L'Occitane has launched Cherry (Cerisier), a new limited edition fragrance. Cherry is a variation on last year's Cherry Blossom:
A deliciously summery Eau de Toilette that reinterprets the freshness of our Cherry Blossom perfume, enveloping the skin with fruity, sparkling, and tangy essences. A perfume that recalls carefree summer afternoons spent in the orchard…
“No question, the industry people are unnerved,” said Rochelle R. Bloom, the president of the Fragrance Foundation, a trade group. “I often get calls from executives pleading, ‘Can’t you do something about all this chatter.’ ”
— The fragrance industry is not amused by the "chorus of critics". Quoted in Everyone’s a Critic by columnist Ruth LaFerla in the New York Times.
Bouquet is the newest fragrance from Vera Wang. It joins her signature bridal collection:
Explaining the inspiration behind the scent, the designer declared: “For me, flowers and fragrance are the perfect expression of love and commitment, and a bouquet symbolises that union. In the hands of a radiant woman, a bouquet can be magical.” (via moodiereport)
I was rather surprised by the ad visual (shown); the model is wearing a bridal gown, but she looks a bit edgy for Vera Wang, no? It certainly isn’t the pretty-in-pink kind of imagery we saw for Vera Wang’s last bridal fragrance, Truly Pink. Truly Pink wasn’t astoundingly original or anything, but it was nicely done and very wearable (I’d wear it if it fell from the skies), and not quite so conservative as the original Vera Wang fragrance, which strikes me as so overwhelmingly bridal that I’d have a hard time wearing it in anything other than a bridal gown…
Paris-based rose florist chain Au Nom de la Rose has launched a set of Eaux de Parfum for men and women:
Au Nom de la Rose Pour Femme (shown) is a “resolutely modern” fragrance with notes of strawberry, blackcurrant bud, rose, patchouli, palisander wood and musk.
Au Nom de la Rose Pour Homme is an “elegant and refined” woody-aromatic fragrance…
New at parfum1: Gucci by Gucci, DKNY Delicious Night.
Deal at scentiments: take 5% off with coupon code scentax, good through 4/20.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): Eau d'Italie Magnolia Romana.