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2012 / Browsing by date: January 2012

Playboy Berlin Playboy ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 12 January 2012 17 Comments

Playboy Berlin Playboy

Playboy Fragrances has launched Berlin Playboy, a new fragrance for men. Berlin Playboy joins the existing city collection, which already includes Hollywood, Malibu, Miami and Vegas, Ibiza, New York and London…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 12 January 2012 3 Comments

New at debenhams (UK): Jean Paul Gaultier Kokorico, Vera Wang Princess Night, Especially Escada.

New at lessenteurs (UK): Lorenzo Villoresi Theseus.

Azzaro Chrome Summer ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 12 January 2012 9 Comments

Azzaro Chrome Summer

Azzaro will launch Chrome Summer, a new limited edition fresh aquatic fragrance for men, in April. Chrome Summer is a flanker to 1996’s Chrome, and follows last year’s Chrome Sport…

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Arquiste Flor y Canto & Anima Dulcis ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Kevin on 11 January 2012 16 Comments

The perfume line Arquiste is the brainchild of Mexican architect/designer Carlos Huber (a k a Nate Berkus’s boyfriend); the name “Arquiste” represents the ideas (ideals?) of “architecture,” “history” and “art” and the perfumes in the collection reference historical moments, from the meeting of Louis XIV of France and María Teresa of Spain in 1660 (the fragrances Fleur de Louis and Infanta en Flor) to Alexander Pushkin’s death-by-dueling in 1837 (Aleksandr).

I decided to tackle the two ‘Mexican’ fragrances in the line first, because Mexico and I go way back (and have always had a happy relationship)…

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Don’t go unnoticed

Posted by Robin on 11 January 2012 2 Comments

Italian model Elisa Sednaoui and a tiger in a making of / teaser for the upcoming Roberto Cavalli fragrance.

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