Tommy Hilfiger has launched Tommy Summer 2013 and Tommy Girl Summer 2013, the annual summer limited edition versions of Tommy and Tommy Girl…
Victoria’s Secret Ciao Bella collection ~ new fragrances
Victoria’s Secret has launched the Ciao Bella collection, a new trio of limited edition flankers that “whisks you away to Italy’s sun-drenched coasts”: Very Sexy Italian Mandarin, Bombshell Italian Iris and Victoria’s Secret Angel Italian Bergamot…
Online fragrance shopping
New at belk: Vince Camuto Fiori.
New at harveynichols (UK): Bottega Veneta Eau Legere, See by Chloe.
New at yvesrocherusa: Neroli.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2013, part 5
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Jo Malone, Red Roses in a special edition (300 numbered bottles were made) by style editor Charlotte Stockdale. Due at Selfridges and the Jo Malone boutique on Bleecker Street (New York) in April, in 100 ml, around $180…
Frangipani and ylang-ylang trees in Mayotte
The most memorable scent I have experienced while travelling is of frangipani and ylang-ylang trees in Mayotte, an island that sits somewhere between Madagascar and Mozambique...I crossed the island in a jeep at 3am so I could smell the trees, which look strange – their branches made me think of witches’ hands. The ylang-ylang flowers are so perfumed – the island women cut them from the trees by hand.
— Perfumer Mathilde Laurent tells the Telegraph about her favorite "fragrant destinations"; read more in Perfumed planet: fragrances around the world.