Profumi del Forte has launched a new fragrance, Forte + Forte:
Pungent and tangy. The citrus elements are expressed in a wave of freshness that awakens the senses and fills the body with renewed vitality.
From the Maître Parfumeur’s diary: I wandered through the colours and perfumes of the market stalls. Smiling people mingling happily in the shade under beautiful dark oak trees. The fruit stalls were vibrant with colour…
New at beautyhabit: Boony Doon Farm line, Strange Invisible Perfumes line.
Deal at jomalone: get free 2nd day shipping with coupon code GIFTS2, good through 6/11.
Our subject (victim?) this week: Phyllis. Phyllis has been interested in scent since she received a bottle of tuberose perfume as a child, and she is currently looking for her holy grail fragrance. She'd like to find something that isn't widely worn.
Here is what we know about Phyllis:
She is in her 50s and is currently going back to college to get her Bachelor's degree.
She considers herself a “child of the 80s”, and loves The Cure.
She is petite, blonde, a Romantic, a cat person, and designs her own clothing when possible…
A few more ideas for those of you who are still shopping…
A classic: Cartier Declaration (“an original, distinctive composition that basks in a harmonious blend of cold spices”) in a 100 ml leather travel case. $110 at Nordstrom…
Magazine Street, from the natural perfume line Strange Invisible Perfumes, “celebrates the cultural melange of New Orleans”, and a portion of the proceeds go to commongroundrelief, a charitable organization working to rebuild communities in the gulf coast area in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The notes are magnolia, vanilla, patchouli, vetiver and botanical musk, and Strange Invisible Perfumes characterizes Magazine Street as “brazen, sumptuous”.
Magazine Street starts, like many from this line, with a touch of oddness in the top notes — it is strong and sharp, with something lemony-tangy that reminds me of freshly crushed eucalyptus leaves…