New at barneys: i Profumi di Firenze Plenilunio & Frangipane e Cocco.
Deal at beautyhabit: get a 10 piece perfume sampler + a $10 bounceback coupon with any purchase of $85 or more using coupon code ICYBLOOMS, good through 3/11.
New at bloomingdales: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Discover Vulcano & Escape to Panarea.
New at macys: Ralph Lauren Midnight Romance.
New at parfum1: L'Artisan Jour de Fete.
New at thebay (CA): Dolce by Dolce & Gabbana.
Pop boy band One Direction will launch That Moment, the limited edition followup to their debut fragrance, Our Moment. Band member Harry Styles announced the new fragrance in a YouTube video…
Irwindale city officials are scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday night to decide whether to declare a Sriracha hot-sauce plant a public nuisance in the wake of complaints of a spicy odor coming from the factory. The public hearing is the latest move in the city's effort to force sauce maker Huy Fong Foods to address the smell. In November, the city sued the company in Los Angeles Superior Court, winning a temporary, partial shutdown.
— The latest in the ongoing Sriracha dispute in Southern California; read more at Sriracha odor battle: Irwindale may declare factory a public nuisance at the Los Angeles Times. Later that day, the city council voted to postpone their decision.
Lalique, in the U.S. anyway, seems to be an almost-forgotten perfume house; the fragrances are hard to find. The first Lalique scent I tried (I believe) was Encre Noire in 2006: I sniffed; I bought; I still adore. Lalique launched Hommage à l’homme* in 2012; it was created to commemorate Lalique’s 20th anniversary as a perfume house. This review deals with the Eau de Toilette version of Hommage à l’homme; I’d love to try the Extrait de Parfum (but realize that’s an almost impossible wish).
Hommage à l’homme goes on liquor-y with sweet violet leaf and candied violet flower notes; the violet leaf is especially sophisticated in this formula…
Indie line Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched La Reine des Fleurs, a new fragrance joining her Passport to Paris Collection (see Passport a` Paris, Vers la Violette and Amouse Bouche) for the Denver Art Museum, inspired by their Passport to Paris exhibition…