I had with her opened me up to the possibilities of my life, her authenticity and passion for really listening gave me the courage to begin to pursue a long cherished dream, one that I’d given up for good. I am finally creating the business that I’ve always dreamed of and it is being received with such open arms by my community and far beyond that I am sure that it is the right path for me. Juliet Stewart is a woman who simply holds up the mirror of life and her gift is to have you experience yourself through her eyes. She is as in the lovely lyrics above, a women who has found her true purpose...her place in the world. I wear her perfume as a powerful talisman, a reminder that I am finally beginning to find mine.

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Friday, January 29, 2010

Winter Favorites & Best of 2009

PST is taking stock of seasonal and year-long favorites, please join us and list the scents that you have been enjoying the most this winter and in 2009. When we say, "best", we mean, "the ones that brought us the most delight". Can there be a bigger compliment?

Alyssa
Favorite Winter Perfume: Feminite du Bois by Shiseido. My fall love affair continues—boring for all of you but very satisfying for me. My apologies.

Best of 2009: Mythique by Parfums DelRae. I don’t understand how this happened. I don’t usually do subtle understatement and iris often escapes me altogether, but somehow Mythique—with it’s sunny opening citrus, it’s supple drydown so warm and close to the skin, and that bare hint of patch at the end of the orris—has become necessary to my present and future life.

Beth
Favorite Winter Perfume: Roxana Villa’s adorable set of solid chocolate perfumes are my favorite choices this winter. I adore the delicious La Foret...The sweet combination of pine and chocolate reminds me of all of the afternoons spent hiking through forests with my son and a steaming thermos of cocoa when he was still so very young!

Best of 2009: Juliet, by Juliet Stewart is THE perfume that I’ve fallen head over heels in love with this last year as It’s luscious, sexy nature is just so provocative and easy to wear whether I’m dressed for a black tie night or happily undressed for a romantic evening in......

Donna
Favorite Winter Perfume: My favorite winter comfort perfume has been Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque - its delicious blend of tobacco, leather and spices dries down to a sueded skin scent that smells like a warm horse on me; nothing is better for a cold night.

Best of 2009: A difficult decision, but my vote has to go to Histoires de Parfums Vert Pivoine, the best perfume rendition of my beloved peony blossoms I have ever smelled and an exquisite reminder of the gardens of my childhood.

Kelley
Favorite Winter Perfume: Cartier Déclaration (1998) . It is a wonderful spicy scent with orange and cardamom mixed with cedar (it has a lot in common with Bigarade Concentrée which was also created by Jean Claude Ellena).

Best of 2009: Erik Kormann's 7 (Feige & Vetiver) which is a citrusy green vetiver that dries down to the most delicious vetiver/cedar accords I have ever smelled.

Linda

Favorite Winter Perfume: Winter cold arrives late-or-never where I live; despite the California rainstorm, the Japanese maples outside are still clinging to their flame-colored leaves, and the hummingbirds have decided it's spring and are nesting. I wanted a cozy winter scent but not a heavy one, and Prada's Infusion d'Iris has been the one to keep me coming back. It's as "between" seasons as our weather: earthy and otherworldly, cuddly and aloof, and just rooty enough to promise that spring is on its way.

Best of 2009: L'Artisan Perfumer's Havana Vanille. Here's why: this gorgeous scent made it completely socially acceptable for serious perfumistas to love deep, dark vanilla again. (I never stopped!)

Marian
Favorite Winter Perfume: This season's favorite was Areej Al-Ameerat's Syoufi Amber - cuddly enough to warm and soothe, but laced with enough frisky spiciness to get me to don my mukluks and brave winter's chill.

Best of 2009: AgarAura’s Areej Malaki has ushered me into dreamland for many moons- its glorious damascene sweetening my reveries, its mellow sandalwood soothing my restless soul, and Father Oud’s primal force opening forgotten doors to Layla’s enchanted court.

Marina
Favorite Winter Perfume: Natori. Warm, spicy, sweet aldehydes, an incredibly attractive contrast of darkness and light, of fire and ice. Or in one word, ssssexy!

Best of 2009: Vanille Galante by Hermes. An unexpected love (and isn't it always?), an I-don't-know-how-to-explain-it craving... vanilla and water... it couldn't have been any more unlikely for me to fall in love with this pastel, understated creation of Ellena's, and yet I did. The most easy-to-wear, invariably pleasing and pleasant fragrance in my collection.

Marla
Favorite Winter Perfume: My top pick for winter is Caron's Parfum Sacre; rosy incense, who could ask for more on a gloomy, frigid day?

