Niche line Keiko Mecheri will launch Embruns (‘sea spray’), a new oriental chypre fragrance. The brand has also made a slight alteration in packaging — the bottles are the same, but the caps have been redesigned…
Lazy weekend poll ~ new experiences, again
A simple game (and a repeat of a poll we did in 2011):
1. Name a place you’ve never been but you’d like to go on vacation.
2. Name a perfume you have never smelled, but that you think might be perfect for your trip.
Mine…
The splitmeet, episode 2
Agent Provocateur Fatale ~ fragrance review
Lingerie brand Agent Provocateur recently launched Fatale, a new feminine fragrance with notes of Madagascar pink pepper, succulent mango nectar, exotic blackcurrant, velvet gardenia, royal orris absolute, Indonesian patchouli, sulty skin musk, vanilla orchid aphrodisiac, chocolate gourmand addiction and Spanish labdanum. (I left the original press release text intact, for your reading pleasure.) Fatale was developed by perfumer Jean-Marc Chaillan and seems to signal a change in direction for the Agent Provocateur fragrance collection.
I’m a fan of several older Agent Provocateur perfumes, including the original Agent Provocateur and (my favorite) the floral-amber Maîtresse. I also found 2012’s Pétale Noir very wearable and pleasant, not to mention its gorgeous packaging. The new packaging design for Fatale is the first difference you’ll notice…
Arty Fragrance Reve de la Reine ~ new perfume
Elisabeth de Feydeau’s* Arty Fragrance brand has launched Rêve de la Reine, a new fragrance inspired by Marie Antoinette’s love of perfume and her gardens at Petit Trianon…