A 1980s commercial for Lanvin Arpège. Then below the jump, Hollywood Reporter visits Jeanne Lanvin’s office; includes some great footage of her sketchbooks.
You can find more Lanvin videos here.
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at b-glowing: today only, take 20% off orders of $50 or more with coupon code BGSUMMER14 (some brand exclusions; see website).
New at escentual (UK): Terry de Gunzburg Terryific Oud, Fruit Defendu & Bleu Paradis.
New at neimanmarcus: Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Liquid Nude.
New at twistedlily: Rouge Bunny Rouge Tundra & Silhouette.
Maison Martin Margiela Replica Lazy Sunday Morning & Promenade in the Gardens ~ fragrance reviews
Last month I reviewed three fragrances from the Maison Martin Margiela Replica fragrance collection: Flower Market, Beach Walk and Funfair Evening. This week I tested two more, Lazy Sunday Morning and Promenade in the Gardens.
Lazy Sunday Morning, developed by perfumer Louise Turner, is meant to suggest “silky skin, crumpled linen sheets and the reassuring scent of fresh laundry” in “Florence, 2003.” Its notes include aldehydes, pear accord, lily of the valley accord; iris accord, rose absolue [sic], orange flower accord; white musk accord, Indonesian patchouli oil and ambrette seeds absolute. Leaving aside the question of why Florence was chosen as the “location” for this perfume, how does Lazy Sunday Morning function as a “fresh and clean” fragrance?
Not very well, I don’t think…
Hayari Paris Only for Him & Le Paradis de L’Homme ~ new fragrances
Paris-based designer Nabil Hayari has launched two new fragrances for men, Only for Him and Le Paradis de L’Homme…
Friday scent of the day 6/20
Welcome to Fruity Friday! Today’s community project: wear something fruity.
As always, if that didn’t work for you, do chime in anyway.
I’m wearing Byredo Pulp, the most intensely fruity fragrance I know. I haven’t worn it in ages and it made me laugh as soon as I put it on. Not everybody loves it — Rappleyea said in the comments the other day that it was one of the few fragrances that made her gag…