Kylie Minogue has launched Dazzling Darling, a new flanker to 2006’s Darling fragrance for women…
Chanel Jersey ~ fragrance review and a lavender poll
I was not excited when I heard Chanel’s latest addition to the Les Exclusifs collection, Jersey, featured lavender. It is not a favorite note of mine, although I love Guerlain Jicky, and oddly enough, also the first fragrance I thought of when I smelled Jersey, Brin de Réglisse. Like Jersey, Brin de Réglisse is a niche-from-a-mainstream-house sort of thing, in this case from Hermès, and the reason I thought of Brin de Réglisse right away is not because they smell alike, although I suppose perhaps they are the distant-est of distant cousins. No, I thought of it because of the lavender note in Brin de Réglisse, which as you may remember, was a molecular fraction (is that the term? I don’t know the term, and admit I am not very concerned about it either way). I’ll repeat a quote I used then:
[Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena] asked them to slice natural lavender into 50 distinct groups of molecules, sniffed them all, discarded five and reassembled it. “My lavender had a much purer, cleaner smell,” he says, comparing it with the natural scent. “Then I had to find something to dress it up that would be a little unusual. I chose a touch of licorice.” (via Los Angeles Times, 10/28/2007)
As near as I can tell, they do something similar (presumably using cheaper methods) with many fragrances notes, which is why notes you used to hate — patchouli! — don’t bother you anymore, and why smelling materials in their natural state is no longer necessarily helpful to the budding perfumista…
The Monday Mail on Tuesday ~ help Alnysie find a new fragrance
You would not think it would be so hard to post the Monday Mail on Monday, but turns out that some weeks, it’s a challenge. So I’m late again, but today we’re helping Alnysie, who wants to expand her collection of decants and bottles, and to discover some new fragrances. She’d especially like to branch out into some new fragrance families — she’d like to find some florals and green fragrances, and maybe a few more spicy-gourmands. Her price requirements are open since she’s willing to buy decants, and she has reasonably good access to stores.
Here is what we know about Alnysie:
She’s in her early 30s and lives in Montréal, where she works in an office.
She says she’s an “assertive introvert” — she likes her clothes, jewelry, and glasses to be simple but to have something (a cut, a dash of color) that makes them stand out.
She prefers small gatherings to big crowds, and while she is not outdoorsy or sportsy she does like smell of the woods and nature.
Alnysie likes going for a beer with a few friends, reading, watching TV series, learning languages, traveling, and eating.
Alnysie likes her fragrances to be neither flamboyant or quiet, and to have a touch of something a little different…
Victoria’s Secret Bombshell Seduction ~ new fragrance
Victoria’s Secret has launched Bombshell Seduction, a new limited edition flanker to 2010’s Bombshell fragrance for women…
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at beautyhabit: with any purchase of $50 or more, get the Jouany sample of your choice plus free shipping, using coupon code BHJOUANY, good through 10/25.
New at belk: Lancôme Trésor Midnight Rose.
New at nordstrom: Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme Libre.