Mona di Orio has launched Chamarré, the line’s fifth fragrance. It is described as a “a dark, sweet, woody oriental of immense warmth and seduction”:
Drawing inspiration from the word Chamarré, wich [sic] means “an explosion of colours and richly ornamented”…
Paco Rabanne 1 Million debuted last August in Europe, but it’s never “officially” launched in the U.S. (though it can be purchased at online discounters here). 1 Million was developed by perfumers Christophe Raynaud, Olivier Pescheux and Michel Girard, and it contains grapefruit, blood orange, peppermint, rose, cinnamon, “spice,” blond leather, white woods, amberketal (synthetic ambergris) and patchouli. It’s difficult to review 1 Million because the fragrance is so well blended. Imagine painting precise squares of color (cool purple, faded pink, creamy green and sunny yellow) side by side onto a white canvas using acrylic pigments, then taking a wet brush and running it thru the middle of all the squares — blurring all the colors with one strong sweep of the brush. The resulting image of this rapid “mixing” is like 1 Million: gray (indistinct) in the center but with traces of residual color (individual notes) around the edges.
1 Million smells like “sugar and spice” with a touch of lavender-orange blossom and vanillic amber. It also smells like an upscale (slightly retro) barbershop…
Malin + Goetz has introduced two new fragrances, Synthesized Geranium Leaf and Petitgrain Tonic, meant to be worn alone or layered:
Synthesized Geranium Leaf ~ “Our synthesized geranium leaf is scientifically engineered for its green fresheness [sic]”, with notes of green apple, cyclamen, geranium, coriander and musk…
Laura Biagiotti has launched Laura Rosé, a new fragrance for women. The scent is a flanker to 1994’s Laura by Laura Biagiotti, and the tag line is “the sensual side of Laura”.
The fragrance notes feature white rum, blackcurrant leaves, crystallized orange, lemon, rose, pannetone, freesia..
Laurice Rahme of Bond no. 9 will be at Saks Fifth Avenue in Cincinnati on Friday, May 8 (1 – 5 pm) and Sunday, May 9 (11 am – 5 pm) to chat with customers, sign perfume bottles and introduce Bond’s latest fragrances, Brooklyn and Astor Place.
No reservation is necessary…