Guerlain will launch Bouquet Numéro 1 in April. The new fragrance for women is in the Aqua Allegoria range, and will be exclusive to travel retail. As with the recent Guerlain Flora Nymphéa, the inspiration is a spring garden…
Mistral Lavender Flower ~ new perfume
Mistral has launched Lavender Flower, a new fragrance for women:
Lavender Flower Eau de Parfum is as alluring and evocative as the Provencal landscape in which it was born…
Eau de sweaty sock
In a five-year study aimed at creating a "smell demography" of New York City, [Leslie Vosshall] said they subjected hundreds of volunteers found through Craigslist to intensive smell testing and found that the most pleasant scent, across groups, is vanilla.
The worst: Isovaleric acid, most commonly associated with eau de sweaty sock.
— From Volunteers Amble Through Olfactory Jungle Of NYC at CBS News.
Le Prix Eau Faux 2010 ~ last call for entries!
A quick reminder that there are only a few days left to enter the 2010 Prix Eau Faux: we'll take entries through 3/31.
Atelier Cologne Grand Neroli and Orange Sanguine ~ fragrance review
Atelier Cologne, a new niche perfume house based in Paris and New York, recently introduced its range of five fragrances. Atelier’s signature concept is the “cologne absolue”: fragrances inspired by the historic recipe of the original “Eau de Cologne” — a mixture of citrus and herbal ingredients — but blended in stronger concentrations for a richer and more lasting effect. Each of the fragrances in Atelier’s debut collection is centered around a citrus motif, and each is intended to embody a “singular moment” of memory and experience.
My current favorite from Atelier is Grand Néroli, created by perfumer Cécile Krakower. Grand Néroli opens with a radiant burst of neroli and orange blossom (those two lovely, but differently-achieved, products of the same flower). This opening accord is soon pierced by more astringent notes of lemon and petitgrain, for a lively blend that mellows after an hour or so. Grand Néroli’s middle phase includes a salty aspect with a very subtle “beachy” feeling, but it never becomes as marine-like as Le Labo Neroli 36. The galbanum seems to extend the citrus notes without turning them too green…