It’s finally Friday! Our community project for the day: scented body products. Skip the perfume if you dare, and wear one or more scented body products. What did you pick?
As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I’m wearing Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Whipped Body Creme…
Lamborghini will follow their L1 for men with three more fragrances, L2, L3 and L4…
New at beautyhabit: Au Pays de la Fleur d'Oranger Neroli Oud, La Manufacture line.
New at escentual (UK): Jean Paul Gaultier Ultra Male.
New at harrods (UK): Alaia Paris.
I recently reviewed two fragrances (Acquasala and Camaheu) from Gabriella Chieffo, a niche perfume line based in Italy. This week I tested the remaining three, all released in 2014: Lye, Hystera and Ragù. Yes, let’s get those names out of the way: they don’t necessarily transfer well into an English-language context. I tried to concentrate on the actual fragrances, instead.
Lye is inspired by memories of laundry day: “The smell of the sun drying the clothes just hung out…Ash, like alpha and omega, become real protagonists in this fragrance. Lye, used once to whiten, to clean, dramatically returns to our fragrance memory, evoked by a unique and absolute scent.” This fragrance includes notes of bergamot, lemon, incense, iris, leather, patchouli, opooponax and vanilla. It’s described as “woody” and “spicy,” but that doesn’t sound quite right to me…
New at beautyhabit: Berdoues Colognes Grand Crus.
New at houseoffraser (UK): Agent Provocateur Fatale Intense, Armani Diamonds Violet.