Lipstick -MAC - Mac for Playboy Bunny Pink
dolcevita 1/17/2004 5:07:00 AM
Not bad--the texture makes it workable. I thought it would be an icy pink from the way it looks but upon putting it on, it's more pigmented. I would have liked the color more if it weren't so blue/purple, very '80's. I think I once had a Wet n'Wild that looked exactly like this.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Colognes (various fragrances)
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:56:00 PM
This set is an economical way to try many fragrances for an extended period of time. I hope Jo Malone creates more sets like these with different colognes in them (or with mini colognes of our choosing...now that would be great).
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Amber Lavender
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:54:00 PM
This is a very sharply spicy, synthetic-smelling lavender (not that synthetic is necessarily bad but that's what it smells like to me).
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Nutmeg and Ginger
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:52:00 PM
Somehow it reminds me of Eternity. It's fresh in the same sort of way with a synthetic note (not that synthetic is necessarily bad--it's what i smell though). On drydown I find it way too sharply spicy for my taste but I like very sweet fragrances.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Verbenas de Provence
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:50:00 PM
It's a typical lemony cologne. For the price I'd rather get 4711 which I think is similar but with the added bonus of other pleasant notes I won't have to pay extra for. Jo Malone Verbenas turns powdery on me as most of her citrus colognes do.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - 154
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:48:00 PM
It just doesn't move me to ever sniff it again.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Spritzer
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:47:00 PM
I didn't like it at first because of a strangely cool mint-like top note, but when it dries down, it's quite nice. It has verbena, lime, labender and moss in it, and I find that its drydown's not as spicy as some of the others in the line (but it's still a little spicy). The drydown is definitely a mossy-woody-type smell to my nose, similar to some of the woody Aveda oil smells.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Vetiver
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:44:00 PM
This is a great, fresh, wearable vetiver cologne, one I would buy for someone. A female friend wears this as a signature. On me, it's a darkly musty-spicy (?) sort of mess on drydown but vetiver often turns on me. However, Vetiver is among my favorites in this line and I feel it's definitely worth checking out if you're a woody fragrance lover.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Red Roses
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:41:00 PM
Pungent indeed and quite musky. I could never wear a full spritz of this, but I feel this way about most rose soliflores, especially ones that smell this heavy. I can see diluting this with something else at a 99:1 ratio.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - French Lime Blossom
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:39:00 PM
This is like the unsweet version of Honeysuckle and Jasmine. It's a little too powdery for my taste but otherwoise, it's a nice, understated type of floral. I have it in a mini size. I would buy for someone.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Lime Basil Mandarin
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:37:00 PM
This is a great-smelling cologne and I wish I could wear it. It's very fresh with a unique twist, definitely something I'd buy for someone, but on me it's nothing but powder, and a bit sour.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Grapefruit
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:36:00 PM
It's beautiful in the bottle but on me it's powder. Most Jo Malone citrus colognes turn powdery on me.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Tuberose
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:34:00 PM
It's pretty good for a tuberose cologne but it can't hold a candle to Santa Maria Novella Tuberosa which is much creamier with a green lift. Jo Malone Tuberose smells candyish in comparison. Still, it does remind me of the tuberose in Fracas and I love Fracas. I own Jo Malone Tuberose and wear it alone or layered with others in the line.
(edited to add) I went to an oil shop here in NY and smelled their "gardenia". Lo and behold it smelled *exactly* like this.
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Fragrances -Jo Malone - Honeysuckle and Jasmine
dolcevita 12/11/2003 1:30:00 PM
So far, this is the only Jo Malone I can successfully wear as most of the citrusy ones turn powdery and sour on me. This one seems to work, but I usually wear it on one body part and wear something else on another to make it more interesting for my own taste. I like Honeysuckle and Jasmine but sometimes I feel that the drydown is a little too overwhelmingly jasmine, so I have to be in that jasmine mood. If you don't like jasmine, you will not like this. If you don't want flowery, forget it. I love this because I like sweet perfumes.
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Fragrances -Clinique - Aromatics Elixir
dolcevita 11/13/2003 1:48:00 PM
Aromatics Elixir is the ice queen of bombshells in my mind; sophisticated, urbane, unfussy but totally chic. I'm sure I'll be in the minority on this but Aromatics Elixir is an unconventional perfume anyway--always has been off the beaten path and nowadays it's absolutely more a cult favorite than a pop fragrance, but it has its diehard fans of which I'm one. Aromatics Elixir is one of very few chypres I like, and I love this one enough to be an all-time favorite: I've read it being described as "thrillingly strict and chilly, like plunging through a ferny forest" which I can relate to if only in my mind! In my own words, Aromatics Elixir is rosy but unsweet, herbaceously aromatic and voluptuous but in a controlled, brainy sort of way. It also has a vintage-type smell for those of you who don't like to smell retro. This is one classic perfume I won't ever be without. There's only one strength in this and it's STRONG. One spritz is too much--go lightly. ;-)
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