New at luckyscent: Papillon Perfumes line, Tom Ford Costa Azzurra & Mandarino di Amalfi.
New at macys: Guerlain Shalimar Souffle de Parfum, Lancome La Vie Est Belle Absolu, Elizabeth Arden Red Door 25.
New at neimanmarcus: Issey Miyake Nuit d'Issey.
Demeter Aloe Vera ~ new fragrance
Demeter has launched Aloe Vera, the latest addition to their Fragrance Library…
Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt ~ fragrance review
Wood Sage & Sea Salt, the latest release from Jo Malone, has just begun to appear in stores. It’s a fragrance inspired by the salt air, sea grasses and rocky cliffs of the English coast, developed by perfumer Christine Nagel; its official notes include ambrette seeds, sea salt, sage, grapefruit and red algae. In a recent interview about this fragrance, Nagel also mentioned buchu leaves, plum, dried fruits, driftwood and musk as compositional elements.
Jo Malone has been hit-or-miss for me over the past year or two; I liked Peony & Blush Suede, but I wasn’t crazy about Silk Blossom, and I found the London Rain trio too dull even to think much about, much less review. Still, Wood Sage & Sea Salt sounded appealing, so I gratefully took the sample that was offered to me at a Malone counter in a department store. It turns out to be one of the recent releases that I enjoy, and it feels just right for the final weeks of summer…
Friday scent of the day 8/22
TGIF! Today’s community project: wear something beachy, or anything you think of as “a vacation in a bottle”. What did you pick?
As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you didn’t participate in the community project.
I’m wearing Kai over a very light layer of Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Whipped Body Creme. It’s a perfect antidote to the very crappy, not-beachy weather we’re having here today…
Online fragrance shopping
New at escentual (UK): DKNY MYNY, Aramis Adventurer.
New at luckyscent: Maison Francis Kurkdjian Pluriel.