Lanvin will launch Éclat de Fleurs, a new flanker to 2002’s Éclat d’Arpège, which was a flanker to 1927’s Lanvin Arpège. Éclat de Fleurs ‘captures the euphoria and joy of a summer day’…
Marc Jacobs Decadence ~ new perfume
Marc Jacobs will launch Decadence, a new pillar fragrance for women, in September. Decadence will be fronted by “a barely clothed Adriana Lima rolling around on the floor in utter abandon”…
Parfums de Nicolai L’Eau Corail ~ fragrance review
Longtime fans of French niche line Parfums de Nicolaï know she generally does a new Eau Fraîche most summers, and some of you may remember her two mango entries: Eau Exotique (2005) and Eau Turquoise (2008). I think most people preferred Turquoise, but I preferred Exotique, and that is the one I own. In a reversal of the usual trajectory with older perfumes, the top notes have improved with age but the base has gone a bit off. If it was still for sale, I’d replace it in a heartbeat — it had all the sparkle that’s missing from most modern summer limited editions, which tend to smell fresh but flat.
L’Eau Corail, the latest in the series, returns to the subject of mango…
Drearily predictable
Fragrance adverts: dull, or the dullest? They all follow the same drearily predictable formula. Humourless models writhe and brood before the camera, while a husky female voice amorously drawls the brand name.
It all feels so obsolete, so ‘90s, appreciated only by the kind of people who think Qatar is a great place to host a World Cup. And it looks like we’ve finally had enough.
— Flux Magazine writes about the growth of independent perfumery. Read more at Why luxury fragrances are changing – Meet the independent perfumers.
Juliette Has A Gun Another Oud ~ new fragrance
French niche line Juliette Has A Gun has launched Another Oud, (yet) another oud fragrance. Another Oud follows the brand’s Midnight Oud…