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Another day, another fragrance. While I’m still feeling the glow of yesterday’s product, I must. Move. Onward. And this is a fun one on this post-Valentine’s Day. Yup, it’s another scent and this time it’s the fun cherry scent but don’t think this is kid’s stuff. It’s the latest from the L’OCCITANE line so you know is sophisticated. When I was little, a few of the neighborhood kids and I would walk up to the corner store where we would splurge on the latest sugary candy. No matter what it was, we were true to one thing. Sharon always got whatever it was in lime, Kim got the grape and I always got the cherry. We would then walk home discussing why each of us loved all things lime, grape or cherry (we didn’t associate with anyone who loved orange. Ewww!).

So catching up to the present day, when I saw the Cherry Blossom collection from L’Occitane, the pleasant flashback of picking out cherry candy at the corner store came rushing back. Then I learned there are three collections of cherry products in the line - the (classic) Cherry Blossom, limited edition Cherry and the limited edition Wild Cherry ones. See here for what notes are in each. Here are my picks that really satisfy my adult craving:

Cherry Blossom Eau de Toilette ($32/1.7oz), Wild Cherry Solid Perfume Stick ($14/.17oz), Cherry Blossom Soap ($4/1.7oz), Cherry Blossom Petal-Soft Body Cream ($34/8.8oz). All @ loccitane.com.

Did you have a favorite flavor growing up? Tell me in the comments!

Disclosure: The following items were provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

As soon as I laid eyes on this one, it was love. LOVE ME SCENTS ($25 @ lovemescents.com) is a very unique way of housing solid scents. Each frag is made with beeswax and Shea Butter, no artificial colors, parabens or alcohol, so expect these to last a little bit on the skin!

Choose from four books:

Love, Me … On a Hot Tin Roof – The Fire Scents include Wild, Radiant, and Sun
Love, Me … In the Garden – The Earth Scents include Earth, Whisper and Sweetness
Love, Me … In the Rain – The Water Scents includes Inspiration, Rain and Fun
Love, Me … Under the Stars – The Air Scents includes Midnight, Coconut Moon and Laughter

So there you have it, our 2009 Holiday Gift Guide Picks. What did you like? Did I miss something key? Let me know if the comments!

JUICY LOVES SEPHORA Pave Lip Gloss Heart Ring ($34 @ sephora.com) – hides a tiny pink lip gloss and mirror inside.

MICHAEL KORS Very Hollywood Solid Perfume Cocktail Ring ($40 @ sephora.com) – contains his new Very Hollywood fragrance in a solid form.

MARC JACOBS Lola Solid Perfume Ring ($42 @ sephora.com) – contains a solid form of the Lola fragrance.

KENZO’s L’Eauparkenzo Eau de Toilette ($29/.7oz @ kenzousa.com) – aquatic floral.

CLINIQUE Happy-To-Go ($30/4.8g @ clinique.com) – 3 Solid Perfume Pencils – Happy, Wealth of Flowers and Hint of Citrus.

ELIZABETH ARDEN Pretty Eau de Parfum Spray ($39/1oz @ elizabetharden.com) – fruity floral.

MAISON FRANCIS KURKDIJAN Lumiere Noire Pour Femme ($145/2.5oz @ neimanmarcus.com) – spiced rose.

PRADA L’eau Ambree Eau de Parfum refill ($78/2.7oz @ bergdorfgoodman.com) – woody amber.

How enchanting is this one? ESTEE LAUDER’s new limited edition Sensuous Touch-On Solid Perfume ($120/.09oz @ esteelauder.com) is a real gem and what’s funny is that I didn’t really like the Sensuous fragrance when it first came out a few months ago. I made a point to spend some time with the Eau de Parfum Spray but it just didn’t do it for me. But for some reason, the solid form of it is really nice and seems to smell a little differently on me. How can that be?

Not familiar with the scent? Sensuous is a woody amber with notes of jasmine, sandalwood and magnolia and is the brand’s first foray into the woody territory.

Got to have wicked cute packaging and colors to get my attention these days and these new solid scents in a stick from the French line, CRAZYLiBELLULE AND THE POPPIES, is really hitting the spot. I mean, how cute are these?? They are called The Crazy Sticks and each is .17oz or as they say on their website, “269 caress-like applications, which is equivalent to a 1.7oz bottle of perfume.” Never even thought of this, so thanks Crazylibellule!

For just $18, you can choose from 7 different scents like Pompon Gardenia to my pick of Rose a Saigon.

We have been very excited about this next launch since we read about it back in April. And for me, this is the cutest and most quality collection Ms. Stefani has put out yet. The HARAJUKU LOVERS Eau de Toilette line is quite the breath of fresh air and is just as fun and unique as she is. The fragrance sits inside a glass bottle and each has a different plastic finger puppet-type character on top. And each scent is named after her backup dancers – Lil’ Angel, Music, Baby and my favorite Love. Wait, that’s only four. Almost forgot G, which is Gwen herself.

And there’s even Coffret Solids, which is all the scents in a solid form.

$25/.3oz, $45/1oz and Coffret Solids $60 @ nordstrom.com.

So how about we give some of them to you? We have one of each scent to giveaway. And that’s of the full size 1oz. Yeah!

Who? We will randomly pick 5 winners

How to enter --- Post a meaningful comment on a Cybelesays post (something a little more than, "I love this color!" or "How cute!" I think you get the picture). Then, email your full name and address to Cybelesays (cybelesayscontest@gmail.com or click here). And feel free to comment on more than one post. We love that!
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