New at aedes: Costes 2 by Hotel Costes.
New at debenhams (UK): Guerlain Insolence Blooming.
New at dillards: DKNY Delicious Candy Apples.
New at harrods (UK): Amouage Tribute.
New at kohls: Halle Berry Halle Pure Orchid.
New at nordstrom: Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Fleur de Bois, Gucci Flora Eau de Parfum.
A promo for the upcoming DKNY Pure fragrance.
No matter what our thought bubbles read, most of us know better than to stand in front of a painting by Jackson Pollock and say aloud, “I don’t know what the big deal is. So some guy splatters paint on canvas. That’s art?” Even if our attention wanders during the second half of a symphony concert, we still suspect the music has merit. Maybe we’re not accustomed to a couple of hours of Mahler, but we give it a fair try. Most of us would jump at the chance to try a sip of a Premier Cru Bordeaux, even if we weren’t 100% sure we could distinguish it from a supermarket Cab-Merlot blend. We assume we don’t know everything about every kind of art. We want to develop our senses.
On the other hand, many people who wouldn’t miss a Whitney Biennial will flatly say, “I don’t like perfume,” and it never even occurs to them they’ve shut out a whole realm of art. They’re slamming an entire sense. Perfume is the Rodney Dangerfield of the art world…
What is it: One 100 ml bottle of Annick Goutal Ninféo Mio (square bottle as shown), which I wore quite lavishly in order to write a review, and from which I have also decanted four large samples (I probably removed around 10 ml; I keep the samples, you get the bottle).
Who can win: Any registered reader who has already left at least one comment on the site before today (see rule #1 below), who lives in the US (see rule #2 below) and who has not won an NST giveaway in the past 6 months.
Update: we have a winner, congrats to Monkeytoe!
L’Occitane will launch Wild Cherry Tree / Cerisier des Oiseaux, a new limited edition fruity woods fragrance for women, in February.
The notes for the “slightly powdery” fragrance include black currant…