Ralph Lauren will follow up on Ralph Cool and Ralph Hot with Ralph Rocks, another youth-targeted fragrance, next February:
Created by Annie Buzantian of Fimenich, Ralph Rocks is a "citrus floral cream" fragrance composed of top notes of passion fruit, kiwi and citrus; middle notes of freesia, orange blossom, hyacinth and palm leaves; and bottom notes of sun-bleached woods, Indonesian sandalwood and amber. (via Women's Wear Daily)
Update: read a review of Ralph Rocks.
Luilei, a boutique at 682 Union Street in Brooklyn, is offering a special deal to readers of Now Smell This: 10% off on purchases of Brandy or i Profumi di Firenze fragrances, and free shipping with orders of $65 or more. You'll also get a “10% replenishment card” to be used on future orders. Fragrances from i Profumi di Firenze now in stock include Ambra del Nepal, Acqua Chiara, Magnifico, Melograno, Vaniglia, Fresco di Vetiver and Costa Mediterranea; others are available on special order. To order, call 718-399-7799 or email sales@luileiny.com and mention Now Smell This. Offer good through 9/22.
And on the first day of fall, September 23rd, Luilei will be hosting an in-store celebration in honor of indie perfumers…
The website for With Love Hilary Duff now features a video of Hilary Duff. You can get an invitation to see it by signing up with your name and email address. The invitation then promises "an exclusive video about the making of my new fragrance", but what they really mean is "an exclusive video about the making of my new fragrance advertising"; it is just shots of Duff posing in various outfits.
Deal from 99perfume: get 10% off with coupon code Take10, good through 8/29.
Deal from b-glowing: get free shipping, today only, using coupon code perfume. Valid only on orders that include personal fragrance.
Deal from montale: in honor of their anniversary, they are offering 30% off on the following scents ~ Sandflowers, Intense Tiaré, Ginger Musk, Sandalsliver, Soleil de Capri, Embruns d'Essaouira and Fougères Marine.
New at nordstrom: Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Limited Edition Eau de Parfum, Estee Lauder Pleasures Gwyneth Paltrow Limited Edition Eau de Parfum.
New at saksfifthavenue: Lanvin Rumeur.
Prada released Prada Eau de Parfum, their first mainstream perfume offering, in 2004. It was developed by Carlos Benaim, Max Gavarry and Clement Gavarry, and the notes include bergamot, orange, bitter orange, mandarin flower, mimosa, rose absolute, schinus molle, peru balsam, patchouli, raspberry flower, labdanum, tonka bean, vanilla, musk and sandalwood. Prada won a Fifi award for the fragrance in 2005.
Prada Eau de Parfum was meant as a…
…modern take on essential oils, said the company. It is an amber scent built around four time-honoured essences, each meant to reflect one of four dimensions: sandalwood oil from India is pure; patchouli leaves from indonesia are addictive; labdanum resin from France is precious: benzoin from Siam is profound. (via Cosmetics International, 6/1/2004)
Prada Eau de Parfum is all about amber; other notes come and go, but the amber is prominent from the first spray. Citrus decorates the top notes, a whisper of florals the middle, and a dry, earthy patchouli with vanilla accents the base, but the amber is the star here. It is, as advertised, a modern sort of amber; it is warm but not rich or heavy, and smells nothing like its hard-hitting oriental forebears…