New at b-glowing: Tom Ford Black Orchid & White Patchouli.
New at luckyscent: Eau d'Italie Jardin du Poete.
Cartier Baiser Vole ~ new perfume
Cartier has launched Baiser Volé (Stolen Kiss), a new fresh powdery floral perfume for women…
Jean Patou 1000 ~ fragrance review
The drizzly spring afternoon at an antiques mall where I found a bottle of Jean Patou 1000 Eau de Toilette also yielded a 1920s evening coat. The coat is gold lamé, dull and frayed at the cuffs and collar, and is covered with gold and green sequins sewn in the shapes of flowers with twisting stems. Green silk velvet lines the coat’s interior, even down the insides of the sleeves. Sewn in the collar is a label in a Gatsby-esque font that reads “Miss Wilson, 657 Boylston st., Boston.” The coat feels glamorous, mysterious, and decayed. That’s exactly how I feel about Jean Patou 1000.
House nose Jean Kerléo created 1000 (sometimes called “Mille,” the French word for “thousand”). According to the Jean Patou website, the formula took ten years and 1,000 tries to perfect. Kerléo had only worked for Patou for four years when 1000 was released in 1972, so you can take the story with a grain of salt or figure maybe Kerléo picked up on another perfumer’s work when he arrived. For 1000’s launch, Patou delivered by Rolls Royce 1,000 bottles of the fragrance in jewel-encrusted boxes to the “most elegant women in Paris.”
The Patou website calls 1000 a floral chypre…
The Monday Mail ~ help Lucas find a new fragrance
Today we’re helping Lucas, who wants to find a new casual fragrance (and he wouldn’t mind finding a big occasion fragrance too). He’d like to keep the cost below $100. He has reasonably good access to mainstream fragrances, and is willing to shop online.
Here is what we know about Lucas:
He’s in his early 20s, and is studying cosmetic chemistry in Poland.
He says he is quiet, not easy to anger, and not always confident. His friends tell him he’s a romantic soul. He likes small cafes and cozy places.
Lucas loves smooth jazz and some pop music; other loves include tea, swimming, ice skating, walking in the park, shopping for clothes and traveling.
Lucas likes notes of lavender, fougere, amber, mint. His favorite scent at the moment is Prada Amber Pour Homme…
Cale Fragranze d’Autore Fulgor & Roboris ~ new fragrances
Italian niche distributor Calé has added two more fragrances, Fulgor and Roboris, to the Calé Fragranze d’Autore collection (you can see the first eight here). Both fragrances were inspired by a thunderstorm in Death Valley in August…