Flora Gucci is a wonderful new fragrance, consisting of

notes of citrus, peony, rose, osmanthus, sandalwood and patchouli.

When it first came out, it was exclusive to a particular store, but now it can be found more locally.

To me, it is a sort of cross between The One and Elle.
It is softer than The One, and a little less patchouli than Elle. But the patchouli in it, I'm sure, cuts the sweetness of the other floral accents, as does the citrus.

On me, the notes that are predominate are rose and citrus. The citrus puts it squarely in the younger group of consumers that Gucci is hoping to entice. It also makes it wearable for me, as I have trouble with roses being scrubbers.

Frida Giannini, Gucci's creative director, says that

Flora is lighter, the floral scent of course evokes a younger consumer, and she has a hedonistic, daring side. I don't want to say that Flora is the daughter of Gucci by Gucci but maybe the younger sister.

Flora is probably a second cousin twice removed from Gucci by Gucci, which is far more straight up sweet patchouli.

I even get a subtle memory of Bulgari Femme.

Meantime, in the midst of cold weather, wearing this fragrance, it feels as if a cool breeze is bringing the scents of spring. The fragrance is perfectly balanced. It stays true all day, though it is nice to refresh it. It doesn't have a lot of movement. Rather, the notes appear together in soft brightness, just as a spring day.

Have you tried it? Do you like it?

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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Originally posted 2009-03-02 21:13:26.

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My Arbonne order came in. I was surprised to see that I had neglected to order some of the things I definitely wanted to try, such as the foundation. That will have to be for my next order.

Eyes: All Arbonne except gel liner
Base: Nude Frost
Lids: Meow Nicole S
Crease: Bewitched (deep amethyst)
Topped with: Trish McEvoy sparkly
Outer corners: Cosmic (deep green, not yellow-green)
Mascara: Arbonne Virtual Illusion Dual Volume (2 steps; 2nd step is a clear shine and curl) -- quite cool actually; I'm not sure about the odd brush in the first step -- I bet it is designed to lift and curl.
Tight lined top and wetlined bottom: Peacock, gel liner
Concealer: YSL Touch Eclat

Primer: MUFE
Foundation: Chanel, discontinued
Rouge under powder: Revlon
Powder: my sparkly mix
Blush over powder: Lancome Petticoat Pink

Lips
Arbonne Tickled + Bikini, rimmed with Beauté Allure

What do you think?
I enjoyed the difference in the look. I love the Arbonne skin care.

To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, if you don't have a representative, go here.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-28 09:08:34.

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Chanel Les Quatre eye shadow Sublimes: Marine, Beige Rose, Granite, Clear Blue
I rarely use this set, but I should use it more often. I originally bought it because I didn't have anything in this color family. All my blues were more of a normal blue.

This set leans toward teal. If you make an X, the upper right and lower left are both light shades, though I've never worn them alone, say, for day. Thinking about it, I wonder why, and want to do it sometime soon.

The opposite line, are two darks, very dark and extremely dark. One looks black-blue; the other looks black-black-blue. They would be very dramatic if used for evening -- or even to achieve a goth look.

You can see where I laid the lines. I used the lighter of the two dark blues to dryline the bottom. The darkest to dryline the top.

Arbonne mascara, 2 step. La Prairie brow pencil. Dior skinflash concealer with a touch of Arbonne in the outer corners.

Chanel foundation; my sparkly powder mix, followed by BE mineral veil sort of like a bronzer.

Highlight: Benefit Georgia
Blush: YSL # 19, also used as a bronzer

Lips: NYX Aphrodite + rimmed with Beauté Paramour (and a touch in the center.)

What do you think?

To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, if you don't have a representative, go here.
Karin

Originally posted 2009-06-19 13:51:54.

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This is almost a review.

Last week I was out and about. I had put on one squirt of edp about 5 hours earlier.

I couldn't smell it at all.

The woman I had gone to see raved about my perfume, that she just loved it. She wanted to buy it for herself. I asked her if it was too strong?? because usually no one but me can smell my fragrances. I'm very careful because both a friend and a family member are sensitive.

