Kenzo will launch Kenzo Homme Sport this spring. The new fragrance for men is a flanker to 1991′s Kenzo Pour Homme (now known as Kenzo Homme or KenzoHomme)…
Crabtree & Evelyn Wisteria ~ new fragrances
Wisteria will be the next addition to Crabtree & Evelyn’s Floral Fragrance Collection, which already includes the soliflores Iris, Lily, Rosewater and Lavender. As was the case with the others, Wisteria has been reworked from an existing Crabtree & Evelyn fragrance…
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Houdini’s birthday 2012
Another open thread poll...talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfect perfume for spring that you're still looking for, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: image is back of daffodil [doubled] by shaferlens at flickr; some rights reserved.
Scent of Triumph by Jan Moran ~ perfume books
Jan Moran, author of the Fabulous Fragrances books and creator of the Scentsa fragrance finder, will publish her first novel, Scent of Triumph, in May…
Etat Libre d’Orange Bijou Romantique ~ fragrance review
When I read the initial announcement for Etat Libre d’Orange’s release of Bijou Romantique, I had a feeling that I would enjoy this perfume; now that I’ve tried it a few times, I’m happy to say that it has fulfilled all my expectations. Bijou Romantique was developed by perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui (whose earlier Like This is one of my favorite Etat Libre fragrances), and its composition includes notes of bergamot, Italian lemon, pink berries essence, ylang-ylang, sage, iris of Tuscany, EVEE (apparently a molecule from Mane’s laboratories), coconut JE, Haitian vetiver, benzoin, and vanilla.
According to the Etat Libre d’Orange website and other sources, Bijou Romantique’s inspirations are diverse and colorful. They include cameo jewelry; a phrase from the Old Testament, “Her price is far above rubies” (Proverbs 31:10); a line from the French writer Alfred de Musset, “J’ai souffert souvent, je me suis trompé quelquefois, mais j’ai aimé” (“I have suffered often, sometimes I have been mistaken, but I have loved,” from On ne badine pas avec l’amour, 1834); and (via Luckyscent) a reference to the cult comic-book series Corto Maltese. Got all that? (If there’s also a sexual double-entendre in the name or concept, as there often is for Etat Libre, I may be missing it.)
So, what do we have inside the bottle…