Loewe has launched Agua de Loewe Mediterráneo, a new limited edition unisex fragrance. Agua de Loewe Mediterráneo is a flanker to 2000’s Agua de Loewe, and is the first in a projected series of scents, Tesoros del Mar, that will pay tribute to the seas of the world…
Alcatraz, on the other hand (“Indian blond tobacco, yerba maté with its notes of dried hay, smoked lignum vitae and cinnamon spiced with black pepper”) seems to have been conjured not from an actual three-hour tour but a dream.
— On Astier de Villate candles, from Follow Their Nose at the New York Times. Hat tip to Kevin!
Emanuel Ungaro has launched Diva Rose, a modern variation on 1982’s Diva. Diva Rose is a woody floral chypre, and is described as soft and romantic…
In my review of The Infidels, I covered the “aim” of Agonist — selling expensive, limited edition bottles with perfume inside. Even though pricy, glass/crystal bottles don’t tempt me, I still wanted to try Liquid Crystal — Agonist’s fourth perfume/bottle release.
Liquid Crystal was created by Fabrice Pellegrin (perfumer) and Åsa Jungnelius (Kosta Boda glass artist). Liquid Crystal includes notes of bergamot, artemisia, spices, cloves, orange, lavender, incense, patchouli, vetiver, white amber, tonka bean, labdanum and cedar.
Liquid Crystal opens smooth, with lush notes of orange, bergamot, lavender and some almost-smoky wormwood. The combined opening notes produce, believe it or not, a rich, ripe mango aroma. Slowly, lavender leaf comes to the fore; this is lavender with a hint of menthol-clove and delicious vanilla — a beautiful combination…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched the Italian Splendor collection, six new fragrances inspired by the Denver Art Museum’s Cities of Splendor exhibit: Alba, Adoration, Divine Gardens, Medici, Secreti di Belle Donne and Venus & Cupid…