Cartier will launch Roadster for Men this coming September. The “mineral fougère” fragrance with a “powerful mint note” was named for the Cartier Roadster watch, and was developed by Cartier perfumer Mathilde Laurent, who noted…
It was interesting to work with because it is difficult to make mint play well with other ingredients. The manner of working on it was very Cartier; I used the ingredients as a jeweler uses precious stones…
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Diptyque's first fragrance, L'Eau, originally introduced in 1968. To celebrate, the line has launched a trio of unisex colognes: L'Eau de L'Eau, L'Eau des Hesperides and L'Eau de Neroli. All three were developed by perfumer Olivier Pescheux.
L’Eau de L’Eau pays homage to L'Eau (go ahead, translate that in your head), which was said, in turn, to have been based on a 16th century potpourri recipe. I haven't tried L'Eau in some years; my testing notes, probably written in late 2003 or early 2004, say “it is warm and spicy but sheer at the same time: an almost aqueous feeling: potpourri under water. Very nice, would absolutely never wear it.” My tastes have expanded pretty dramatically since then…
Ghost has launched Ghost Sweetheart, a new fragrance for women:
An enchanting new feminine fragrance to capture the fresh, spontaneous spirit of sweet, new love.
Love is in the air, beguiling you with the tender-sweet innocence of new, young love…
New at barneys: Strange Invisible Perfumes Eaux de Parfum line.
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): the Nez a Nez line.
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It’s spring — the perfect time to release ambery, spicy, oriental fragrances full of coffee, musk, cocoa, patchouli, ambergris and vanilla…right? I used to complain about sparkly “resort” citrus fragrances being released in October and heavy, rich scents coming out just before or during summer, but this off-season system of fragrance debuts has been a money-saver for me. I hold off buying fragrances I can’t wear immediately, so by the time cold weather rolls around, this spring’s and summer’s warm, wintry-smelling fragrance releases will have lost their gloss of “newness” and I can look at them dispassionately, and buy only fragrances I love (not simply like).
Dolce & Gabbana’s The One for Men (developed by perfumer Olivier Polge) has a cool-weather vibe…