King's Maine lobster poached in lobster carrot butter over a Maine potato fondant followed a round in which we sniffed tangerine, baby carrots and "an olfactory painting of unripe, green mango."
— Columnist Meredith Goad attends one of Chandler Burr's The Perfect Scent Dinners, in After 'Perfect Scent Dinner,' the nose knows at the Portland Press Herald. Many thanks to Karen for the link!
P.S. I Love You is the latest fragrance release from Bath & Body Works, and it takes its place in the “Romantics” family of the company’s Signature Collection. It was developed by perfumer Dave Apel, who designed the fragrance as a “modern experience” of the rose. In this respect, Bath & Body Works is joining the trend that Stella started in 2003 (has it been that long?!). The company still seems to be hedging its bets, perhaps fearing that a rose perfume might be judged too old-fashioned by its target audience: roses don’t appear in the fragrance’s name or label, and in the website photos, the bottles are accompanied by flowers that could just as easily be peonies as roses. There’s a similar fear of commitment, so to speak, in the promotional text. Early press releases described P.S. I Love You as a scent of “timeless love” and “heartfelt love,” but the company website now calls it “Our flirtiest fragrance ever!”
Everyone has his or her own ideas about love, but I’d personally place this fragrance beyond the initial, giggly glow of a first date and into the more comfortable, intimate zone of an established romance…
Many of you have already heard that Estee Lauder is discontinuing the Prescriptive brand. Distribution will cease in January 2010, after which products will continue to be available on the Prescriptives website while supplies last. Prescriptives Calyx, however, is safe: it will continue in production and will be distributed under the Aramis fragrances division beginning February 1st, 2010. (via email from Estee Lauder)
Demeter has launched Pink Grapefruit, a new fragrance to “beat the end of the summer blues”:
Fabulously refreshing, Demeter’s Pink Grapefruit is a citrus and fruity blend without being sharp…
New at escentual (UK): Ricci Ricci by Nina Ricci.
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Amouage Epic.
New at harrods (UK): Michael Kors Very Hollywood, Ricci Ricci by Nina Ricci, Marc Jacobs Lola,
New at nordstrom: Couture Couture by Juicy Couture.
New at premiereavenue (France): Annick Goutal Mandragore Pourpre.