New at escentual (UK): Etat Libre d'Orange Dangerous Complicity & The Afternoon of a Faun.
New at houseoffraser.co.uk (UK): Estee Lauder Very Estee, Michael Kors Rose Gold.
New at luckyscent: Frapin Speakeasy.
New at nordstrom: Diptyque holiday candles.
New at parfum1: Undergreen line, including sample pack.
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Cartier, Baiser Volé wrapped in pink leather. £94 for 100 ml at Selfridges in the UK…
Perfume-makers are urging the European Commission to back down from possible legislation they fear could kill top fragrances by restricting natural ingredients linked to allergies, industry sources say. Luxury brands fear the EU could force them to change formulas across the $24.3 billion premium fragrance industry, altering some of the world's most iconic scents, such as Chanel No. 5, created in 1921.
— Read more at Exclusive: Perfume-makers fear EU legal blow to industry at the Chicago Tribune.
Guerlain recently launched Guerlain Homme L’Eau Boisée, a flanker of a flanker: Guerlain Homme begat Guerlain Homme L’Eau and now we have Homme L’Eau Boisée. (Hey, Guerlain, what about a NEW men’s fragrance…and let this “idea” rest?)
Homme L’Eau Boisée was developed by Thierry Wasser; his goal — to overdose the Homme L’Eau fragrance with an “exceptional new type of vetiver” from Coimbatore in Southern India. Indians have been growing, distilling, wearing (and drinking!) vetiver (khus) for a long time, but I was curious to see if 1. there was an ‘overdose’ of vetiver in Homme L’Eau Boisée, and 2. if this vetiver smelled different from other types of vetiver I smell all the time in perfume…
Bath & Body Works has launched Forever Red, a new fragrance for women…