New at beautycafe: Bond no. 9 Brooklyn.
New at bloomingdales: DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom, Karl Lagerfeld Kapsule collection.
New at macys: Elizabeth Arden Pretty.
New at sephora: Calvin Klein Eternity Summer, CK One Summer, CK One "We are One", Euphoria Spring Temptation, Ferragamo Incanto Bliss.
New at sephora.fr (France): Givenchy Harvest collection 2008.
As previously reported, tennis star Rafael Nadal (who is currently ranked #1 in the world) will be the face of Lanvin's upcoming fragrance for men, Lanvin L'Homme Sport. The new fragrance promises a “concentrate of pure energy” and an “aristocratic ease”.
The woody aromatic fragrance features notes of bergamot, citrus, pepper, petitgrain, sage, lavender, moss, patchouli and musk…
M #2 Black March vies with Memory of Kindness as my favorite fragrance from CB I Hate Perfume. Memory of Kindness smells like early August; Black March, part of the Metamorphosis series, is what late March will smell like assuming all goes well (right now, we're blanketed in snow here). Perfumer Christopher Brosius was reportedly inspired by Stevie Smith's poem, Black March:
But I have seen his eyes, they are
As pretty and bright
As raindrops on black twigs
In March, and heard him say:I am a breath
Of fresh air for you, a change
By and by.Black March I call him
Because of his eyes
Being like March raindrops
On black twigs.
You can read the poem in its entirety at Memory and Desire….
Niche line Parfums de Nicolaï launched Vanille Intense, a new addition to the Les Magnifiques collection:
Racy and incredibly natural bourbon vanilla absolu will take you miles away… An exotic tribute to the vanilla bean with a captivating rhum top note enhanced with Indonesian patchouli oil for a warm and woody dry down…
New at aedes: Serge Lutens Nuit de Cellophane.
New at harrods (UK): Bond no. 9 Brooklyn.
Deal at jomalone: get a spray sample of Sweet Lime & Cedar, two cologne samples of your choice and free shipping with coupon code NEWJMSLC, good through 3/8.
New at siperfumes: Strange Invisible Perfumes Floral trio.