Yves Rocher USA has launched Altikä, a “fresh woody” fragrance for men created by perfumer Annick Menardo and released in France in 2006:
All the force, freshness and purity of the highest mountain summit…
Perfume budgeting, part 2, and a perfume buying poll
In late 2005, I posted a little lament about my perfume spending:
I first became seriously interested in fragrance in late 2003. I bought one bottle in November, and another in December. A flurry of spending early in 2004 eventually led to a self-imposed limit of 2 bottles per month. I stuck to that (more or less) for the remainder of the year. This year, I have slowed down, but all the same my “to buy” list currently comprises 15 fragrances, only 2 of which are to replace bottles that are nearly empty.
My total perfume intake for 2005 ended up at 11 bottles. Not too bad, and in 2006, I did even better…
Calvin Klein Man, Antonio Banderas Blue Seduction ~ new fragrances
Calvin Klein will launch Calvin Klein Man in October. The new fragrance is intended to be a pillar for the men's line, and is described as “masculine, minimalistic and sophisticated”.
Calvin Klein Man is a “crisp, spicy wood” fragrance with notes of rosemary, mandarin, bergamot, violet leaf, bay, nutmeg, incense, spearmint, cypress wood, guaiac wood, sandalwood, amberwood and musk…
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at avon: summer fragrance sale, buy one get one for $2.99.
Deal at caswellmassey: Memorial Day sale, many fragrance items on markdown.
Deal at eluxury: get free shipping on all orders with coupon code SOHO, good through 5/30.
New at fourseasons: Molinard 1849 Collection, Fragonard Confidentiel Collection.
Rotterdam, The Fragrance
Rotterdam, a (not new) fragrance created by architects Herzog & de Meuron, is now available at pop-up store the Wrong Store at 259 Tenth Ave in Chelsea:
Created to coincide with a 2004 retrospective of their work at the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, the perfume has notes of Rhine water, patchouli, hashish, tangerine, algae, fur and–believe it or not–dog. One whiff conjures up the seedy underbelly of the Dutch industrial capital, and that's just the point…