Reminiscence has launched Etoile de Rem, a new solar floral fragrance for women. The notes feature citrus, bergamot, marine accord, jasmine, ylang ylang, orange blossom, coconut, vanilla, coumarin and musk.
Reminiscence Etoile de Rem is available in 100 ml Eau de Toilette. (via reminiscence.fr, found via osmoz)
Other recent launches from Reminiscence: Do Ré and Mi Fa.
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New at neimanmarcus: Shu Uemura Fleur de Rose, Fleur de Terre, Fleur de Source.
Escada will launch Incredible Me, a new fragrance for women fronted by Lydia Hearst, this coming September. The “intercultural” scent is meant to fuse Asian exoticism with the energy of the western world.
Incredible Me is a vanillic oriental with notes of clementine, honeysuckle, orchid, tiramisú, vanilla and sandalwood…
Duke University researchers, using sophisticated machinery to analyze hundreds of chemical components in a ringtailed lemur's distinctive scent, have found that individual males are not only advertising their fitness for fatherhood, but also a bit about their family tree as well.
— From Primate's Scent Speaks Volumes About Who He Is at Medical News Today.
If my perfume choices were limited to one type of fragrance with one note predominant, chances are I would opt for vetiver colognes. (I’d probably have to flip a coin: Sandalwood vs. Vetiver.) I love vetiver fragrances and have owned too many to list here. Recently, my introduction to Lalique Encre Noir, the reissue of Givenchy Vétyver and the debuts of Giorgio Armani's Vétiver Babylone and Chanel's Sycomore have made me very happy and ready to expand an already-overcrowded perfume collection.
Just as sparkling, fresh water sustained ancient Babylon’s (real or imaginary) fragrant hanging gardens, Vétiver Babylone’s vetiver, likewise sparkling and fresh, supports its other brisk ingredients — bergamot, citron, mandarin, green cardamom, coriander, pink pepper and patchouli…