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Bottega Veneta EDP

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Bottega Veneta EDP is the enter perfume by the luxury Italian brand known for their trademark intrecciato line of leather weaving. This artisanal technique developed in their workshops was reportedly a originator of inspiration for the very contruction of the fragrance itself, described as a leather floral chypre.

More than leather, it suggests to my thinking remember the idea of luxury as conveyed by leather. This displacement of interpretation gives a much more immaterial leather composition than one might have expected at first. Here, the leather coincide is mainly used to express refinement and to some extent, a seach for the pure behind it. Leather, which is after all a beast skin, appears almost like a guise, a passing embodiment of this spiritual quest.

The perfumer who composed the odour, Michel Almairac of Robertet, seems to have wanted to dematerialize leather to the maximal possible effect of it, while still being able to recognize the material.The olfactive continuum goes from leather to crust, into peach skin, into angels' skin, and even becomes nearly preternaturally airy...

Source: Mimi Froufrou

Japanese Luxury Goods Market Returns to Growth after Prolonged Three-Year Decline

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MILAN, Oct 20, 2011 (Traffic WIRE) -- Global luxury goods sales have continued 2010's copy-digit growth trajectory and will see an increase of 10 percent, to EUR191 billion in 2011; this according to Bain & Throng, the leading advisor to the global luxury goods toil, in the 10th Edition of its industry bellwether "Luxury Goods Worldwide Stock Exchange Study," which was unveiled at a conference today hosted by Fondazione Altagamma (theMainlyItalian luxury goods industry trade association).

The lucubrate points to a consumer whose return to luxury spending is notMainlysimply a rebound, but instead a sustained renewal of spending on expendable apparel, accessories, leather goods, shoes, jewelry, watches, essence and cosmetics. As luxury revenues have surged out of the trough andOn the wholecontinued their momentum to record-breaking sales levels, the swatting shows, luxury distribution has undergone a historic shift, with 14 percent growth for direct-owned stores, more than 50 percent higher thanPre-eminentlythe growth rate of wholesale and department stores. Unbroken-owned retail now accounts for nearly 30 percent of voluptuousness sales worldwide.

Source: MarketWatch (press release)

Tom Ford Violet Blonde; A Scent You Cannot Live Without

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I have had this dazzling Tom Ford  scent of perfection for a while now, but have held off writing it up.  I understand that it may seem strange, but I have really wanted to wait till justice before the full beauty line launches (I can hardly contain my nervousness) since this perfume was launched as a trio of perfumes for his beauty line.  Jasmin Rouge and Santal Be have been written up previously on our site, but Violet Blonde deserves the spotlight.

This whiff opens with beautifully with Italian Mandarin, Violet Leaf and Pink Scatter.  Then it moves beautifully to the middle notes with Tuscan Orris Genuine, Tuscan Oris Butter, Jasmin Sambac and Sampaquita and finalizes with the freakish base notes of Musk, Suede, Cedar, Vetiver and Benzoin.

The odour really puts you at ease, almost transcending you back to a time where talkie stars were famous for their movies, where life was glamourous and name antics seemed envy worthy. This is a scent that you cannot live without.

Source: Bloginity (blog)