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Haydria Perfume - Scent of a bygone era

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by Amy Claire Thompson and Rachel Phipps

The Haydria Perfumery is a glittering, jewel-encrusted, pin-up perfumery run by a very lovely lady named, funnily enough, Haydria. She loves the pin-up lifestyle and aims to use scent to take girls back to the fifties and sixties; to the age of happy-go-lucky pastel shades and rhinestones a-go-go...

The perfume of the Haydria Perfumery, based in West Hertford CT, America, comes presented as:

  • Liquid perfume - in glass bottles with swarovski crystal embellishments
  • Solid perfume - as the pendant of a stunning brass locket
  • Tiny bejewelled perfume compact (perfect for carrying in your handbag or purse)

Having roadtested all of the above we must point out that Haydria's solid scent melts better than any we've ever tested - and is surprisingly not at all sticky! The scents are long-lasting and subtle, despite their obvious edge, and Haydria Perfumery has received stunning reviews all-round - most particularly from pin-up glamour girl Bernie Dexter, who says "I get so many compliments on it! I am sure you will love it too!"

As our gift to womankind we took on the weighty burden (ahem) of roadtesting some of the Haydria Perfumery's most popular perfumes to see if we were indeed transported through scent to a bygone era.

Bernie!

This musky and highly exotic scent was designed specially for pin-up model Bernie Dexter by the Haydria Perfumery and is sold as 'Bernie! by Bernie Dexter'. A cool scent with a floral, traditional edge, it perfectly suits its namesake and for some reason smells deliciously like a massage oil!

Amy's rating: 7/10

Rachel's rating: 9.5/10

Gypsy Queen

'Gypsy Queen' perfectly captures the first image that comes to our mind on hearing the word 'Gypsy'. A painted cart, long loose curly hair, gorgeous jewellery, long light cheesecloth skirts... This is the scent of the outdoors. Fresh and with a slight hint of citrus it captures summertime and a hint of something fantastic and exotic.

Amy's rating: 8/10

Rachel's rating: 8.5/10

My Geisha

A light and cool scent with a floral edge to it, it is easy to guess why Haydria named this one after Geishas. Store it in the fridge, spritz then go for the full effect!

Amy's rating: 7/10

Rachel's rating: 6/10

Pure Sin

'Pure Sin' is just that - with hints of sweet-shop and the traditional 'girlie girl', this perfume is easy to fall for in an instant. It's a deep scent which anyone would get lost in the aroma of, given half the chance...

Amy's rating: 9/10

Rachel's Rating: 8.5/10

Tainted Love

Pretty and delicate, we can imagine Southern Belles in their boudoirs teasingly dabbing this scent on their wrists to entice their gentleman callers.

Amy's rating: 8/10

Rachel's Rating: 8/10

L'eau Exotique

When sniffing our sampler of this one, our reaction was "oooh..." - it is very different from everything else Haydria offers. With a hint of childish innocence, it brought back memories of blowing bubbles in the summer sun. Fresh and flighty, it suits the blue crystals that adorn its bottle!

Amy's rating: 9.5 /10

Rachel's rating: 10/10

Harem Girl

The most musky and seductive scent Haydria has to offer, 'Harem Girl' captures the 'harem' element with undertones of incense, evocative of brightly coloured veils and Indian embroidered cushions.

Amy's rating: 8/10

Rachel's rating :9/10

Burlesque Blue

Summer at the beach with the girls... nights out, dancing with the girls... soirées with cocktails with the girls... This perfume brought to mind everything you love about your friends, with its sweet, loveable scent. 'Burlesque Blue' is clean and traditional, floral, and we know you can't smell a colour... but very blue!

Amy's rating: 7/10

Rachel's rating: 8/10

Experience it for yourself! Haydria's perfume can be bought at www.haydriaperfumery.com, or at selected stores in CT, USA. Sample sets of Haydria's entire perfume range cost $15, with swarovski-decorated liquid perfumes costing $40, and solid perfumes beginning at $40, too.

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Mookychick believes that climbing trees and riding giant turtles is more fun and girly than worrying about make-up. But if you want to worry about make-up instead of turtles? Fine by us. Be you feminist, kitten, punk, emo, indie, goth, witch, vegan, horror junky, intellectual, christian goth, corset queen, geek, unicorn, sea monkey... be you into alternative style, alternative health, spirituality, comics, manga, j-pop, harajuku or jock culture... we will always love you.

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Amy Claire ThompsonAmy Claire Thompson is a seventeen year old pixie (contrary to popular belief, she is not actually a vampire, thank you, Sarah) living somewere in the north of England. She is resolutely Welsh, and is loves many things including losing to her friends at cards, cups of tea, and chocolate biscuits. She is bored at the moment, as you can probably tell, from the fact that she is writing about herself in the third person. This is the kind of bio she would like to have been published in the "Literary Den Book Of New Fiction 2008", where her bio unfortunately makes her sound stupid and shallow. Although she admits this is true, she likes to consider herself a good enough actress to cover it up most of the time. Visit her blog.

Rachel PhippsRachel Phipps is a 16 year old everything who lives in the South East of England. When she's not writing for her online magazine, Lipstick Royalty, campaigning for some cause or another or working on her fashion photography portfolio she's trying to write a 16th century historical novel (there are never enough on the shelves) and teach herself the guitar. She wishes there were another 24 hours in a day. myspace.com/rachel_phipps



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