Perfumer Christopher Brosius, in collaboration with the Monell Chemical Senses Center, will present Scent is Life, “a multimedia exhibition that explores the powerful and personal nature of scent”:
Many of the installations use scent to take the audience on a journey. Scents including boardwalk, sun tan lotion and car interior with wet bathing suit create the experience Day at the Beach…
Mandarine Tout Simplement is this year’s limited edition summer fragrance from L’Artisan Parfumeur, following last year’s Extrait de Songe and 2004’s Ananas Fizz. It was created by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti and the notes are green mandarin, ginger, yellow mandarin, frangipani, red mandarin, and white cedar.
The top notes are just a joy: tart mandarin with lots of peel and a little fizz of ginger underneath, very juicy and summery and bright. Like the most glorious summer day in early June, regrettably, it cannot last, and so goes Mandarine; it fades rapidly into a sheer, blended floral over cedar, pretty, but not nearly so compelling as what came before…
Deal at aedes: make a sample order between May 1st and August 31st and you can apply the $15 price towards a future full bottle purchase: just write the invoice number of the sample order in the comment box when you check out. Limit of one credit per order. New items include Serge Lutens Gris Clair, the Parfum d'Empire line, Creed Original Santal, and the L'Artisan Bottega Veneta home fragrance collection.
New at b-glowing: the Sage line, including Coral & Moonstone.
Deal at gloss: get free standard shipping on any order over $50 with coupon code MOM6, and get free gift wrapping on orders over $75.
Mother's Day special at luckyscent: get free gift wrapping and a hand painted card created by local LA-based artist Ucello Curioso.
New at nordstrom: Roberto Cavalli Serpentine, Pal Zileri Sartoriale & Concept 18.
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Lorenzo Villoresi will launch Alamut, his latest perfume for women, in early June; expect to see it in the US by July. The fragrance is described as the “rich, opulent and velvety flowers of a Thousand and One Nights, dreams of secret gardens in the moonlight of the fresh Oriental nights”.
The top notes include osmanthus, rose, jasmin, rosewood and exotic flowers…
