Los Angeles-based Maison Louis Marie, best known for their scented candles, has launched a collection of five personal fragrances in Perfume Oil format: Antidris/Cassis, No. 02 Le Long Fond, No. 04 Bois de Balincourt, No. 09 Vallée de Farney and No. 10 Aboukir…
I’m a sucker for fancy packaging, whether it’s for soap, talcum powder, home fragrance or perfume. Oriza L. Legrand presents its collection in beautiful retro packaging, but as we all know, what’s on the inside of wrappings often does not do justice to the marketing/design work. With Oriza L. Legrand…it does.
perfumer Hugo Lambert, (original formula released in 1925); listed notes of bitter orange, tangerine, dried rose, cognac, tobacco, cocoa, almond, oak, benzoin, vanilla, honey, leather, patchouli, amber; 100 ml Eau de Parfum, $165
Horizon is an amber-y, “orange-scented” patchouli fragrance — its opening notes remind me of Seville orange syrup and chinotto (citrus myrtifolia) mixed with patchouli…
French niche line Histoires de Parfums will launch the Opera Collection, a new series of five fragrances, each in a different bottle: 1831 Norma (Bellini), 1875 Carmen (Bizet), 1890 La Dame de Pique (Tchaikovsky), 1905 Madame Butterfly (Puccini) and 1926 Turandot (Puccini)…
Another day, another perfume. What was your pick today?
I’m wearing Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum, thanks to a very kind reader who sent me a sample. Victoria also reviewed it today at Bois de Jasmin.
Reminder: this Friday, August 8, we’re doing citrus…
Indie line House of Cherry Bomb has launched their fourth fragrance, Violet Green Tea Honeysuckle…