Etat Libre d'Orange, the French niche line that debuted earlier this year with six unisex scents, has launched another handful of new fragrances:
Eloge du Traitre is by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu and has notes of pine, artemisia, bay, clove, geranium, jasmine, patchouli, leather and musk.
Also by Antoine Maisondieu, Antihéros has lavender, musk and wood…
Donna Karan launched Gold earlier this year. The fragrance was created by perfumers Yann Vasnier and Rodrigo Flores-Roux, and features notes of Casablanca lilies, fluid amber, sparkling acacia, white clove, jasmine templar, golden blossom and patchouli.
Last month I said that I thought Tom Ford’s Black Orchid was perhaps the most impressive mainstream perfume release this year; Donna Karan’s Gold may well get my vote for the prettiest. The top notes are crisp and summery…
Italian perfume line i Profumi di Firenze will be holding a trunk show at Fred Segal, Santa Monica this weekend:
Please join us for our holiday trunk show at Fred Segal Studio in Santa Monica: Friday, December 8th, from 5 to 7pm; Saturday, December 9th, 12 to 5 and Sunday, December 10th, 12 to 5. Our all-natural perfumes are featured to lead the celebration of the overall, Studio-wide holiday theme of pomegranate.
Miryana Isabella Babic, the creative director of i Profumi di Firenze, will be making in store appearances…
Aesop has launched Mystra, a new fragrance…
…of Byzantium-era olfactory inspiration, marrying incense and resin notes to elevate and inspire. This precision, hand-blended eau de toilette bestows abundant mystique when applied liberally all over the body everyday…
Aedes de Venustas Parfum d’Ambiance (room fragrance) was created for the West Village perfume boutique by L’Artisan Parfumeur and perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. The Aedes de Venustas room spray harks back to earlier Duchaufour creations, Comme des Garçons Red Series Sequoia and Incense Series Kyoto and Avignon, the recent L'Artisan Dzongkha, and the wonderful Eau d’Italie perfumes.
Duchaufour is one of my favorite perfumers. I have owned thirteen of his scents and appreciate their originality, their quirks, their strange accent notes that prevent excessive “smoothness” and instant familiarity…