Do share your scent of the day, if you have time. And happy Thursday!
I’m in Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist.
Reminder: this Friday, 26 September, will be Uncle Serge Day…
Online fragrance shopping
New at beautyhabit: Parfums de Rosine Ballerina No. 1.
New at first-in-fragrance (DE): Liaison de Parfum line, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier Ambre Précieux Ultime.
New at harrods (UK): Aramis Adventurer.
New at houseoffraser (UK): Etat Libre d'Orange line, Anna Sui Nuit de Boheme Eau de Parfum, Tom Ford Patchouli Absolu, Bottega Veneta Knot.
Floris Jermyn Street ~ new fragrance
British perfume house Floris will launch Jermyn Street, a new fragrance in their By Request series, in October…
Aedes de Venustas Copal Azur ~ new fragrance
West Village niche perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas will launch Copal Azur, the brand’s fourth fragrance…
Tom Ford Patchouli Absolu ~ fragrance review
How many people know what REAL patchouli smells like? It seems fewer and fewer perfumistas have smelled “dirty” natural patchouli. The patchouli most used in perfumes these days is clean and crease-less, its damp/dank, earthy/root-y character has been dimmed or eliminated. Brutish, chest-thumping patchouli has been replaced in designer fragrances with patchouli that could be characterized as either an elegant lady or a freshly laundered, cuddly teddy bear who has cocoa-scented breath, with a dab of vanilla extract behind each ear.
Tom Ford Patchouli Absolu doesn’t go the ladylike or gourmand routes; its patchouli retains a natural “edge.” If real patchouli is Homo neanderthalensis and contemporary patchouli is Homo Catherine Deneuve, Tom Ford Patchouli (Absolu) is…Tom Ford himself…