Perfume coverage in the March issue of Allure. Please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you’ve seen in other fashion and beauty magazines!
Allure
Cover: Victoria Beckham…
Carven L’Eau de Toilette ~ fragrance review
When I reviewed the new Dolce by Dolce & Gabbana, I asked readers to recommend a perfumista-worthy inoffensive, ‘light & fresh’ office-friendly floral. My vote went to Carven Le Parfum, the Carven brand’s reintroduction as a perfume house under creative director Guillaume Henry. I called Carven Le Parfum “young and fresh and modern and charming” when I reviewed it, and hoped we’d see a ‘noir’ or ‘intense’ flanker before long. As these things go, what we’ve got instead is Le Parfum’s “younger sister”, the new Carven L’Eau de Toilette, done up in the color du jour, pale green. Oh well, it isn’t over yet, right?
I wanted to bring a fresh floralcy, so we have an idea of something lighter without it being lighter.1
That’s perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, who developed both versions, and yes, fresh floralcy is just what Carven L’Eau de Toilette is all about…
Nicole Richie No Rules ~ new fragrance
Nicole Richie will launch her second fragrance, No Rules, this month. No Rules follows 2012’s Nicole by Nicole Richie…
L’Occitane au Bresil Bromelia & Araucaria ~ new fragrances
L’Occitane has added two new fragrances to their L’Occitane au Brésil range: Bromélia for women and Araucária for men. Like the prior fragrances in the series (see Jenipapo & Mandacaru, Vitória-Régia Flor do Dia & Flor da Noite), the products are made in Brazil and based on aromatic materials local to the region. The range will reportedly begin appearing in other countries later this year…
Wisteria Hysteria
A short film inspired by the new Comme des Garçons + Stephen Jones Wisteria Hysteria. Directed by Henry Pincus. General weirdness + very brief partial nudity.