Dolce & Gabbana will launch The One this fall:
The fragrance features top notes of mandarin and peach that leads into a heart of jasmine and ends with a base of vanilla, amber and musk. The women’s EdP will be accompanied by a shower gel, perfumed body lotion and deodorant spray.
The Fragrance Foundation has announced the winners of this year’s Fifi Awards. The award ceremony was held last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. And the winners are:
Nouveau Niche
Women’s: Narciso Rodriguez for her Eau de Parfum
Men’s: Giorgio Armani Armani Privé Ambre Soie/Bois d’Encens/Eau de Jade/Pierre de Lune…
Sean “Diddy” Combs was to ring the bell that opens the New York Stock Exchange yesterday morning, but was detained by traffic and missed the opportunity. No matter: Unforgivable is now the no. 1 selling men’s fragrance in the country…
Patchouli 24 is one of the 10 fragrances launched last month by the new line Le Labo. It was developed by perfumer Annick Menardo, and has notes of patchouli, birch, styrax and vanilla.
As was the case with Le Labo’s Rose 31, this is not a fragrance to order unsniffed because you adore the note used as the fragrance name. There is patchouli, but it is not the main player, and I noticed it most in the early stages where it mingles with leather, tobacco leaf, burning wood and a touch of melting rubber. Patchouli 24 is very reminiscent of another Annick Menardo fragrance, Bvlgari Black. I was very rushed this weekend and only managed to try them together once, but I would say that the Patchouli 24 is deeper and more intently focused on the wood and earthy notes, and the vanilla dry down, when it arrives, is not quite so cushiony and soft…
Another article about teen boys and Axe body sprays, this one in today's Washington Post:
Moms report being dragged to drugstores to pick up cans of the spray -- in all of its "nine unique fragrances." Principals groan and roll their eyes when asked about the "Axe effect." And physical education teachers? Well, they joke that clouds of body spray have become so ubiquitous that they need gas masks just to make it through the boys' locker room.
Camille Goutal talks about how perfumes capture memories in the The Star Online. Scroll down to the picture of Ms. Goutal and check out the massive factice of Songes with the moon cap done in black.