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summer cottage collection
March 28, 2013 bypar Anne D. | 1 comment

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dolce vita bakery and pretzel & compagnie
October 23, 2012 bypar Anne D. | 2 comments

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Puces Pop this weekend
December 08, 2011 bypar Dot and Lil

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For those of you looking for holiday gifts, or a crafty weekend activity, come by Puces Pop this weekend and check out some of Montreal's best handmade goods and makers. Dot & Lil will have all our gift sets and holidays scents in stock, of course, but our standard stuff too! And personally, I plan on doing some more holiday shopping (or swapping!) of my own.

Broundoor, Instant Crimson, and a...
perfume & nostalgia; the story of my life through scents
March 22, 2011 bypar Dot and Lil

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Lily of the valley reminds me of my Mom. Vanilla will always, always remind me of my friend Eliza. The Body Shop scents all pretty generally remind me of the country house where we spent summers when I was a kid, or my sister. Yes, The Body Shop's Dewberry fragrance is like my teenaged sister in a bottle. Do they still make that? The other smell that snaps me back to idolatry of my older sister is...
take a guess before you can't
August 30, 2010 bypar Dot and Lil

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The Dot & Lil perfume contest is winding down! You have until September 1st to take a guess at what the two new single-note perfumes are, released in their new blue glass packaging. To participate, submit your two guesses as a comment on this blog post, that originally announced the contest.
The first people to guess correctly will win a full-sized free bottle of the new Dot & Lil perfume!

Only a...
st-viateur mile-end outdoor artisan market
July 16, 2010 bypar Dot and Lil

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St-Viateur street will be closed to traffic tomorrow, Saturday July 17th, for an art market from 11 am to 5 pm. The street is closed from St-Urbain to Jeanne-Mance. Dot & Lil will be there with it's new perfume packaging, last batches of the spring limited edition soaps (lilac and sweet pea), and all the goodies we usually have, too.

More details can be found on the event page hereand at Car Free...
guess and you shall receive
July 11, 2010 bypar Dot and Lil

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Dot & Lil perfumes are about to get a face-lift. New packaging, new scents, new labels. Not that I don't like the old ones, like the Honeysuckle perfume pictured above, but I was having packaging issues and it's time for a change! In the next two weeks I will release the updated versions of the three scents I already carry--rose, honeysuckle and lily of the valley--and on September 1st will come...
the scents are coming the scents are coming!
February 09, 2009 bypar Dot and Lil

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I literally turn into a small child waiting to be allowed into a toy store when I am expecting a UPS delivery of fragrances and soap making supplies. I try to be all calm and collected and rational---and then give up and check my tracking number every 2.4 minutes until the doorbell rings.

A few posts ago, I talked about selecting my spring limited edition fragrances. Well, I did not in fact hold...

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