Guerlain will launch Guerlain Homme, a new fragrance for men developed by perfumer Thierry Wasser (who was recently appointed in-house perfumer at Guerlain), this coming August:
The concept plays on the theme of man’s dual nature: human and animal.
The fragrance is firmly rooted in fresh olfactive territory, which according to Guerlain holds “great potential” for the men’s market…
They're mighty busy over at Comme des Garçons this year: we've already had 888 & Monocle + Comme des Garçons Scent One: Hinoki, and we've still got a number of collaborative scents to come (with Daphne Guinness, H&M, Jun Takahashi & Stephen Jones). The latest launch is Series 8: Energy C, three new fragrances promising a “vitamin rush based on citrus fruit” to “wake up, feel positive, be positive”.
Comme des Garçons has done citrus before, most notably with Series 4: Cologne. To my mind, Series 4 is underrated, and not least of all by me…
This is really a random collection of thoughts that I started pulling together (at my usual glacial pace) back when Angela wrote Becoming a perfumista. The subject: what I wish I'd known when I started out with perfume. Part 2 is coming next week, and I'm hoping all you Stage Four and Stage Five perfume addicts will add some advice of your own in the comments.
After you've smelled 100 fragrances, you'll have a hard time keeping them all straight. It took me a good long while to start keeping notes. When I finally did, I wrote my notes in a little bound notebook. Um, duh! If you're going to smell 100, there's a good chance you're going to smell 500 or 1500, and pretty soon that little notebook is going to be useless. I'm amazed at how long it took me to start keeping my notes on the computer…
Manhattan’s Upper West Side has never been known for its luxury shopping. It has long been famous for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, for the Museum of Natural History, for its blocks of historic brownstones, and for Zabar’s, that peerless emporium of all things edible; but definitely not for boutiques that sell cosmetics and perfume. There have been some changes over the past year or two, however, and Blue Mercury is the latest beauty-oriented newcomer to the neighborhood.
Blue Mercury is a mini-chain of beauty boutiques with a primary emphasis on skincare; accordingly, you’ll see plenty of luxury skin and hair products stocking the shelves of the Manhattan shop, as well as familiar upscale cosmetics brands such as NARS and T. Leclerc. The sales associates are skincare consultants and makeup artists rather than fragrance experts, but the scent-related merchandise is accessible enough to encourage independent browsing and spritzing…
Mexx will follow up on last year's Amsterdam Spring Edition with a new city and season: Berlin Summer Edition, due to launch in June and “inspired by the tingling flair of Berlin in the summer”.
Mexx Berlin Summer Edition Woman (shown) features citrus notes, mandarin, lemon, bergamot, freesia, heliotrope, water jasmine, white musk, hawthorn and sandalwood…