Guerlain will reintroduce Cherry Blossom, a 1999 fragrance for women, as part of the Les Parisiennes collection. For a number of years, Guerlain issued a limited edition flanker to Cherry Blossom every spring; I believe the last one was 2008’s Cherry Blossom Delight…
Givenchy will launch Very Irrésistible L’Eau en Rose in March. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2003’s Very Irrésistible Givenchy and celebrates that scent’s 10th anniversary. Recent flankers to Very Irrésistible include Very Irrésistible Edition Croisière, Very Irrésistible Givenchy Electric Rose and Very Irrésistible Tropical Paradise…
Jil Sander has launched Evergreen, a new fragrance for women. Evergreen is a flanker to 2011’s Jil Sander Eve and follows 2012’s Everose. Eve was meant to be the essence of woman; Everose the essence of romance. Evergreen is styled as the essence of bliss…
Did I really skip 2011 and 2012 when it came to writing my annual best-of-men’s-perfumes post? (Wow…and the world kept turning — imagine that!) I’m two years behind so today I’ll catch up by picking my favorite men’s fragrances from 2011, 2012 and 2013 (you can see my picks for 2009 and 2010 here). Some of these perfumes are unisex, but with a masculine edge (to my nose anyway). Though I missed my fair share of fragrance releases, I’ve still smelled tons of perfume product in the last three years. I don’t feel that a masterpiece escaped my attention.
Every year, I tend to write about men’s fragrances that I either “love” or “hate” (using those verbs with feather-weight intent since I don’t cry over favorite perfumes gone missing or reformulated, and I don’t gnaw on my fingers when I encounter awful perfumes). I’m still, I believe, a Perfumista, but I’ve put perfume in its proper place…