Téo Cabanel has launched Méloé, a green, fruity Eau Légère meant for year-round use. It is being marketed to women, but the company points out that men can use it as well.
Like the other fragrances in the Téo Cabanel line, Méloé was developed by perfumer Jean-François Latty. The notes include bergamot, tangerine, lemon, lavender, basil, neroli, orange blossom, jasmine…
New at colette.fr: the Byredo line.
New at nordstrom: Shiseido Zen.
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Hermès, a new limited edition bottle of Eau des Merveilles illustrated by Alice Charbin (she also does the drawings on their website). 100 ml Eau de Toilette, 85€…
Musc Botanique is the latest launch from the all-natural Strange Invisible Perfumes line. As I’ve said here before, I don’t really care if my fragrances are all-natural or not, but I’m a big fan of Strange Invisible Perfumes; perfumer Alexandra Balahoutis, who founded the brand, has created some really unusual and compelling fragrances. With Musc Botanique, she “wanted to do something clean that also had that subtle animalistic quality”; the result is a unisex scent that includes notes of geranium, white amber, angelica and frankincense…
Yardley has launched Peony, a new fragrance for women inspired by the winning entry of a contest held in collaboration with Good Housekeeping magazine. Entrants were asked to design a new scent for the company; contestant Ann Bell suggested a fragrance “inspired by the peony gardens at Penshurst Place where she works as a garden guide”. The result, Peony…
…combines sutble, fruity top notes of pimento berries, redcurrants and peony bud with heady rose and peony flower…