Smell Bent is a new LA-based indie niche line, debuting this month with 10 fragrances:
Blimey, Limey (above left) ~ “fresh lime juice taken with a shaker of sugar, made to walk the plank and then splashed into a salty musk”…
Online fragrance shopping
New at dillards: Nanette by Nanette Lepore.
Deal at scentiments: take 10% off with coupon code UNAMEIT, expiration date unknown.
Blumarine Bellissima ~ new perfume
Italian fashion house Blumarine has launched Bellissima, a floral musk fragrance for women. It is the brand’s first perfume.*
Bellissima was developed by perfumer Sophie Labbé; the notes feature dewdrops, ginger, orange, grapefruit, peony, passion flowers…
Jo Malone Vanilla & Anise ~ perfume review
Vanilla & Anise is new from Jo Malone; it’s meant to “…evoke the moment that vanilla orchids bloom at day-break in Madagascar”, Madagascar being the world’s largest producer of vanilla.
Vanilla & Anise starts out bright and citrusy. It’s slightly sharp in the early stages, and very fresh. Patty at Perfume Posse found it melon-y aquatic, but I hardly noticed until I sprayed it on paper. On skin (my skin, anyway), the fresh notes pass by in a flash. It sweetens up quickly but it never gets more than slightly sweet, and the vanilla is balanced by a slightly bitter edge in the mostly transparent florals: it reminds me of wildflowers more than tropical florals (the notes: bergamot, neroli, wild fennel flower, star anise, oleander, tuberose, frangipani, purple vanilla orchid, clove, white amber, vetiver, vanilla bourbon absolute and tonka bean). The licorice notes are subtle, and the base is pale and woody, and just slightly earthy…
Loewe Aire Loco ~ new fragrance
Loewe will launch Aire Loco, a new fresh floral perfume for women, this month. The name is a play on the 1985 Aire Loewe fragrance, and the advertising will feature “a model spying on men through a peep hole and licking champagne off her body”.
Aire Loco was developed by perfumers Carlos Benaïm and Yves Cassar…