Actress Kate Walsh will launch her debut fragrance, Boyfriend, next month on HSN. Walsh was reportedly moved to get into the fragrance business when she found that missed her boyfriend’s fragrance after they broke up…
Saffron James Ipo ~ new fragrance
Saffron James has launched Ipo, the line’s fifth fragrance:
Widespread from eastern India to southeast Asia, Pakalana (also known as Chinese Violet) was introduced to Hawaii by immigrants from southern China around 1823…
Online fragrance shopping
New at aedes: Amouage Memoir, Penhaligon's Sartorial.
New at escentual (UK): Dior Diorama, Orla Kiely.
New at johnlewis (UK): Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille.
Deal at scentiments: take 5% off with coupon code BOO45, expiration date unknown.
Beyonce Heat Rush ~ new perfume
Beyoncé will launch Heat Rush, a new perfume for women, in February of next year. Heat Rush is a daytime variation on the “overtly sexy” Beyoncé Heat fragrance which launched earlier this year…
Olivier Durbano Pink Quartz / Quartz Rose ~ fragrance review
Pink Quartz / Quartz Rose1 is the latest from niche line Olivier Durbano, and joins the other fragrances in his Bijoux de Pierres Poèmes series. Like the others, it’s named for a semi-precious stone that Durbano uses in his jewelry. So far none of the stone-fragrance pairings in the collection have really resonated with me in any way, but this one is obvious enough (pink = rose) that even I get it.2
Pink Quartz is supposed to be a spicy chypre, and who knows, perhaps it is, although it does not smell like either a classic or a modern chypre to me. Under my own idiosyncratic (and somewhat random) classification system, it goes in the “rose + saffron” drawer, where it is far from lonely, rose + saffron combinations being rather thick on the ground lately. The opening is briefly sparkle and light, then it’s jammy-rich and spicy, and leans towards the Washington Tremlett Black Tie / The People of the Labyrinths A.Maze school rather than more transparent efforts like L’Artisan Safran Troublant…