It smells like midnight in the Bois de Boulogne — sexy and mysterious. I think it creates a mood. It’s alluring. It says, I’m interested in life, in olfactory senses as well as visual ones.
— Actress Anjelica Huston talks about Jean Patou 1000, in Timeless 1,001 Nights at the New York Times. Many thanks to SuddenlyInexplicably for the link!
It’s very nearly May Day. On May Day — May 1st — the French traditionally buy lily of the valley bouquets, and perfumistas traditionally wear lily of the valley perfume.
Your options, of course, are many. There are the classics: Christian Dior Diorissimo, Caron Muguet du Bonheur (I checked, they’re still making it), and Guerlain Muguet (they usually release a new version every year on May Day in Paris). There are the modern niche fragrances: Parfums Delrae Début, Van Cleef & Arpels Muguet Blanc, Parfums MDCI Un Coeur en Mai, and if you can get your hands on it, Annick Goutal’s now discontinued Le Muguet. There are the chain-store standbys: Crabtree & Evelyn, Woods of Windsor, Yardley, Taylor of London and Caswell-Massey all make lily of the valley soliflores. And of course, there’s the budget option: Coty’s Muguet des Bois (I checked, they’re still making that too and you can even buy it at Target). There are no doubt many others — please comment if you know of one I missed.
Longwood Gardens’ new fragrance, Always in Bloom, is likewise focused on lily of the valley…
Actor Bruce Willis in a "making of" for his debut fragrance, Bruce Willis Eau de Parfum, for the German company LR Health & Beauty Systems. If you wait until the very end, they do show the bottle.
According to Women's Wear Daily, the Bruce Willis fragrance will be "extremely masculine".
The fragrance is set to debut in July, but will not be distributed in the US.
Update: Video no longer available, sorry!
Mauboussin has launched M Generation, a “fragrance that highlights the timeless elegance of a confident man”.
The notes for the spicy wood fragrance include bergamot, ginger…
New at first-in-fragrance: Byredo La Tulipe, Comme des Garcons Undercover Holygrace & Holygrapie, G Nejman Emir.
New at harrods (UK): Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess.
New at nordstrom: Balenciaga Paris.