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Note du Jour: Pink Pepper ~ Raw Materials
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08/22/13 13:11:49
Raw Materials
Note du Jour: Pink Pepper
By: Elena Vosnaki
Peruse a fragrance notes list lately, in...
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23/8/13 3:21 μ.μ.
Note du Jour: Pink Pepper ~ Raw Materials
Page 1 of 8
http://www.fragrantica.com/news/Note-du-Jour-Pink-Pepper-4610.html
08/22/13 13:11:49
Raw Materials
Note du Jour: Pink Pepper
By: Elena Vosnaki
Peruse a fragrance notes list lately, in both mainstream department store brands and
niche perfume lines, and you find pink pepper almost at every pace. Suddenly pink
pepper is as ubiquitous as musk or rose. It's everywhere, people complain with the
distaste of "familiarity breeds contempt" adage. After seeing it in the less heavyweight
Chanels (such as Chance flankers or Bleu), Elle by YSL, Tresor Midnight Rose and
the like, is the snobbish consumer tired of pink pepper? But the mysteries of this
material run deeper than its cutesy name, while the brightly colored evocation—so
literal in the real reddish pink berries we buy at the spice specialist for use in cooking—
is a welcome diversion, a small gift of perfume daydreaming. Call me superficial, but
my heart gives a small
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