Best of 2009: My top pick for 2009 is Amouage Epic; this house stands out for consistent high quality and outstanding perfumes, and Epic may be their most gorgeous feminine yet.

Tom
Favorite Winter Perfume & Best of 2009: The scent I've been enjoying most this year personally is Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles, his delicious ode to pine. But I'm giving my nod for Best of 2009 to Smell Bent Commando (indeed the whole line). Nothing has debuted this year that has made me happier and at $20 for 1/4oz you indulge without guilt.

To check other lists, please visit: Bois de Jasmin, Grain de Musc, Now Smell This and Perfume Posse.

Image original source, Robert Hoppe.

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Saturday, September 10, 2005

Perfume Reviews by Perfume House: I-Q

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Cologne a L'Italienne
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Intense
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Masculinity
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i Profumi di Firenze
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Cuoio di Russia (Russian Leather)
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Jalaine
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JAR
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Shadow
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Jean Desprez
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Jean-Louis Scherrer
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Jean-Louis Scherrer (Scherrer)

Jean Pascal
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Jean Patou
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J & E Atkinsons
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Mirra & Mirra
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Jessica McClintock
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Jessica McClintock
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Jill Stuart
Vanilla Lust
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JoAnne Bassett
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Indulgence
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Jo Malone
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Juicy Couture
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Juicy Couture Frosty Couture
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Juliet Stewart
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Juliet
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Juozas Statkevicius (Josef Statkus)
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Juozas Statkevicius Eau de Parfum
Juozas Statkevivius Eau de Parfum Review 2
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Kaipu
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Cherry Blossom
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Karl Lagerfeld
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Kapsule Overview
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Keiko Mecheri
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Kenzo
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Kiehl's
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Original Musk

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Knize
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Knize Ten Review 2
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La Base
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La Base For Her
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Lanvin
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Arpege
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My Sin
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L’Artisan Parfumeur
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Lalique
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Lancome
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La Prairie
Laura Biagiotti
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Sotto Voce
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Laura Tonatto
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Safram
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Laurence Dumont
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Tendre Madeleine
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Le Galion
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Snob
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Sortilège
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Le Jardin Retrouve
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Jasmin
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Le Citron Poivre
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Le Labo
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Les Nereides
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Les Nez
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Les Parfums de Rosine
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Lily Pulitzer
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Beachy
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Squeeze
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Wink
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Lisa Hoffman
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Tuscan Fig
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Liz Zorn
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Grand Canyon
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Sinti
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Lolita Lempicka
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L de Lempicka
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Lord Jester's Perfumes
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Reviews: 1

Lorenzo Villoresi
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Cuir de Russie
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Lubin
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Lucien Lelong
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Overview
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Lulu Beauty
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Lulu Guinness
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Cast a Spell
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MAC
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Naked Honey
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Maison Martin Margiela
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Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier
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Marc Jacobs
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Marc Jacobs Splash Rain
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Maria Sharapova
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Maria Sharapova
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Marina de Bourbon
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Lys
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Marina de Bourbon
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Mark Buxton
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English Breakfast
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Matthew Williamson
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Max Mara
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Max Mara
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MDCI
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K1
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K2
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K3
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PB2241
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Peche Cardinal
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SB1
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Memoire Liquide
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Bisou au Chocolate (bespoke)
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Micallef (Parfums M. Micallef)
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Note Vanillee
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Red Sea
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Sashka For Him
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Vanille Aoud
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Michael Storer
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Djin
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Il Giardino
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Monk
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Miller et Bertaux
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Miller Harris
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Aqaba Spring
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Missoni
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Missoni
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Modern Atelier
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Overview
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Molinard
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Habanita
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Mona di Orio
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Montale
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Nasomatto
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Absinthe
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Duro
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Narcotic Venus
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Hindu Grass
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Silver Musk
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Natori
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Natori
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Neil Morris
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Burnt Amber
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Dark Earth
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Nelly Rodi Scent Factory
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Nez a Nez
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Norell
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Norell
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Nouveau Paris
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Blue Diamond
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Novaya Zarya
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Ormonde Jayne
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Ozwald Boateng
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Paloma Picasso
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Parfum d’Empire
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Parfumerie Generale
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Aomassai Review 2
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Parfums 06130
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Parfums d’Orsay
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Parfums Regence
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Pascal Morabito
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Patyka
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Paul Smith
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Penhaligon's
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Gardenia
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Lily of the Valley
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People of the Labyrinths
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A Maze (A*Maze, Amaze, POTLAM)
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Philosophy
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Unconditional Love
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Pierre Cardin
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Profumum
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Providence Perfume Co.
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Osmanthus Oolong
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Indolice
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Puredistance
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Antonia
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