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A new school year, a new love affair, a new home — all these things offer the chance for reinvention. We're somewhere new, or around new people, and we have the opportunity to present ourselves in a new way, or better yet in a way that's more true to ourselves. For fragrance aficionados, these beginnings cry out for a new perfume.
After spending a year in a job that felt like a bad relationship, I cast my resume into the job pool and came up with two job offers. I took the job that was riskier financially but looked like it would be more satisfying personally, and the decision has paid off big time. Every morning I wake up early and rework the draft of a mystery novel in progress (featuring a perfume-loving protagonist, of course) then ride my bicycle downtown over the heavy green river to an office full of dedicated, diverse people. Afternoons I work on freelance projects at home with my dog on the couch in my office and a cat in my lap. All that and the coffee is good, too. Could life be nicer? It truly feels like a new day.
Naturally, I'm itching for a new perfume to celebrate this new beginning…
Salvatore Ferragamo will launch Incanto Bliss, a new sparkling fruity floral fragrance for women, this coming January in Japan, March elsewhere in the world. Incanto Bliss is the latest flanker to 2003's Incanto perfume, and follows Incanto Dream, Incanto Charms, Incanto Shine and Incanto Heaven.
Incanto Bliss was developed by perfumer Beatrice Piquet…
Verde Bosco & Tuscania are the latest two fragrance releases from Italian niche house i Profumi di Firenze:
Verde Bosco (shown) ~ “Take a walk in the woods with this sporty fragrance that captures lush pine forests, mountain air and earthy loam.” The notes include grapefruit, basil, cassis, lavender, waterlily, geranium, vetiver, musk, oakmoss and cedar.
Tuscania ~ “A romantic fruity-spicy fragrance…”
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