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New at beautyhabit: L'Artisan Explosion d'Emotions 2.
New at luckyscent: Penhaligon's Tralala, L'Artisan Explosion d'Emotions 2.
New at selfridges (UK): Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum, Roberto Cavalli Exotica.
Burberry will launch My Burberry, a new floral fragrance fronted by models Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne. Burberry designer Christopher Bailey calls it “a trenchcoat in a bottle”…
Balenciaga will launch B Balenciaga, a new fragrance for women and the first from the brand under designer Alexander Wang. Per Mr. Wang…
Wisteria Hysteria is the second fragrance from British milliner Stephen Jones, working in collaboration with Comme des Garçons. I liked the first, 2008’s Comme des Garçons + Stephen Jones, enough to add it to my buy list but not enough to actually buy it: it’s among the many perfumes I would buy if I ever found it at a massive discount. Wisteria Hysteria — what a great name! — costs a little more and I like it a little less, so it’s not likely I’ll ever own it.
The first fragrance from Stephen Jones was meant to be a “violet that’s been hit by a meteorite”, but while the top notes were a little odd, in general I found it more wearable than the description might imply. Wisteria Hysteria tones down the oddness several notches while staying just inside the Comme des Garçons aesthetic…
Carner Barcelona takes a walk through the Ciutat Vella (old city) of Barcelona for their new El Born fragrance. Below the jump, Sarah and Joaquim Carner talk about the family’s background in the leather business and the brand’s Cuirs fragrance.