New at first-in-fragrance (DE): Aedes Copal Azur, Laboratorio Olfattivo Patchouliful.
New at nordstrom: Hugo Boss Damask Oud.
New at yvesrocherusa: Quelque Notes d'Amour.
Loewe Quizas Seduccion ~ new perfume
Spanish house Loewe has launched Quizás Seducción. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2007’s Quizás, Quizás, Quizás, and follows 2011’s Quizás Pasión…
The bacon scented t-shirt
B Balenciaga ~ perfume review
Since we last heard from Balenciaga, fragrance-wise, Nicolas Ghesquière has left the brand.1 Alexander Wang reportedly started working on the new B Balenciaga as soon as he became the house designer in late 2012 (Rosabotanica came out in the interim, but was apparently outside of Mr. Wang’s purview). Wang said he wanted his fragrance to be timeless, and he picked lily of the valley because it wasn’t overpowering, and an edamame accord because he likes green notes.2
The opening is bright and citrusy, and it is green, but it’s a very soft, dewy and pale sort of green (it reminded me a bit of the Martin Margiela Untitled scent) with plenty of violet leaf (which reminds me of too many fragrances to list). On paper, the green opening lasts for ages…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 25
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector items from By Kilian, Hermès, Estee Lauder and Liquides Imaginaires.
From By Kilian, the Studio 54 scented jewelry collection: “Both glamorous and iconic, the new Studio 54 Collection is reminiscent of a disco ball adorned with black pave Swarovski crystals…”