New at bloomingdales: Cartier Baiser Vole Lys Rose.
New at first-in-fragrance (DE): Nasomatto Blamage.
New at luckyscent: Chandler Burr Untitled series.
New at macys: Cartier Baiser Vole Lys Rose & Declaration L'Eau.
New at neimanmarcus: Molton Brown Caju & Lime.
New at selfridges (UK): Kiehls Vetiver & Black Tea.
New at thebay (CA): Bond no. 9 Perfumista Avenue, Ferrari Cedar Essence.
French house Chopard will launch Rose Malaki, a new fragrance in the series that includes 2012’s Oud Malaki…
CosmétiqueMag has announced the winners of their Les Oscars beauty awards for 2014. The winners in the selective fragrance category included…
Women’s fragrance: Giorgio Armani Sì
Men’s fragrance: Valentino Uomo…
A “parure” is a set of jewelry, such as a necklace, earrings, and bracelet, or even a tiara and matching earrings. Guerlain Parure has the “complete” feeling and attention to detail of a fine jewelry parure, but it isn’t as flashy as rubies and diamonds. Instead, Parure comes off as constructed to lend an air of Ritz suite elegance without drawing attention to itself.
Jean-Paul Guerlain created Parure, and its notes include plum, bergamot, greens, fruits, hesperides, lily of the valley, rose, orris, plum, lilac, jasmine, jonquil, narcissus, oakmoss, spices, amber, leather and patchouli. Parure was released in 1975, but you know that Ritz suite I just mentioned? I see it in the early 1960s, with a woman crushing out her cigarette before reaching for wrist-length white gloves and a crisp-edged handbag that snaps shut with a click…
Happy Monday! If you’ve a spare minute, do share your scent of the day, and tell us what the weather is like where you are. We’re expecting a sunny day with a high of 79 ºF; I’m wearing a dab of Crown Perfumery Eau de Russe.
Reminder: this Friday, June 6, let’s all try to wear something by Chanel…