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Today I am wearing one of my favorite honeysuckle fragrances, Le Chèvrefeuille by Annick Goutal. Le Chèvrefeuille was released in 2002, and was the third in a series of limited edition soliflores, after Le Muguet and La Violette. It was created by Isabelle Doyen and Camille Goutal, and features honeysuckle, green notes, narcissus, jasmine, lemon petitgrain.
Le Chèvrefeuille opens with sharp citrus notes, and settles into a very green honeysuckle. There are hints of narcissus and jasmine, but the honeysuckle stays in the forefront. Honeysuckle is so often overwhelming in perfume, as though the flower had been placed on steroids, but the Annick Goutal is bright, sparkling, and summery, and not at all cloying…
Coming from Lancaster: Jette Joop’s first scent, Jette, created by nose Olivier Cresp.
Jette has notes of coriander, pear, pepper, iris, rose, musk, tonka bean and cedar, and will launch in Germany and duty free stores in August.
Jette by Jette Joop is an Eau de Toilette…
Chinatown is the latest fragrance release from Bond no. 9. It was created by nose Aurelien Guichard, and has notes of peach blossom, bergamot, peony, gardenia, tuberose, orange blossom, patchouli, cardamom, vanilla, cedar, guaiac wood, sandalwood.
Chinatown starts out as a sweet floriental, but the sweetness calms considerably as the top notes fade. The floral notes are prominent for the next 20 minutes or so. I cannot make out the orange blossom at all, and the peony is very faint. The gardenia & tuberose are more in evidence, but they are very much tempered by the base notes: this does not smell like a heady white floral…