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Are you ready to see a gorgeous piece of bottle art?

This Xerjoff hand blown Murano bottle is one of the most exquisite perfume bottles I’ve seen. Each one is hand blown in Venice, Italy and finished with gold flakes and placed in an ebony wood base. They’re numbered in their edition and placed in an equally beautiful, finely crafted box with accompanying stamped certificate. This particular bottle was destined to contain Xerjoff Homme, a rich, intense leather that develops over hours and pulsates from warm skin with subtle floral nuances throughout the day.

The bottle is also available in red, green, a delicate golden glass, and a striking black. Any scent can be added to any color. I also included some photos of the refill kit presentation, as even it is superbly done and makes a lovely bottle on its own.

The Xerjoff line is available through the official Xerjoff site, and also at Parfums Raffy and Luckyscent (but they do not carry the Murano bottles or refills).

Long time, no post!  Things have finally settled around here and I think I’ll be able to post again.

A while back, I sampled Parfum d’Empire Eau de Gloire and loved it. It’s been sitting on my wishlist for over a year now, and I finally snagged a deal on a new bottle. I snapped a few shots when I got it out of the box and thought it would be a good way to start posting on here again.

Hope you stick around – I’ve got some very neat photos to post over the next couple weeks, including a bottle of Invasion Barbare that was just ordered and some gorgeous shots of the Murano bottle from Xerjoff. I’ve also got a big pile of samples just waiting to be tried.

Cool!

http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/category/511/page/1/brand/Xerjoff.html

The caps turned out to be a little crooked in a few, so I’ll probably send new versions with a single cap imposed on each for consistency. Still cool that my photos are being used there on LS now!

About a year and a half ago, I bought my now-wife a nice set from Theo Fennell directly that had the tub of body cream and the silver gilded bottle of scent (not the crazy expensive one, just the one with the silver ring around it and logo medallion). We had discovered it when someone generously put a nice spray sample of it in with a purchase and we both loved it and its dirty musks and florals. Well, time went by and the current bottle is about half empty and I knew it would be something we’d have to replenish when it was gone. After someone mentioned a UK site that sold them for dirt cheap, I scrambled to have a friend in London order them to her place (no US shipping) and redirect them to me when they came in. I’m glad I did – all three bottles for less than one at retail! I think I can certainly live without the silver ring too.

Here are a few shots of opening it yesterday:

I even included one from the Hipstamatic iPhone app – love the fake toy camera!

For my first ‘real’ post after being away for awhile, why not some photos?! I won’t go too much into reviewing the four scents in the Casamorati line (you can find some great reviews on basenotes), but I can say that all four are really wonderful and worth a sampling. My two favorites are Bouquet Ideale and Mefisto. It should be known that both of the scents originally intended for men can easily be worn by women and vice versa with the two intended for women.

I’ll try not to make this quite as lengthy as the Modoc post, but it should definitely give you a better feel for the bottles and to see their level of quality!