Juliette Has A Gun has launched their third fragrance, Citizen Queen. The scent is described as a chypre aldehyde with animalic notes.
A perfume as intriguing as this woman’s look, hidden behind her hat.
First, a striking and elusive allure…
Trance Essence ~ new perfumes
Trance Essence is a new California-based niche line that debuted last year with six fragrances, all created by owner Janna Sheehan:
Pink Kat (shown): “The freshest smelling perfume and oil essences of gardenia, rose, wild ylang ylang and neroli lend their properties of love from the heart and earthy sexiness. Pink Kat is innocent, sensual and alluring all at once.”…
New fragrance items from Cartier
Cartier has launched a new Eau de Parfum version of Délices de Cartier, which was originally released in 2006 in Eau de Toilette and Parfum concentrations.
Now we have “an intoxicating concentrated version for a deep, long-lasting scent”. The notes: iced cherry, bergamot, pink pepper, violet, jasmine, freesia, amber, tonka bean, musk and sandalwood…
Perfume on the radio: Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Patty Geissler
Today on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook: "Scent and sensibility: Two top perfume critics explain how their world of scent works on us."
The one hour show airs at 11 am, and the guests include Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, authors of Perfumes: The Guide, and Patty Geissler of Perfume Posse.
You can find out more here. The station does offer both online streaming and an iTunes podcast.
Dover Street Market (Comme des Garcons) ~ shopping for perfume in London
Comme des Garçons is a fashion house with a serious determination to be different. In an area of London where designer shops proclaim their names as noticeably as possible — Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Hermès and countless others — Comme des Garçons hides their status in a rather utilitarian-looking shop with no mention of their name at all. You could walk past Dover Street Market and assume it’s a charity shop (which is what thrift stores are called in the UK).
Inside, the utilitarian feel prevails, with rough wooden floorboards and a general feel that the goods have been hastily unpacked from a cardboard box…