Save Fragrance, a new venture from Sean O’Mara of Royal Apothic, has launched a series of fragrances under the name Scent Lab:
Save fragrance. A name with a mission and a mission with a name. Save Fragrance believes the fragrance industry is out of control…
New at boots (UK): Donna Karan DKNY Pure.
New at escentual (UK): Gwen Stefani Harajuku Lovers Sunshine Cuties (pre-order).
Deal at parfumsraffy: take 10% off all orders with coupon code IHEARTRAFFY, good through 2/5. New items include Odori & Parfumerie Naturelle lines.
Deal at reirien: take 8% off all orders of $80 or more with coupon code 8OFF80, good through 2/3.
New at sephora: Prada L'Eau Ambree, Jean Paul Gaultier Classique X & Super Le Male.
Perfume coverage in the February issues of Allure, Details, Elle, Lucky, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vogue and Glamour, and please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you’ve seen in other fashion & beauty magazines:
Cover: Beyoncé
Scent strips: Yves Saint Laurent Parisienne, Burberry Brit Sheer, Sarah Jessica Parker SJP NYC..
Today’s post came out of a quick email conversation with Kevin, who noted that he thought that Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris smelled an awful lot like Odori Iris.1 I remembered liking the Odori well enough when I tried it, but it certainly wasn’t love-at-first-sniff like the Van Cleef & Arpels. It seemed worth pulling the sample out to investigate. As so often happens, the one sample you need is the one you can’t find, but I’ll spare you the details of the 2-hour search: I did emerge victorious.
Odori, if you remember, is an offshoot of the Italian niche line Bois 1920. The six fragrances that launched in 2008 were all supposed to be masculine, as is reflected by the heavy wood packaging.
Odori’s Iris starts out with the dry, rooty iris that I love, but it quickly turns sweet…
Jovan will launch new Satisfaction fragrances for men and women next month:
Now, Jovan enters a new era with the introduction of Jovan Satisfaction…