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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Sali Hughes

Who needs perfume? These new-wave products make your hair smell like wet herbs, roses and candles

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When is a perfume not a perfume? When it’s a hairspray so thoughtfully scented that a waft of lacquer could legitimately pass for fine fragrance.

Perfumed haircare is on the rise. Its pioneer was undoubtedly the late, great hairstylist Oribe Canales. Canales (known simply as Oribe, pronounced “OR-bay”) was, in 2008, the first to engage a pair of high-end perfumers to create a luxury fragrance for use in hair products.

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