Italian niche line Nobile 1942 has launched two new fragrances, Vespri Aromatico and Vespri Orientale. Earlier in the year, the brand introduced Infinito and Café Chantant.
Online fragrance shopping
New at aedes: L'Artisan Parfumeur Explosions d'Emotions.
New at luckyscent: Jacoglu Paris Oud Prestige
New at macys: Fendi L'Acquarossa.
Bath & Body Works Forever Red Vanilla Rum ~ new perfume
Bath & Body Works has launched Forever Red Vanilla Rum, a new limited edition fragrance for women. Forever Red Vanilla Rum is a flanker to 2012’s Forever Red.
Thoughts on Glamour, HIV/AIDS, Giving, and Elizabeth Taylor
We don’t normally stray from the topic of perfume, but given Thanksgiving and World AIDS Day, I feel compelled to write about how to reconcile my indulgent lifestyle with all the world’s problems that are usually so easy for me to ignore. I’d love to know your thoughts, too.
If only glamour saved lives.
That thought occurred to me more than once this weekend while I lazily stuffed my gullet, napped, and watched old movies. As wars raged overseas and families went hungry across town, I took another bite of pumpkin cheesecake and fretted about such frivolity as whether Guerlain Vol de Nuit would have been a better choice to wear for dinner or if maybe my 1940s leg-‘o-mutton-sleeved coat was a bit de trop for a family gathering.
World AIDS Day especially hit home…
Flowers rendered in watercolor
Think flowers rendered in watercolor — violets touched with carnation and anise — and a soft, slightly melancholy cloud of almond-smelling heliotrope. Perfume fans lament its changes over the years, but the eau de toilette is still lovelier than most of what's available today.
— Alyssa Harad on Guerlain's classic Après L’Ondée. Read more at 10 Classic Perfumes at Harper's Bazaar.