Thanks to Karin for pointing out this message on the website of niche line Institut Très Bien:
Like a beautiful ballet, Institut Très Bien has ended act one and is in intermission...
We would like to take opportunity to thank all of you who loved the brand [...] We hope to see you soon again.
Hopefully they'll be back. Meantime, if you need to stock up, the scents are marked down at Beautyhabit.
It’s apt that a company named Nautica (a Coty brand) is releasing a water-based, “aquatic” perfume called Oceans; however, the big story is not the smell of Nautica Oceans, but the way the fragrance is made. Nautica Oceans uses a patent-pending micro-emulsion technology developed by perfumer Michel Mane (Mane USA) that “allows for a concentrated oil load of up to 20 percent to be built into water-based fragrances” (water-based scents usually only have 2-3 percent oil in the formulation).1 Nautica Oceans uses a 10 percent oil load and Nautica has exclusive use of the Mane technology for two years.
Nautica Oceans has impeccable green credentials: its ingredients and packaging are biodegradable (the fully recyclable outer carton is made from 30 percent post consumer recycled fibers and is produced with wind energy in a carbon neutral facility) and Nautica supports Oceana.2 (The only non-green aspect to Nautica Oceans is its two-year exclusive rights agreement with Mane — why not let as many perfumers and fragrance companies as possible use this “cleaner” perfume technology?)3
Nautica Oceans contains ocean air, lemon tonic, sea salt rose, lavender reef, geranium, amber crystals, teak and Regatta Accord. What does Nautica Oceans smell like? I could respond in two ways…
Byredo has launched Bal d’Afrique, a new fragrance inspired by “Paris of 1920’s, balls of Saint Germain and the style of Josephine Baker …”
A warm and romantic vetiver inspired by Paris in the late 20’s and its infatuation with African culture, art, music and dance…
New at colette (France): Le Labo Oud 27.
Deal at rich-hippie: take 20% off with coupon code RICHHIPPIE, good through 4/16.
Deal at soivohle: markdowns of 50% on many perfumes.
Italian niche line Profumi del Forte has launched By Night, a new duo of perfumes:
By Night White ~ “An escape from reality and the beginning of a dream. The unrestrained passion of sparkling and sensual notes. Vanilla orange blossom, jasmine absolute and white musk are a guide to a magnificent new world…”