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I purchased this several months ago at Barneys;  it is safe to say I have more than fallen in love with this scent. The Byredo fragrance house was created in 2006 in Stockholm by Ben Gorham. I would consider the fragrances of Byredo niche scents. The bottles are simplistic, a contrast when compared to beautifully layered notes

While I have several Byredo scents on my to buy list, my first purchase was  Bal D’Afrique. A light, yet captivating vetiver mix. This, unlike many other scents in my collection is a floral, yet packs a punch with the base notes. Black Amber, Moroccan Cedarwood,Musk and Vetiver at the base  gives it a nice balance. It dries down to something very exotic, I enjoy wearing it on days I’m feeling flirty and it’s a great bed time fragrance.

Here are the rest of the notes:

Top: Bergamot, lemon, neroli, african marigold, bucchu

Heart: Violet, jasmin petals, cyclamen

Base: Black amber, musk, vetiver, moroccan cedarwood

Byredo’s description of the scent:

 A warm and romantic vetiver inspired by Paris in the late 20′s and its infatuation with African culture, art, music and dance. A mix of the Parisian avantgardism and African culture shaped a unique and vibrant expression. The intense life, the excess and euphoria is illustrated by Bal d’Afrique’s neroli, African marigold and Moroccan cedarwood.

 

I’m anticipating my next scent purchase by Byredo. Have you tried any of their perfumes?

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I snapped this up out of curiosity during Barney’s “Love Yourself” event a couple of weeks ago. I have dabbled in Chanel and other luxe brands but never Chantecaille. You can call me crazy.

For starters, they do not skimp on packaging. The case is substantial in weight in comparison to other department store lines. The shadows are  a bit bigger than average when side by side a shadow such as Lancome. The four colors have been designated; one for liner, base/highlight, eye color (I assume lid color) and a blush.

Check it:

The colors swatched very smoothly, and despite how they show up in photos have very good color pay off. However when I applied on my lids (with a primer) the colors are almost undetectable.   the deep violet color, or the “liner” was fine, I used it in the crease. The blush was actually very pretty and I did like how it looked on my skin tone.

Overall, this palette is probably going back. I usually don’t write posts for things that don’t work out, not because I live in a fairytale land, but because I have so many things I am obsessed with that I’d like to share. At any rate, this palette certainly didn’t spoil the brand as a whole. I have several things on my list that I am dying to try and hopefully love.

Here are some of things I have in mind to try. What say you of Chantecaille? Any things I should add to my list?

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Every now and then you have to treat yourself. Barney’s NY agrees.Now until September 24th you can receive a huge makeup bag stuffed with deluxe sized samples, as well as a couple of full sized products.

I wanted to share with you my goodies. It’s so many things to try! Take a gander.

Copias gems here folks!

Several of the products are things I have always wanted to try. Below are some of the products I am going to test drive first.

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