Esprit has launched Simply You, a new duo of fragrances…
Nest Amazon Lily, Passiflora & Midnight Fleur ~ new fragrances
Nest Fragrances, the candle company founded by Laura Slatkin, will launch three personal fragrances this month: Amazon Lily, Passiflora & Midnight Fleur. The “botanically based” perfumes were inspired by the paper mosaics of British artist Mary Delany; Delany’s works were interpreted by Alexander Solodukho for the bottle designs…
Histoires de Parfums Edition Rare Ambrarem ~ fragrance review
Amber fragrances are the buttercream frosting of the perfume world. They’re easy to like and easy to get sick of. Nonetheless, it’s hard to imagine not having a little amber in your perfume collection to reach for when you’re cold and cranky and need the perfume equivalent of sweet comfort food.
The thing with amber fragrances, though, is that they’ve been done over and over. How do you make them new? When I saw the tome-shaped bottle for Histoires de Parfums Edition Rare Ambrarem, I wondered what the spin on amber would be this time. Citrus? Spice, maybe? No. I should have guessed: oud.
Histoires de Parfums nose Gérald Ghislain created Edition Rare Ambrarem, released in 2011. It includes top notes of pink peppercorn and elemi; heart notes of iris absolute and saffron; and base notes of castoreum absolute, Bourbon vanilla, sandalwood and amber.
Just after it’s sprayed on skin, Ambrarem’s amber-oud combination is cool and almost herbal…
Christina Aguilera Red Sin ~ new fragrance
Christina Aguilera will launch Red Sin, a new ‘seductive’ perfume for women, in October…
The Monday Mail ~ help Candice find a new perfume
This week we’re helping Candice, who is looking for an everyday/work perfume — and she’d love to hear suggestions for a summer and a winter perfume. She doesn’t want separate perfumes for day and evening, and says she has two young girls so doesn’t go out much in the evening anyway. She’d rather not spend more than €120. Here is what we know about Candice:
She’s in her late 30s, and lives in Paris.
She produces exhibitions for museums and thus gets to meet some very interesting people.
She likes to stay in the background, but at the same time she likes to be noticed and will often wear something to make her stand out in a crowd.
Candice’s ideal perfume would be Yves Saint Laurent Saharienne, but with staying power…