Voleur

The latest Jacques Brossard was awarded on May 10 to Joël Champetier for his fantasy novel Le Voleur des steppes.

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Come and smell Ford's new White Patchouli on my colleague (white flowers, mostly jasmine, coriander and a discrete hint of dry patchouli) and then on me (a whopping dose of sweet, ripe rose blended with chocolate-smelling patch...a Voleur de Roses smell-alike)...

Archive 2008-10-01 Marina Geigert 2008

Relatives are Voleur de ciels (a bit sharper, leather/gasoline/mint) and Cumming (earthier, but same fluffy muted grey softness), both of which I like.

Etat Libre d'Orange Tom of Finland Marina Geigert 2008

I'm waiting for it to get a little cooler before I start using another fave: Voleur de Roses.

Top 10 of Fall, a Bonus Top 10 and a Prize Draw Marina Geigert 2008

Come and smell Ford's new White Patchouli on my colleague (white flowers, mostly jasmine, coriander and a discrete hint of dry patchouli) and then on me (a whopping dose of sweet, ripe rose blended with chocolate-smelling patch...a Voleur de Roses smell-alike)...

Perfume Review: Tom Ford White Patchouli Marina Geigert 2008

I would have expected her to wear something canonically chic, an old Guerlain, Caron or Chanel or perhaps La Haie Fleurie... but she wore Voleur and it did smell canonically chic one her.

Perfume Review: L'Artisan Voleur de Rose Marina Geigert 2007

Voleur de Roses, the blend of roses (I don't really do roses) and patchouli (I really don't do patchouli), which I have always - and too banally - perceived as "goth" (and what am I like, fifteen?) or "bohemian" borderline "hippie-ish" (which is so not my style), has always been one of those scents for me.

Perfume Review: L'Artisan Voleur de Rose Marina Geigert 2007

When I first smelled Voleur de Rose I was totally smitten.

Perfume Review: L'Artisan Voleur de Rose Marina Geigert 2007

And although I can only aspire to that degree of insouciant refinement, ever since Voleur de Roses smelled nothing but chic on me too.

Perfume Review: L'Artisan Voleur de Rose Marina Geigert 2007

Recherché and subtly subversive, Voleur, is, to me, one of Michel Almairac's masterpieces and one of the brightest gems in L'Artisan's collection.

Perfume Review: L'Artisan Voleur de Rose Marina Geigert 2007