No, it was perfect, she said.

After that, I went to the mall because I was a short distance away. While there, I made a circuit of the perfumes, as usual, and the SA smelled wonderful! When she walked in front of me, the most delicious fragrance wafted toward me. It was lovely, not too strong. I liked it!

I asked her what perfume she was wearing. She said they were no longer carrying it. She had just moved the stock to the back room. (Turns out, all the local stores are not going to carry it. It is discounted at Perfumania, which just opened in our mall.)

She was wearing the same thing I was wearing! No wonder my friend had thought I'd smelled good, if I smelled as good as she did! I thought that was so funny!

We were wearing...YSL Elle.

This is a very good price for it.

· Top Notes: Cedrat, peony, lychee.
· Middle Notes: Pink berries, freesia, jasmine.
· Bottom Notes: Patchouli, vetiver, ambrette.

My take The bottle is beautiful.
Some days I really like this on me; other days, I'm not sure. It might be the weather. Right now it is moderately hot here.

This is not a sweet rose, nor is it quite a dirty rose either. It is an interesting rose, kept from being too sweet by the patchouli. And the funny thing is, laughing at myself here, there isn't any rose in it!

Maybe it's the color of the juice. Or maybe it's that it's a grownup fragrance, not one that follows the sweet perfume trends.

This compliment makes me want to search out the flankers: Elle Summer and Elle Intense, if they can even be found. Those both have raspberry in them.

Found them:

The notes include ginger, tangerine, pink pepper, peony, freesia, raspberry, musk, patchouli and vetiver.

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The fragrance notes include raspberry, litschi, jasmine, iris, benzoin, patchouli and amber.

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What do you think?
Have you tried this one? Do you wear it? Have you worn or smelled the flankers? Can you enable me, or not?

Karin

Originally posted 2009-04-04 13:46:29.

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These are oldie but goodie colors from MF. Originally I saw these on a woman with brown eyes and the colors were so striking on her that I wanted them for me. But her skintone was darker. On me the colors always are a bit dark. Today I popped them with AL Masquerade glam glitter, drylined top and lower. I really liked that!

Crease: MF Sable, followed by a small amount of MF Black Velvet
Lids: MF 18 Karat
It helps to have the small FO brushes from AL -- they don't grab too much of these deep colors. This is the best it's ever looked on me.
Tightlined top and wetlined lower: MAC blackgraph; added MAC earthline to the lower outside the waterline.
Guerlain Le2 mascara.
Concealer: YSL Touch eclat

Primer: Guerlain with the gold flecks
Back to my Chanel -- I thought this would be used up by now! -- and sparkly powder mix.
Revlon cream blush under powder.

Lips:
Revlon Cream gloss: Sassy Mauve + Play-up Pink, rimmed with Beauté Allure
I really liked this color!

Arbonne update: I think my skin is looking luminescent. My order came in today, so I don't have to hope my samples hold out! Tomorrow I'll use some Arbonne colors too.

What do you think?

To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, if you don't have a representative, just ask me to put you in touch with her.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-26 23:06:28.

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I haven't worn many blues lately, but today I wanted to wear blues, and Aromaleigh has some beautiful blues.

Eyes: all Aromaleigh, unless noted
Base:Nude Frost , then BE Queen Phyllis
Mystery on lid; Swank drylined; Blue Haze in inner corners...
Inner corner (additional): Arbonne Illume (matte white)
Tightlined: Chanel pencil duo -- light blue and deeper blue
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Clinique

Primer: Avon Magix
Foundation: Estee Lauder, stick
Rouge, under powder: Chanel, stick
Lips: Guerlain Liplift, then 624 Candy Shine
Cheeks: MAC Moon River
Powder: my sparkly mix
Bronzer: Arbonne

What do you think?
I was happy with this. I have to think blues again, happy blues!

