Victoria’s Secret has launched Bombshell Summer and Very Sexy Now, two limited edition summer fragrances for 2014…
Byredo Eau de Cologne trio ~ new fragrances
Niche line Byredo will launch a new collection of Eau de Cologne later this month…
Coty L’Aimant ~ fragrance review
“Look what I found for you,” my coworker said and handed me a Coty L’Aimant perfume ad shrink-wrapped on cardboard. It was all in gold and red, featuring a woman in a 1950s coiffure gazing into a tiny stage peppered with various L’Aimant products, from perfume to compacts to body powder. Each product was adorned with a horseshoe magnet encompassing a heart. “To be a magnet — wear a magnet — always!” the copy said.
Well, I could use some magnetizing. Who couldn’t? I remembered the bottle of vintage L’Aimant Eau de Toilette stashed in my perfume cupboard. It was time to put it to the test.
François Coty and Vincent Roubert created L’Aimant over five years, and the fragrance launched in 1927 — for context, the same year that saw the birth of Lanvin Arpège, Caron Bellodgia, and Jean Patou Chaldée. In his book Perfume, Nigel Groom lists L’Aimant’s notes as bergamot, neroli, peach, strawberry, jasmine, rose, ylang ylang, vanilla, vetiver and sandalwood. The fragrance fell out of production, then relaunched in 1995, when Groom claims it became the most popular perfume in Great Britain…
The Monday Mail ~ help Nebbe find a new fragrance
Today we’re helping Now Smell This reader Nebbe, who wants to find one or two new spring / summer fragrances — scents that she can put into heavy rotation for the next six months. She can spend about $75 – $125. Nebbe works in an open office environment, where perfume is allowed but the employees are asked to keep it subtle. She’d love to find something that will last through an 8 – 12 hour workday without re-application, but with light sillage (preferably, others won’t notice it unless they’re in her personal space).
Nebbe is relatively new to the perfume world (the last six months) but is already addicted to sampling, reading about perfumes, and more sampling.
Here is what we know about Nebbe:
She’s in her mid-30s, and works in professional services in the Pacific North West.
She loves reading, listening to podcasts/local news talk, enjoying a great meal with friends, and thrift store shopping.
Her style is a mix of classic and modern, with a sensual twist on the weekends. She is outgoing and friendly, and loves meeting new people.
Nebbe likes soft, creamy, well-blended scents; notes she appreciates include amber, vanilla, sandalwood, gardenia, tuberose…
The Atomyzer iPhone case
Currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo: the Atomyzer iPhone case. A refillable cartridge on the case holds "60 sprays" of fragrance (or hand sanitizer, or presumably, anything liquid that you want to carry around). Includes a lockable nozzle to avoid accidents.
(found via yahoo)