The usual open thread poll: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you can’t decide if you should buy or not, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
The latest fragrance release from Jo Malone is Peony & Blush Suede, a fruity floral developed by perfumer Christine Nagel. Its official description reads: “Peonies in voluptuous bloom, exquisitely fragile. Flirtatious with the juicy bite of red apple and the opulence of jasmine, rose and gillyflower. Mingling with the sensuality of soft, blush suede. Luxurious and seductive.”
Peony & Blush Suede does open with apple, but it’s a pleasantly cider-y apple, not anything like the Jolly Rancher green apple note that shows up in so many mass-market perfumes. The rest of the fragrance is a soft floral with musky underpinnings. The peony is honeyed and a touch dusky, not the lemony-bright flower that some other peony fragrances have tried to evoke…
Model Linda Evangelista for the new Loewe Aura.
New at indiescents: Brecourt Farah/Haram, 1000 Flowers Ode for Him & Narcotic Flowers.
New at kohls: James Bond 007 Ocean Royale.
New at miomia: Odin 10 Roam.
French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange will launch La Fin du Monde, a new spicy woods fragrance…