Le Couvent des Minimes has launched Eau du Cloître, a new floral cologne inspired by the roses growing in the ‘cloister garden’…
Diptyque Eau de Lavande & Geranium Odorata ~ fragrance reviews
Have you ever met people who give in to middle age a little TOO easily? They relish gray hair, embrace flab, “simplify” their wardrobes by banishing all colors except navy, white, black, gray and beige. They repeat the phrase “age appropriate”: when getting a haircut, choosing a perfume, or buying jeans (“Should I even be WEARING jeans at my age?” they ask). Tiresome. If I could accept aging in such a way, my life would be (might be?) easier. But I can’t! I’ll fight the creaks and leaks and cracks of time every step of the way.
Diptyque has reached middle age and settled into a slower and lazier rhythm with ease. The lively, fun-loving, unusual, quirky perfume company I used to love…is now resting in a La-Z-Boy recliner (those dull new Diptyque bottles!) and seems to have banished all “color” “pattern” and style from its new perfume offerings. A blandness has settled over Diptyque; two new examples of middle-aged Diptyque are Geranium Odorata and Eau de Lavande…
Regime des Fleurs ~ new niche line
Régime des Fleurs is the new niche line of filmmaker Alia Raza and stylist Ezra Woods. They debut with six fragrances in three ‘tiers’: the Lyrics (Water/Wood, Nitesurf and Turquoise), the Ballads (Bel Époq and Dove Grey) and the Epic (Nymphaea Caerulea)…
L’Homme x 3
Actor Olivier Martinez in the new ad for Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Sport.
Below the jump, le making of, followed by a new ad (again, with Martinez) for the original L’Homme fragrance. You can find 2 older Martinez ads for L’Homme here.
British Sterling H.I.M. Reserve and British Sterling H.I.M. Private Stock ~ new fragrances
Dana Classic Fragrances has launched British Sterling H.I.M. Reserve and British Sterling H.I.M. Private Stock, two new fragrances for men. H.I.M. is short for His Imperial Majesty…