Davidoff will launch Silver Shadow for men this fall in Europe, in 2006 in the US:
The woody oriental scent, conceived by Francis Kurkdjian of Quest International, starts with bitter orange and cedar leaves, while its heart mixes cedar wood and saffron…
I have tried quite a few Montale fragrances since I posted about Patchouli Leaves back in March, but have learned nothing more about the house or its history, so can only repeat what I said then: Montale is a Paris-based perfumer with two lines: an oudh line based on the precious oudh (or agar) wood frequently used in Middle Eastern fragrances, and a regular perfume line. Today I am wearing Aoud Roses Petals, which features notes of oudh, teak, and rose.
Roses Petals starts with a delicate and soft rosewater, which is almost instantly buried under a haze of oudh. The first blast of oudh is often described as medicinal, and that is probably accurate although I don’t find it unpleasant exactly. Certainly it is pungent…
New at lusciouscargo: the Temperare line, a collaboration between perfumer Yosh Han and Temper Chocolates.
New at theperfumeshoppe: the i Profumi di Firenze line.
Thank you to Tania for passing on the news that filming is to begin next week on the movie version of Patrick Suskind's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Dustin Hoffman and Ben Wishaw star. Read all about it at Yahoo News (link expired, sorry!).
Burberry will launch Brit Gold (shown above left) this September in Saks:
Gold, created by Givaudan’s Antoine Lie, opens with feminine, floral notes of magnolia and neroli, mixed with black currant and ultrafresh bergamot. The heart is drawn from pink iris, amber and vanilla…