Ulrich Lang has launched Anvers 2, a new fragrance for men:
[Ulrich Lang] describes the new scent as warm and inviting, characterizing the blend as an enveloping fragrance with clarity and freshness. The notes in Anvers 2 are warm, inviting, and intimate. Top notes in the fragrance are Bergamot, Lime, Lemon, Black Pepper, Wild Basil, Rhubarb and Cypress. The heart notes are Bulgarian Rose, Jasmine, Lily, Mimosa, Blond Woods…
Rumors that Kate Moss would launch a perfume with Coty have been confirmed. Her debut fragrance will roll out in September, but won't reach the United States until 2008:
Describing the fragrance concept, Steve Mormoris, senior vice president of global marketing for Coty Beauty, said it was “a mix of elegant and risqué,” with smoky rose and black undertones and a vintage English feel…
Christian Lacroix will launch C'est La Fête this coming March:
Blended by Takasago perfumer Jean Jacques, C'est La Fête's top notes include pear, passion fruit, apricot and blackcurrant; its floral heart features notes of jasmine, rose and orchid, plus a vanilla accord, while sandalwood and musk notes make up the base…
A lot has been made of Luca Turin’s statement, as quoted by Chandler Burr in The Emperor of Scent, that Caron Tabac Blond is “dykey and angular and dark and totally unpresentable”, and that a man who takes a woman wearing Tabac Blond to meet his mother is set for trouble. For sure, if the mother is looking for a gently floral daughter-in-law with a cashmere sweater set and a subscription to Good Housekeeping, she will be disappointed. But Turin’s larger discussion is often overlooked, that Tabac Blond embodies the wit and intelligence of chic. Turin ends his rant about the sorry state of chic these days by saying that a savvy mother will admire the style of her son’s Tabac Blond-wearing lover…
Lily is the third fragrance release from Calypso St. Barth, best known for the cult favorite Léa. The notes include blackberry, strawberry, rose and musk (and presumably, lily). Calypso St. Barth Lily is available now at the Montaigne Market boutique in Paris, 60€ for 100 ml. (via fashionmag.fr)
Update: additional notes include cassis, lemon, Italian tangerine, white peach, raspberry and sandalwood, and Luckyscent describes Calypso St Barth Lily as "airy and sexy and flirty". The Eau de Parfum is $90 for 100 ml.