New at scentiments: Lacoste Essential testers.
New at theperfumeshoppe: Serge Lutens Gris Clair
Roja Dove on perfume bottles
There is an interesting article by Roja Dove in Wallpaper on changes in the perfume industry and how they are reflected in fragrance packaging and bottle design…
10 Corso Como fragrance review
10 Corso Como is the fashionable Milan boutique of “style guru” Carla Sozzani. Since opening in 1991, the business has expanded to include a design gallery, bookstore, restaurant, and even a small B & B called 3Rooms. The eponymous fragrance was created by perfumer Olivier Gillotin and launched in 1999, and features notes of rose, geranium, vetiver, musk, sandalwood and Malay oud-wood oil.
The 10 Corso Como fragrance opens on a sour-sweet medicinal haze that has been compared to gasoline; the rose and geranium slowly emerge as recognizeable elements as the oudh calms…
New at La Creme Beauty
Lacremebeauty now has the Abinoam line of fragrances ~ Cobice, Beleza, Corazon and Desejo.
Laurice Rahme & Maurice Roucel on the radio
Listen to Laurice Rahme of Bond no. 9 and perfumer Maurice Roucel talking about "The Smell of Success" on WNYC radio. Scroll down to the third segment; it is about 26 minutes long. Much of the discussion centers on the Bond line of fragrances, but there are also some interesting tidbits about more general perfume-related matters. Many thanks to the anonymous person who sent me the link!