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Pour Lui by Oscar de la Renta (whose trademark signature appears in gold ink on the deep blue bottle) is described as a ‘leather fragrance for men’. It certainly includes that material in its ingredients, along with other ‘base notes’ of oakmoss, labdanum, sandalwood and musk. The Perfume Club helpfully describes the likely or imagined customer base for de la Renta’s scent:

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After the town of Chirk in Clwyd are named two imposing and useful structures: the aqueduct and the viaduct. I had the pleasure of walking beneath them and upon one of them, with both offering impressive views of the surrounding countryside. Although the Ceiriog Valley over which they span is beautiful enough, these graceful, manmade structures somehow add a sense of awe and wonder.

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The fragrance Graphite: Claude Montana is “for men who write their own life...”:

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Seldom have I been saddened by lampposts.

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