Thierry Mugler will launch Les Exceptions / Mugler’s Exceptions, a new collection of five fragrances: Chyprissime, Supra Floral, Fougère Furieuse, Over The Musk and Oriental Express…
A base note of utter blandness
Powdery, ‘green’ and smelling of parma violets, it launched back in the mid Seventies and when people get a whiff of it they either totally love it or absolutely loathe it, and that’s great because at least it elicits a reaction: which is more than can be said for the slew of new men’s fragrances currently gracing the shelves of your local department store. So dull are today’s creations that the fragrance du jour may as well be called Ubiquity Pour Homme – a concoction that is everywhere, smells like everything else and is characterised by a top note of predictability, a heart note of safety and a base note of utter blandness.
— Lee Kynaston compares his signature fragrance, Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel, to its modern counterpart. Read more at Why are there no great men's fragrances any more? at the Telegraph.
Atelier Cologne Blanche Immortelle ~ new fragrance
Atelier Cologne has launched Blanche Immortelle, the third fragrance in the Collection Métal series that already includes Gold Leather and Silver Iris…
Emilio Pucci Zadig ~ (vintage) fragrance review
The name of Emilio Pucci’s fragrance Zadig is very close to “zaftig,” and it fits. Zadig is blowsy and lush and sexy, but in a way that isn’t stylish anymore. Kind of like Anita Ekberg. And then there’s Voltaire’s story, “Zadig ou la Destinée,” in which a hermit tells the hero that he must submit to fate. So, by name alone, Zadig evokes passion, fate, history, and good old-fashioned pulchritude. That’s a lot to live up to. In my opinion, Zadig succeeds.
Zadig was released in 1973. I can’t find much that’s “official” about Zadig, but scouring the internet has turned up a list of notes including aldehydes, bergamot, orange, peach, coriander, clove, rose, honey, jasmine, orris, ylang ylang, vetiver, benzoin, patchouli, cinnamon, vanilla, tolu, Tibetan musk and amber. Zadig also spawned a few flankers, Miss Zadig (1977) and Miss Zadig Eau Fraiche, neither of which I’ve sampled…
