French niche line Juliette Has A Gun will launch Anyway, a new musky floral unisex fragrance…
Bond no. 9 New York Patchouli ~ new fragrance
Bond no. 9 will launch New York Patchouli, the latest in the unisex New York Notes series that includes New York Amber, New York Oud and New York Musk…
Lazy weekend poll ~ back to school
School is back in session.
Talk about something school-related: what perfume do you or did you wear to school? What perfume do you wish you’d worn to school? What perfumes are you smelling on students, or teachers, these days?
And, a quick unrelated question: is there any interest in a split-meet? Like a swapmeet, but for people who wanted to get together to arrange bottle splits…
The swapmeet, episode 3
By Kilian Flower of Immortality ~ fragrance review
Last April, niche line By Kilian launched Flower of Immortality as the third fragrance in its Asian Tales collection. Like the other two fragrances in the collection, Bamboo Harmony and Water Calligraphy, Flower of Immortality was developed by perfumer Calice Becker. It is an homage to the peach blossom, a symbol of immortality and hospitality in Asian folklore, and was inspired specifically by the Chinese story “A Tale of the Fountain of the Peach Blossom Spring.”
Flower of Immortality is a fruity floral with notes of white peach, carrot, iris, blackcurrant bud, rose crystal, tonka bean and vanilla bean. It does what it promises, balancing those “smooth and juicy” fruit notes with its “sweet and powdery” florals. Don’t let the carrot scare you off: it’s not identifiable as a separate note. What you’ll really experience is the peach, and plenty of it…