Yves Saint Laurent will launch L’Homme Yves Saint Laurent in September. The bottle was inspired by Bauhaus, and the target market is young men between 25 and 30. The fragrance was created by Anne Flipo, Pierre Wargnye and Dominique Ropion…
Ajne perfumes debut at Bendel's in New York
Ajne, an all-natural line of ready-made and custom perfumes based in Carmel, California, debuts at Henri Bendel's in New York City this week. Through July 9, stop by and they will do a "computerized analysis that will compare your chemistry to thousands of ingredients to find the best match" For more information, see the Ajne website.
Fragrance shopping
New at fourseasons: Diptyque Eau de Lierre & Parfums 06130 Lys.
Deal at scentsandsprays: get free shipping with orders of $50 or more using coupon code SHIPPING07, good through 7/9.
New at sephora: collector's edition of Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Abricot.
Deal at yvesrocher: coupon code JULY4TAKE15, good for 15% off, has been extended through 7/7.
Parfums de Nicolai Vie de Chateau Eau Fraiche fragrance review
What makes a life-long Francophile and perfume lover, with fantasies of living in the Loire Valley, sit up and take notice? A fragrance entitled Vie de Château…commissioned by a modern-day count no less — the Comte de Cheverny. Perfumer Patricia de Nicolaï’s aromatic take on aristocratic country living contains notes of: grapefruit, hay, tobacco, patchouli, musk, fern, cut grass, oak moss, vetiver, and leather.
Vie de Château starts off powerful and sweet with notes of grapefruit (think grapefruit lollipops), hay, and to a lesser extent, dried tobacco leaf. It has a “blonde,” sugary, sunny feel. A clean patchouli and minimalist musk are the next notes to appear (within five minutes of application) and they do little to lessen the fruity sweetness of Vie de Château. I do not find the ‘greens’ at all noticeable in this perfume — fern, oak moss, grass and vetiver are barely there. The leather is not apparent either, but Vie de Château is a great layering scent — add your own spice, leather or black tea fragrances to it for added dimension and variety…
Celebrities & perfume: Madonna & Carmen Electra
Madonna's nine year old daughter, Lourdes, went perfume shopping recently:
She was spotted sampling several different fragrances with her nanny in tow at the Miller Harris perfumery in London's trendy Mayfair before finally deciding on one.
No word on which fragrance except that it was one of the "house classics". Read more in Lifestyle Extra.
Carmen Electra and her husband Dave Navarro apparently wear Ebba's Miss Marisa perfume oil.