Next month, Esteban will introduce Collection Chypres, comprising two new fragrances in the chypre fragrance category.
Classic Chypre (shown) is “like an intense presence of rare elegance…”
Givenchy Organza Indecence ~ perfume review
If you have too much activity with simultaneous launches, the customer is overwhelmed and very few products will actually break through to become successful.
That’s Robert Brady of Givenchy, speaking in 1996 about his company’s decision to delay the US launch of Givenchy Organza so as “to avoid a packed playing field” (via Women’s Wear Daily, 10/25/1996). Strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with today’s fragrance, Organza Indecence, which launched in 1999 as Organza’s “vampy little sister” (Ibid, 5/28/99), I just couldn’t help cracking up when I read it. There were around 200 fragrance launches in 1996; this year, we’re expecting some 800. Enough said…
As well she might be
Courtney Love wants to launch her own perfume but is worried nobody wants to smell like her.
— from Courtney Love to launch her own perfume, in azcentral.
Online fragrance shopping
New at macys: Very Michael Kors.
New at scentiments: Carolina Herrera 212 Splash, Miss Boucheron.
New at ulta: Sean John Unforgivable Woman, Usher She & He.
Yves Rocher Rose Absolue ~ fragrance review
Voile d’Ambre, the first entry in Yves Rocher’s Secrets D’Essences line, was so nicely done (even to this amber-hater) that I was tempted by their new Rose Absolue fragrance as soon as I heard about it. Adding to my “why I should buy Rose Absolue” list: it was developed by perfumer Christine Nagel, who also did the lovely 2000 et Une Rose / Mille et Une Roses for Lancome, and best of all, 5 ml miniatures of the Eau de Parfum can be had for $3.
When I purchased Rose Absolue last month, Yves Rocher was running a 2-for-1 special, so I got 10 ml for my $3 investment. I won’t be at all surprised if that turns out to be the biggest perfume bargain I manage to score in 2007, as the fragrance itself turns out to be lovely. It starts out creamy and dewy-sweet, with a hint of spice (the notes: cinnamon, apple, Turkish, Bulgarian and Morrocan rose, cedar, patchouli and tonka bean). The rose is slightly fruity, but I don’t smell apple, and it is just as well — I was a bit worried that with the apple and cinnamon, this might end up smelling like a rose-apple pie. Rose Absolue does have a bit of a gourmand feel, but it isn’t overwhelmingly foody by any means, nor is it cloyingly sweet…