In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (ok, really it’s in honor of the fact that I didn’t finish my fragrance review for today and now I’m running late) here are a few green fragrances worth trying:
Annick Goutal Mandragore
Balmain Vent Vert
Body Time Green Fig Oil
Bvlgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert…
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Ellen Tracy will launch a new fragrance, Tracy, in April:
Tracy is characterized as a creamy, soft floral…The scent’s top notes are of cassis, peony and plum blossom; its heart is of rose essence, violet woods and iris flower, and its drydown is of almond milk, vanilla…
Keiko Mecheri has launched two new fragrances and introduced new packaging.
Umé (see bottle at right) features notes of persimmon, peach tree leaves, bergamot, yellow mandarin, Japanese wisteria, tree peonies, camellia sasanka, South Sea jasmine, Chinese osmanthus, spices, Hinoki wood, Cambodian mahogany, patchouli, Mousse Poivree…
Bergamotto Marino is a new unisex fragrance from the house of Gianfranco Ferré, intended for use as guest cosmetics by luxury hotels and for purchase by discerning customers. This Pierre Bourdon creation, housed in a Serge Mansau bottle, is highlighted by 25% Calabrian marine bergamot and blended with black currant, melon, lily of the valley, Tunisian orange blossom, Egyptian jasmine, mahogany, oakmoss, seaweed, ambergris and musk.
I’m a sucker for anything orange blossom and often find that the scent of bergamot ever-so-slightly reminds me of it. So often used as a top note, accenting the opening aroma of a thousand fragrances, in Bergamotto Marino Bourdon uses bergamot as a centerpiece, a starting point from which to introduce whispers of white florals set against a fresh marine accord of seaweed, ambergris, and musk…