Amouage will launch Opus VI, the sixth fragrance in the niche brand’s Library Collection (see I, II, III, IV, V). Opus VI focuses on amber…
Perfumista tip ~ how to make fragrance last through the day
Perfume’s persistence can be a blessing or a curse. It’s Murphy’s Law among perfume enthusiasts that the fragrance we loathe the most will be the one that wears through a night’s sleep and a shower, and clings to our coats through two thunderstorms and a dry cleaning. Conversely, the fragrances we love never seem to last long enough. Sure, I like to wear more than one perfume a day, but it would be nice if a perfume could soldier through a full workday without my having to rummage for a decant for a midday boost.
So, I loaded an atomizer with Guerlain Vol de Nuit Eau de Toilette and experimented:
The baseline
One spray of Vol de Nuit Eau de Toilette alone lasts about four hours before I really have to press my nose to flesh to smell it. It’s lovely enough to be worth it, but no one except me, with effort, can detect it after lunch…
I am ready for a fall, part the second
Model Camille Rowe-Pourcheresse in the commercial for the new L’Eau de Chloé (we had already posted the teaser). Below the jump, le making of.
DKNY Summer 2012 ~ new fragrances
Donna Karan has launched the annual DKNY Women Summer and DKNY Men Summer fragrances for 2012…
The Monday Mail ~ help Kate find a new fragrance
Today we’re helping Kate. Kate is just turning 40 and her daughter is just turning 1; she wants to mark the occasion with a new perfume that will help her ‘reclaim her sense of self’. She’s happy to consider all sorts of fragrances (day, evening, summer, winter, women’s, men’s), and she’s also happy to consider decants, so she doesn’t have a specific budget in mind. Here is what we know about Kate:
She’s a part-time PhD student living in London.
She says she is quiet and fairly introverted, and tends to prefer solitary activities, but she can be quite outgoing in the company of friends.
She has an ironic (and probably fairly British) sense of humor, and she’s a perfectionist.
Kate loves art galleries, reading, ballet, single malt whisky, antiques, and things of quality.
Her style is classic, but unafraid to experiment – if she had the money, she’d wear Alexander McQueen.
Kate likes leathers, mossy scents, earth, freshly cut wood, white florals, vetiver, the smell of old books, freshly extinguished candles, and real ink…