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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About ROGER & GALLET – VERA VIOLETTA…

The latest release in M.J.’s Reincarnationist series, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, is ripe with sensual references to perfume and M.J. has done significant research into the mysteries of scent.

 

…And so, she is touring the blogosphere leaving a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances.

 

Tune in here for blog tour updates and links to her delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!

 

On that note (pun intended), here’s an intro to M.J.’s Guest Post at Life in the Thumb on Roget et Gallet’s Vera Violetta

 

(I don’t know about you but I think there is something particularly spectacular about the scent of violets. Have you ever tasted those violet flavored candies from Choward’s? They have been a favorite of mine since childhood. I wonder if M.J. likes them? They are one of those love them or hate them sort of items.)

 

 

Long-standing perfume and toiletries giants Roget et Gallet launched Vera Violette in 1892 at the height of La Belle Époque… it was also the first violet perfume to combine natural violet leaf oil and synthetic alpha and beta ionones. Vera Violetta was released as a parfum essence in highly concentrated form. Its pretty, saccharine opening of violets veil a deeper, huskier core. A swelling herbaceous accord swims beneath the surface…


For her complete post about Vera Violetta click here.

 

THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES comes out on March 13 from Atria Publishing! I’ve read the book and it’s beautiful and impossible to put down. You will be spellbound as I was.

 

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Guest Post at Workaday Reads
Guest Post at Mrs. Q Book Addict
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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About SAUZÉ FRÈRES – EAU DE LAVANDE CRISTAL QUINTESSENCE…

The latest release in M.J.’s Reincarnationist series, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, is ripe with sensual references to perfume and M.J. has done significant research into the mysteries of scent.

 

…And so, she is touring the blogosphere leaving a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances.

 

Tune in here for blog tour updates and links to her delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!

 

On that note (pun intended), here’s an intro to M.J.’s Guest Post at Reflections of a Book Addict on Eau de Lavande Cristal

 

 

In perfumery, notes of citrus and lavender typify traditional eaux, however this long-lost splash by French brothers Sauzé is an atypical rendering of a classic cologne.

Eau de Lavande Cristal veers away from the expected and instead startles and surprises with warm hesperidic notes that are distinctly mediterranean in style. Lemon and lavender play a starring role, but a bouquet of…


For her complete post about Eau de Lavande Cristal click here.

 

THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES comes out on March 13 from Atria Publishing! I’ve read the book and it’s beautiful and impossible to put down. You will be spellbound as I was.

 

More goodies:

 

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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About Miraly – Extrait Aux Fleurs – Lilas…

The latest release in M.J.’s Reincarnationist series, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, is ripe with sensual references to perfume and M.J. has done significant research into the mysteries of scent.

 

…And so, she is touring the blogosphere leaving a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances.

 

Tune in here for blog tour updates and links to her delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!

 

Here’s an intro to M.J.’s Guest Post at Literary Marie’s Blog on Miraly – Extrait Aux Fleurs – Lilas

 

 

Parfums Miraly were a manufacturer of soaps and perfume products in Paris at the turn of the 20th century and one which has left so few examples behind today. If you are fortunate enough to chance upon a flacon of the delightful Lilas…


For her complete post click here.

 

THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES comes out on March 13 from Atria Publishing! I’ve read the book and it’s beautiful and impossible to put down. You will be spellbound as I was.

 

More goodies:

 

Review at Books Devoured
Review at Misfit Salon
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