British casual-wear brand Superdry has launched two new fragrances for men: Steel and Black. Steel and Black join the three fragrances in the men’s ‘vintage’ range, which launched earlier this year (see: Dry, Double Dry and Dry Oil). A women’s fragrance is expected to debut in 2011…
My favorite Bang Bang can be heard here. (Perhaps you’d like to listen as you read this review?) Marc Jacobs Bang Bang was released in August, and compared to the splashy debut of Bang, didn’t even merit a drum-roll, let alone a double-bang. I’ve seen no Bang Bang advertisements in magazines and the fragrance seems to be available only on the Marc Jacobs website in the U.S. — not in any major department stores.
Recently, a Nordstrom perfume sales person told me original Bang was a flop with consumers. (Clerk: “It didn’t smell good. We’re not stocking Bang anymore…and there’s a new Bang?”) All this surprised me — a Nordstrom perfume counter employee dissing a fragrance? Bang, such an original, pert, fun fragrance, a dud?
Bang Bang was developed by perfumer Yann Vasnier and lists notes of lemon, fennel, cardamom, sage, patchouli, sandalwood and cashmere musks.* Ignoring the advice I give others, I bought Bang Bang…unsniffed…
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New at houseoffraser (UK): DSquared2 Potion, Molton Brown Navigations collection, Nina Ricci Nina Snow Princess, Van Cleef & Arpels Feerie Rose des Neiges.
New at luckyscent: L'Artisan Batucada, Tommi Sooni line, Parfumerie Generale Indochine, Huitieme Art Myrrhiad, Creed Royal Oud.
New at macys: Lancome Tresor Midnight Rose.
New at nordstrom: Lancome Tresor Midnight Rose.
Olivier Durbano has launched Citrine, the latest fragrance in the “Stone Poem Jewels” series…
Grojsman never once mentions perfume’s power to attract. Instead, she emphasizes its power to make a woman feel like a goddess. “The perfume should be a mood elevator or an elevator of your femininity,” she says. “It’s medicine for the soul.”
— Perfumer Sophia Grojsman talks about her career in Perfume 'Nose' Conjures Up Perfect Scents at The Jewish Daily Forward.