New at escentual (UK): Zegna Uomo, Jovoy line.
New at theperfumeshoppe: Etro Rajasthan, Comme des Garcons Black.
Benefit Under My Spell Noelle ~ new fragrance
Benefit will launch a new fragrance in the Crescent Row collection, Under My Spell Noelle. Like the prior fragrances in the series, it is based on a fictional resident of the fictional Crescent Row; Noelle is meant to be mysterious, glamorous and seductive…
Moschino Chic Petals ~ new fragrance
Moschino will launch Chic Petals, a new summer flanker to 1995’s Cheap and Chic fragrance for women…
Lancome Miracle and Estee Lauder Intuition ~ fragrance review
My garden is crazy with roses these days. They splash pink and mauve near the street and waft fruity, peppery fragrance to my neighbors’ porches. I’m greedy with them, and four vases of Madame Isaac Pereire, La Reine Victoria, and Jude the Obscure in varying stages of decrepitude crowd the dining room table (I love their perfume best just as they start to shrivel), and another few vases are crammed on the mantle.
But other than on the stem, the scent of roses doesn’t move me. Sure, I love the occasional spritz of Guerlain Nahéma when I’m feeling over the top, and a dose of Parfum d’Empire Eau Suave is marvelously fresh on a warm day, but otherwise rose can feel institutional and even dowdy. But now, when my garden is flush with roses, it seems right to revisit two often overlooked rose-centered fragrances: Lancôme Miracle and Estée Lauder Intuition…
The Monday Mail ~ help Carolyn find a new perfume
Today we’re helping Carolyn, who wants to find a new perfume — she says she keeps thinking there’s some vintage gem out there that she hasn’t discovered that will evoke an eccentric woman covered in glittering jewels, sitting by the ocean, in the sun. Carolyn just bought Jour d’Hermès and wishes she could find her dark, mysterious, bad-ass sister. She can pay up to $300 if she’s sufficiently obsessed, and she has excellent access to perfume stores. Here is what we know about Carolyn:
She’s in her mid 40s, is Cuban-Dutch-Lebanese and lives in Miami.
She is semi-retired and manages a high-end consignment boutique.
She says she has tan skin, blue eyes and a lion’s mane. She describes her style as St. Tropez rich hippie meets Tom Ford 70s Disco vixen meets nerd.
Carolyn loves Hermès 24 Faubourg, Narciso Rodriguez for Her, Guerlain Mitsouko, Eau de Sisley, Nikki de St. Phalle and pure patchouli oils (the dirtier and more hippie B.O.-smelling the better) to mix…