If this is a fantasy, then let me have a dreamless sleep. It is cloyingly sweet. The fruity accords combined with the flowers make it sickly. Without wanting to turn people against me - who do these scents appeal to? It's like tepid fruit compote.
— Roja Dove, of the Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie in Harrods, on Britney Spears' Midnight Fantasy, quoted in today's Daily Mail.
Comptoir Sud Pacifique will launch Caramel Sunset next month at Sephora:
Rich, warm and intoxicating. Caramel Sunset irresistibly unites luscious, caramel with dreamy coconut…
Dadadandy, who describe themselves as “…an artwork, an artist, a production company, a place for discussion and a curatorial agency”, will launch their debut fragrance, Choix, later this month:
Weeks ahead of April Fool’s Day, a fragrance-free scent named Choix will go on sale this Friday. The non-perfume, the idea of the art production company Dadadandy…
I first smelled Diptyque’s Figuier on a cold grey October afternoon at a friend’s weekend home, as we prepared tea and sat down for a major catch up session. I left feeling cheered by not only the conversation, but also by the lovely warm scent that had permeated the living room by the time I left.
Warmth could be seen as a contradiction in this scented candle that is described by Diptyque as coming “from the crushed leaves of the fig tree….slightly fruity, but mostly green”, but nonetheless, it is there. The same perfume essence that is used in the beloved Philosykos scent is used in this candle and it has strong notes of fig leaf sap, but I did not detect any of the cedar or musk notes found in Philosykos — this is a fairly monochromatic scent. It is touted as one of the top sellers of Diptyque’s well known candle line and I’m not surprised, as the green, slightly woody, sappy warmth is an easy going addition to any atmosphere, pleasing to both men and women…
Robin has already made a brief mention of how lovely she found Crème d’Ananas, the matching body cream to L’Artisan Ananas Fizz, but I couldn’t help writing more on the subject. Not being a fan of the original Ananas Fizz (too little pineapple, and far too much grapefruit and cedar for my tastes), I hardly expected to warm to the lotion. I probably wouldn’t even have tried it had I not decided to buy a jar as a Christmas present for a friend. Once I idly sampled the contents of the jar at the countertop while the sales assistant was ringing up my purchase, my friend’s needs suddenly receded to the background and I decided that perhaps the cream should be my Christmas present instead!
I’m not sure that I can adequately describe just how wonderful this product is…