According to Perfume 2000, Vertigo, a french fashion house about which I know absolutely nothing, will launch their first perfume this summer. The scent already has its own website.
And Women's Wear Daily reports that Liz Claiborne will launch a new scent in April, called Liz.
Acqua di Biella, like Carthusia, is an Italian niche fragrance line using “old recipes created in convents that date to the 1700’s” (via luckyscent). Janca was released last September and has only recently made it to the US. According to Women’s Wear Daily, Janca was inspired by a river near the northern Italian textile region of Biella. It features notes of florentine iris, peach, tamarind, mandarin, linden, osmanthus, magnolia, cardamom, musk, cedar, and patchouli.
The top notes are fruity, sweet, and heavy on the cardamom and linden…
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The next Neiman Marcus Beauty Event will be March 3 - 9. You get a free tote bag with an $85 purchase, and among other goodies, samples of Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile, Fresh Sake EdP, and Gucci Envy Me.
Victoria & David Beckham have reportedly signed a deal with Coty. David will release an aftershave, followed by a women's fragrance from Victoria. Read all about it here.
Thirty years after the release of Chloé, Unilever is preparing to release the limited edition Chloé Collection 2005. The fragrance is described as “innocent, charming, and playfully sexy” in Women's Wear Daily. According to Parfumessence, the top notes will feature water lily, passionfruit, and pear, with a heart of tuberose & gardenia over a base of white woods and musk. Look for it in late spring.
The new Matthew Williamson scent is now available for pre-order at escentual.co.uk. I read the description twice…