“Headspace” (a term borrowed from the beat generation, where it connoted psychological privacy) is the technical term for the area surrounding an object or person in which their odour can be analysed. But odour detection is not limited to the discovery of drugs and explosives. Scientists and electronic nose entrepreneurs claim headspace analysis can reveal everything from the substances people have been in contact with and their emotional state, to their personal identity and ethnic origin…
Boss Pure by Hugo Boss ~ fragrance review
Recently, I was worried I had run out of ways to review mediocre, smell-alike mainstream men’s fragrances. Should I continue to tax my imagination and keep thumbing through Roget’s Thesaurus for new ways to say a fragrance is “dull,” “insipid,” “typical,” etc., or should I simply ignore boring new releases? I jokingly said to Robin here at Now Smell This that we should create a ‘review form’ for such scents; it would make reviewing so much easier. Of course, a perfume blog can’t ignore new releases and I can’t use a review form over and over again without becoming a bore myself, but just this once…
Mainstream Fragrance Review Form/Category: Men’s “Fresh”/Sport
The Givens:
— Artificial-smelling ingredients
— The perfume develops rapidly; excellent lasting power/annoying sillage
— Contains persistent marine and/or ozonic “fresh” fragrance notes
— Metallic citrus opening; slightly “spicy”, mildly “floral” middle; and woody dry down; all fragrance notes are “generic,” “nondescript”…
Missoni Colori Collection: Rosa, Arancio, Giallo, Gianduia ~ new perfumes
Missoni has launched the Missoni Colori Collection, comprising four fragrances based on accords from their 2006 eponymous fragrance. The scents can be worn alone or layered:
Rosa (shown): “A romantic mix of voluminous peony, dewy rose and textural lily.”
Arancio: “An energising mix of sparkling mandarin, zesty-bitter orange and juicy kaki.”…
Azagury by Jacques Azagury ~ new perfume
UK-based designer Jacques Azagury has launched Azagury, his first signature fragrance:
In creating the fragrance, he has infused grand scents of the Twenties and Thirties with futuristic, contemporary materials. Designed for the modern woman, his first signature fragrance is fresh and feminine…
Online fragrance shopping
New at barneys: i Profumi di Firenze Brezza di Mare.
New at luckyscent: Heeley Sel Marin, the by Kilian line.