Paris Hilton will launch Heiress, a new fragrance for women, this coming October:
The fruity floral juice opens with top notes of passion fruit, orange, peach granita and champagne mimosa…
Another Friday with no perfume review…
I am getting ready for vacation, and running behind (my usual mantra). I had meant to have perfume reviews written up in advance to cover all of next week while I'm away, but as usual, I'm not even done with this week's. So, posting will be sporadic until I return next Saturday, but I'll do my best to keep up with the perfume news and will post when I can.
Meanwhile, comments have been restored, but so, unfortunately, has the dreaded verification string. Apologies, and I'll get rid of it again as soon as I can. One note: when you post a new comment now, it doesn't display until you reload the page. That is also to be fixed in the near future.
Note: Image via the wonderful forum at Images de Parfums.
Prada Amber Pour Homme, Betsey Johnson Parfum, Ralph Lauren Polo Double Black & more
Prada will launch Amber Pour Homme, a fragrance created by perfumer Daniela Andrier, in August:
In addition to the amber accord, a fougère accord is added for contrast. To achieve the amber note, a combination of vanilla, tonka bean, labdanum oil and patchouli was used…
Gone but not forgotten…
Thanks to Ashne for the news that Yosh has discontinued the La Contessa fragrance. There appear to be bottles still available at lacremebeauty.
Paco Rabanne Black XS fragrance for men
One of the biggest surprises of 2005 was without a doubt Paco Rabanne’s Black XS for Men, created by perfumer Olivier Cresp. A subtle blend of lemon, kalamanzi (a citrus resembling a cross between mandarin and lime), tagete and sage with heart notes of cinnamon, tolu balm, black cardamom and praline, and base notes of palissander wood, black amber, patchouli and ebony wood, Black XS bears little resemblance to its XS predecessors and to put it as simply as possible, smells like a delicious blend of strawberries and patchouli…