Nasomatto has launched China White, their sixth fragrance:
The result of a “quest to reveal the strength of fragility, ” and following the concept of “overdosing” on the power of a scent, Nasomatto’s newest fragrance, China White, is unlike any other. Controversially named after a type of heroin popular in the 1980s and with an opaque white ceramic top, this heady new concoction stands out even amongst the other scents in the Nasomatto collection…
New at dillards: Jean Paul Gaultier Monsieur.
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Parfums d'Imperfiction O Alquimista.
New at luckyscent: Montale Red Vetyver.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): Mona di Orio Amyitis.
Comme des Garçons will follow this year's collaborative fragrance with Monocle with a new fragrance created in conjunction with British milliner Stephen Jones. According to Italian Vogue, Jones is “the maker of the most beautiful hats in the world”.
Stephen Jones has described the new fragrance as “futuristic but rococo” and “a violet that's been hit by a meteorite”. It was developed by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu (who also created the Monocle scent and Luxe Patchouli for Comme des Garçons)…
Bertrand Duchaufour might be my second favorite (living) perfumer at the moment (you regular readers know that Jean-Claude Ellena is still at the top of the list), so Magnolia Romana by Eau d’Italie was one of my “most looked forward to” fragrances this year. I was a little worried about the “summer ozone” and “water” notes (other notes include purple basil, lemon leaves, neroli, nutmeg, cypress, magnolia, Bulgarian rose, tuberose, lotus, cedar, hay extract and white musk), and I was right to be: I don’t like synthetic “fresh” notes, and while Magnolia Romana isn’t overwhelmingly “fresh”, it’s just fresh enough to bother me…
Jean Paul Gaultier will launch Ma Dame, a new fragrance for women, this coming August:
…the fragrance targets a younger consumer than previous creations, and plays on the theme of the modern-day garçonne, or the rock-inspired tomboy—in line with Gaultier’s love affair with androgyny.
Ma Dame is described as a fresh floral scent…