Today I am wearing a regular in my winter fragrance rotation, L’Eau d’Hiver. It was created for Frederic Malle by one of my favorite noses, Jean Claude Ellena. The notes are bergamot, angelica, iris, hawthorn, jasmine, honey, carnation, heliotrope, caramel and musk…
Thierry Mugler is preparing to launch new floral interpretations of his best-selling Angel fragrance, the Angel Garden of Stars (Jardin d’Etoiles).
Three perfumers were invited to work a single floral note into the original oriental gourmand formula…
La Prairie's new fragrance, Silver Rain, is now available in stores:
The top notes of the fragrance contain a hint of crisp green apple illuminated by verbena flower, dewfruit berry, Thai anise seed, crushed Moroccan coriander and bergamot zest. Middle notes of Moroccan red rose petal, juicy plum, gardenia tuberose blossom, Chinese star magnolia, dewfruit berry, crystallised sugar accord and night-blooming Indian jasmine dry down to a hint of Indonesian patchouli leaves, red sandalwood, creamy Venezuelan tonka bean, heliotrope flower, vanilla infusion, rare agarwood and rich musk.
At $135 for 1.7 oz, this is priced for the luxury market, and for the really big spenders, $2000 will get you a signed limited-edition sterling silver “cachette” of three 1/2-oz. vials, including the Silver Rain and two variations for layering: Silver Sensuality and Silver Spice.
Flowerbomb, the new fragrance from Dutch design team Viktor & Rolf, is also currently launching in stores…
I heard this scent was a must for sandalwood lovers, and a friend kindly gave me a sample. The Laura Tonatto line is difficult to obtain, unfortunately. The notes are orange, lemon, lavender, black tea, and sandalwood.
It is a sweet sandalwood, slightly resinous in the top notes, and smells to me like there is a good amount of patchouli in the base, and possibly some amber as well. Plaisir, my favorite scent in Tonatto's line so far, also has patchouli, but in Plaisir it is subdued; in Sandalo it is rather overwhelming to a patchouli-hater like myself. I will give this another try, but doubt it is going to work for me. I will stick with my beloved Diptyque Tam Dao.
Another sandalwood possibility: I did a quick sniff of the Sandalwood Eau de Toilette by The Art of Shaving at Neiman Marcus over the weekend, and it seemed interesting. Will try to get a sample of this on my next visit.