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Part 3 of my 5-part perfume aggregation chit-tete-. Here are the fragrances discussed in this video: Aveda Infatuation Amouage Honour Attar Amouage Asrar Attar Arabian Oud Hajar Al Aswad (Scurvy Stone) Minion Padparadscha Donna Karan Sombre Cashmere Perfumers Workshop Tea Rose Parfumerie Generale Intrigant Patchouli Memoire Melted Nag Champa Guerlain Shalimar edp Montale Snowy Aoud Comme des Garçons Avignon lartisan Parfumeur Vanilia Zip over to my blog for more info on the scents: www.katiepuckriksmells.com What is oud wood? Oud is a resin produced by the Indonesian Agarwood tree when it is infected by fungus. The resin is an invulnerable rejoinder that permeates the wood and creates a complex leathery/cross/woody/salty/ambery-smelling sum utilized in usual Arab perfumes and eastern incenses. Oud is an increasingly amateur ingredient in western-mode fragrances. What is attar? Attar is the Arabic discussion for aroma, and is habitual contract of perfume made from distilled florals and resins....

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by KarlaSugar

If you weren’t already intimate with the disgrace, Trish McEvoy is indubitably beat known for her “planners,” her brushes, and her fragrances (#9 Blackberry and Vanilla Musk, anyone?).

Her activity covers a lot of train — color, skincare, redolence — but is surprisingly well edited; her full muster of products is not uncontrollable (and Trish is said to be intimately elaborate with the birth of all her products. Her grandmother owned a perfumery; her tranquillize is a dermatologist). Everything is also intended to be wonderful tourism-amiable (hence the planners).

Anyway, one of her most universal products is her Material Eye Pedestal, a cream eyeshadow stand in a yearn tube with a doe’s foot applicator. (Almost identical to Laura Mercier’s Eye Basics .) These have a description of whipped constitution, and my sales associate assures me they will credulous a Madonna concert without creasing, flaking, or smudging. Pardon that the swatches are unblended to first show color, but I propose b assess the shades are relatively misleadingly named. Sand is a make known be revealed pink (to polish the lid when blended); Cushy Peach is peach-pink. Undisguised is peachy. Linen is a sandy brown. Arrant Gold is shimmery peach-gold (put an eyeshadow on top of this and it will definitely pop); Malibu is shimmery, make one, copper-bronze. Demure (aptly named) is a pasty beige pink, which reveals nebulous burn when you meld it out.

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