Coach has launched Poppy Wild Flower, a new flanker to 2010′s Coach Poppy. Other Poppy flankers include Poppy Flower, Poppy Blossom, Poppy Citrine Blossom and Poppy Freesia Blossom…
Victoria’s Secret Wild Pink ~ new fragrance
Victoria’s Secret’s youth-oriented Pink brand has launched Wild Pink, a new fragrance for women.
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at beautyhabit: get free shipping on orders of $25 or more with coupon code NEWATBH, good through 8/6.
New at luckyscent: Comme des Garcons Wonderoud, Agonist Solaris, Chandler Burr Untitled S02E03.
Elizabeth Taylor Passion ~ fragrance review
Here we have it, folks, the first celebrity fragrance: Elizabeth Taylor Passion. That’s right. In 1987, Elizabeth Taylor was the first big name, besides a couturier, to brand a perfume. And she went big. Unlike some celebrities who curiously say, “I don’t really like perfume, but I like this one” about their eponymous “clean smelling” scents, Taylor put together a glamorous whopper of a perfume.1
Passion’s notes include gardenia, jasmine, rose, ylang ylang, lily of the valley, amber musk, patchouli, sandalwood, cedarwood, incense, and moss. In 1988, the fragrance won a FiFi as the Women’s Fragrance of the Year, Nouveau Niche (Fendi won Fragrance of the Year, Luxe).
Jan Moran in Fabulous Fragrances quotes Taylor as saying about Passion, “It has a scent of mystery, slightly effusive, kind of smoky and sweet.” As to why she named the fragrance Passion…
Online fragrance shopping
New at beautyhabit: Atelier Cologne Santal Carmin & Blanche Immortelle, Comme des Garcons Wonderoud.
New at escentual (UK): Armani Diamonds Rocks, Hugo Boss Ma Vie Pour Femme.