Giorgio Armani will launch the masculine counterpart to 2007's Emporio Armani Diamonds For Women this August. Emporio Armani Diamonds for Men aims for a young audience, and is fronted by actor Josh Hartnett.
The woody gourmand fragrance was developed by perfumer Jacques Cavallier and features notes of bergamot, gaïac, cedarwoods, vetiver, Szechuan pepper, cocoa and ambroxan…
It’s cheap to make, so accountants love it. It’s easy, so creatives love it. Kenzo’s Pour Homme, loaded with methylbenzodioxepinone to add a fake sea-breeze smell, is permanently atop the bestseller list in France, grinding out cash. Yves Saint Laurent’s Homme is found at Bloomingdale’s on Lexington, Creed’s Acier Aluminium is found at Bergdorf’s on Fifth, and Derek Jeter Driven is found at Walgreen’s everywhere. They all smell exactly the same.
— Chandler Burr in the New York Times, writing about Chanel's Allure Homme Sport.
Tom Ford will launch White Patchouli, a new fragrance for women, this coming September. The scent…
…is seen as a counterpart to his other women's scent, Black Orchid. “For this project, I wanted to reinvent patchouli,” said Ford. “I loved the idea of mixing patchouli with white florals…”
Additional notes include peony, bergamot…
Who doesn’t love a bargain? I know that I do. So when I saw that Perfumes: The Guide gave Stetson’s Lady Stetson four stars and compared it favorably to Chanel No. 22, I knew I had to try it. A trip to the drugstore and $4.95 later, I had an 11 ml bottle of Lady Stetson cologne spray in my hands.
The name “Lady Stetson” might lead you to believe that it smells like a set from Little House on the Prairie or like something a country western singer might wear. When you couple its name with the fact that it came out in 1986, you might even imagine it smelling like a sort of mega-cowgirl adorned in a rhinestone vest and flipping her bleached curls as she kicks up white ostrich ropers. Instead, Lady Stetson is a peachy, aldehydic floral with a sweet, medium-bodied drydown that might have suited Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie better than Charlene Tilton of Dallas…
El Attarine will be the next perfume to join the exclusive (i.e., Paris-only) collection from Serge Lutens, following last year's Sarrasins.
The El Attarine description:
Solaire.
Traduit tout ce qui est odoriférant.
La route des parfums par un solitaire.
And a longer explanation, written by Serge Lutens, from the press release…