Pop star Avril Lavigne will launch her third fragrance for women, Wild Rose, in September. As was the case with her prior fragrance, Forbidden Rose, the rose in the name is symbolic — there is no actual rose note in the perfume…
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Jil Sander Eve ~ new perfume
Jil Sander will launch Eve, a new fruity chypre floriental fragrance for women, in September:
She lingers in every woman…
Roberto Verino RV Pure ~ new fragrance
Roberto Verino will launch RV Pure, a new aquatic woody fougere fragrance for men, this month:
Pure in body and mind. Purity in the total…
Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Cologne Gingembre and Marc Jacobs Ginger ~ fragrance reviews
Ginger beer, ginger ale, ginger tea. Ginger-molasses cake with crystallized-ginger-and-cream-cheese frosting. Ginger ice cream. Ginger-y Southeast Asian soups. These are some of my favorite ginger-flavored drinks and foods. Ginger in fragrances? I don’t think ginger has been ‘served’ in perfume as well as other gourmand notes like vanilla, cocoa, cardamom, nutmeg or fruits. Bite into a fresh, crunchy ginger rhizome — has its zing, its heat, ever been realistically represented in a perfume? Is it even possible to do so?
This spring two ginger fragrances have been released: Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Cologne Gingembre and Marc Jacobs Ginger (part of the Marc Jacobs Splash collection).
Original Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme is a bore. Yves Saint Laurent Cologne Gingembre takes us from ‘boredom’ to “queasiness.” Cologne Gingembre includes notes of bergamot, aquatic accord, ginger, white pepper, violet leaves, basil, cedar wood, oak moss, vetiver and musk…