Kenneth Cole will launch Connected Kenneth Cole Reaction in July. The new fragrance for men is a flanker to 2004’s Kenneth Cole Reaction and ‘captures the courage and the energy of today’s man’…
Reminiscence Sea Rem ~ new fragrance
This month, Reminiscence launches Sea Rem, a new fragrance in the Rem series of marine fragrances. Sea Rem was inspired by the island of Mykonos…
I didn’t really like perfumes before
I didn't really like perfumes before because I thought they were heavy, but this one is really light and playful. I feel lucky to embody a fragrance I am so crazy in love with.
— Actress Emma Watson makes the requisite "I never liked perfume until now" statement in support of Lancôme's upcoming Trésor Midnight Rose. Read more at Midnight In Paris at Vogue.
Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial ~ perfume review
Guerlain has done flankers of Shalimar before (Shalimar Ode à la Vanille, Fleur de Shalimar, Eau de Shalimar, Shalimar Light and Shalimar Eau Légère, to name just the ones I’ve posted about). They tend to make some perfumistas cranky, because, well, it’s Shalimar, right? It’s like messing with the Mona Lisa or something.
But sometimes they’re quite nice. Many people, including me, liked the recent Ode à la Vanille, although personally I agreed with Kevin that regular old Shalimar was still the better fragrance. I very much liked Shalimar Eau Légère despite the fact that it was clearly Shalimar aimed at people who most probably wouldn’t wear real Shalimar: younger people, perhaps, or just people who liked lighter, cleaner fragrances.
Shalimar Parfum Initial, the latest, ups the ante: it was reportedly developed by Guerlain house perfumer Thierry Wasser at the request of his niece, who wanted a Shalimar she could wear. I took her request to mean that Eau de Shalimar, the latest of the “Shalimar, lightened up” flankers, was perhaps a bit too mature — or just not trendy enough? — for her 17 years…
The Blenheim Bouquet cocktail
How to make a Blenheim Bouquet cocktail, courtesy of Penhaligon's. Named for their 1902 fragrance Blenheim Bouquet, of course: "a bracing mix of citrus oils, spices and woods".