Fragrance today: YSL Elle
What are you wearing? It's still going strong, but softer, after only one squirt distributed to both arms. I do like this one for fall. How about you? Do you wear this one? You can see my almost-review here, my tale of a compliment received.

Karin
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Originally posted 2009-09-02 13:57:41.

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Here's my look today:
From the left side of the palette:

This brown is more taupe, but you can still see a hint of red in it. I like red alone; or I like more taupe browns or grayed.

I wanted to see how green looked with it, as I had used blue with the Tendresse Palette, and hadn't tried green with either of them. I chose to do a green Chanel eye pencil. I like green with it, better than brown as the liner.

Primer: Laura Mercier
Foundation: Chanel Lift Lumiere with Guerlain Meteorites Primer over it
Concealer: YSL Touch Ecat
Mascara: Guerlain Maxi Lash

Mascara or not on my lower lashes?
This morning I showed my eyes without mascara on the lower lashes to my 13 yo. She preferred me with mascara, so I did the lower the lashes.

For today, I agree. Some days, I think I can get away without wearing it. But Book Girl likes my eyes better with mascara on my lower lashes too. My lower lashes are clear they are so fine and light. You don't see them at all without mascara.

~~~~~~~~~~

Everything else is the same as yesterday.

I have a hard time seeing myself in this palette and not wanting to wash dirt off my face. It just looks a bit dirty, to me at least.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-04-01 14:47:13.

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Eyes (Aromaleigh):
Caribe (teal) and Velvet Dream (Reddish) -- I've been wanting to wear AL turquoises lately, but I was wearing a top that VD went with.

Lined: Arbonne Grey pencil
Mascara: Clinique

La Prairie foundation and concealer (packaged together); NARS Riviera rouge stick (I've also used it for lips earlier today and on my eyes a couple of days ago -- it is very versatile); my sparkly powder mix. I always use a primer, unless I forget. Today's was Adrienne Arpel's.

Lips: YSL gloss and MAC lip gelee, combined, one on each lip, then smooshed.

Karin
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I wore these shadow colors yesterday, because I was wearing a wonderful lime green skirt with amethyst accents. I liked it so well, I wanted to wear the colors again, and since I didn't take pictures yesterday, I thought I'd show you the idea today. It's wonderful the number of looks and combinations you can get from several colors of shadows.

Eyes: Arbonne shadows
Base: Nude Frost
Lids: Lime in new shape
Inner corners: light pink (ballet)
Lined top and lower: Clarins Midnight Flash pencil
Drylined top and lower: Arbonne medium amethyst color
Mascara top: Arbonne, 2 in 1; Tarte lower
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Concealer: YSL eclat
Nose: MAC concealer

Primer: Guerlain meteorites
Foundation: Clinique Even Better in Fair -- this is a tad dark on me, but when finished it looks fine -- I like the formula a lot.
Rouge: Chanel stick under my sparkly mix powder
Blush over powder: Arbonne Promise
Highlight: Arbonne very light pink
Bronzer: Guerlain meteorites powder #3 (this is not a bronzer but it works as a bronzer on me)

Lips:
First, Fyrinnae Visual Kei alone, then this picture was taken after some of it was gone -- over the top I put SCA Hyaluronic -- it was pretty together!

What do you think?
Do you like to wear lime greens?

To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, just ask.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-08-03 14:28:29.

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All I did was add
Sephora #10 gloss + YSL 12 sparkling brilliance
to whatever was left of the AL lippie (Karma.)

The Sephora is a gorgeous plum with gold sparks. I don't like the taste, which is pure grape soda. It does leave though. I don't know if the other glosses taste or smell the same, as this is the only one I own. Do they? I thought maybe it smelled like grape because it looks grape. 5 for the gloss; 1 for taste

The YSL is a sparkly plum, a bit on the warm side, at least the opaque wand makes it look like that.

The one earring is a gorgeous one from Bookgirl. (Inky Productions).(Jonquil which means desire.) The other is one I beaded (carved turquoise.)

Karin

Originally posted 2009-06-26 12:05:13.

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