New at colette.fr (Paris): Byredo La Tulipe.
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Honore des Pres We Love NY trio, Profumi del Forte Versilia Aurum, L'Artisan Nuit de Tubereuse.
New at nordstrom: Aquolina Pink Sugar Sensual.
Paco Rabanne Lady Million ~ new perfume
Paco Rabanne will launch Lady Million, the feminine “alter ego” of Paco Rabanne 1 Million, in July. The Lady Million fragrance is a fresh woody floral, and is fronted by model Dree Hemingway…
Headspace, part 3
Getting ready to make a big stink
Now, another of the famous Corpse Flower’s offspring is getting ready to make its debut. Because nature is unpredictable, the exact date when the Corpse Flower will bloom can’t be known in advance. Experts estimate that it will occur sometime between June 5-10.
— Another titan arum is due to bloom, this time at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in Southern California. It's the fourth flowering of a titan arum at the Huntington (prior blooms were in 1999, 2002 & 2009). They're posting daily pictures of its progress here.
Guerlain Eau de Cologne Imperiale ~ fragrance review
Celebrity fragrances have been around a long time. Like TV, music and movie stars of today, European royalty lent their names and seals of approval to many perfume house scents in the 19th century — and were supplied with all manner of toiletries in return. Having a queen, emperor, princess or other “noble” person or family associated with a fragrance helped sales, and Guerlain received royal “warrants” from the likes of the Queen of Belgium in 1842 and the Prince of Wales.1 Guerlain produced many perfumes with “royal airs” — Bouquet de Duchesse, Délice du Prince, Le Bouquet de Fürstenberg, Esterházy Mixtyre, Bouquet du Roi d’Angleterre, Bouquet du Jardin du roi, Bouquet de l’Impératrice and Bouquet Napoléon.2
Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain (who founded the Guerlain perfumery in 1828) was awarded a royal supplier patent in 1853 when he received permission from Empress Eugénie (wife of Napoléon III) to name one of his creations Eau de Cologne Impériale;3 Guerlain was given the title Perfumer to her Majesty the Empress Eugénie.2 Eugénie’s cologne became famous, and its “bee design” bottles are an enduring symbol of Guerlain…