Carven will launch Carven L’Eau Intense, a new fragrance for men, in February…
Friday scent of the day 1/15
TGIF! It’s also National Strawberry Ice Cream Day and Martin Luther King, Jr‘s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance from Bvlgari, if you have one.
What fragrance 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 Bvlgari Pour Femme, from a sample that probably qualifies as vintage by now. It is not in absolutely perfect condition but I smell pretty darned good all the same…
Jo Malone The Herb Garden ~ new fragrances
Jo Malone will launch The Herb Garden, a new limited edition collection of five fragrances: Sorrel & Lemon Thyme, Wild Strawberry & Parsley, Nasturtium & Clover, Carrot Blossom & Fennel and Lavender & Coriander. All were inspired by “the aromatic artistry of herbs”…
Nothing attracts like the scent of No. 2
A quick promo for Zoolander No. 2. If you missed the print ads, they are here.
Clean Reserve Blonde Rose & Sueded Oud ~ fragrance reviews
One of my fragrance-loving friends recently opined in a private e-mail that 2015 “was a banner year for perfume B.S.” I’m inclined to agree. So many instantly forgettable scents tarted up with fancy packaging and purple prose. So many new collections offering so many new scents at once that I couldn’t keep them straight in my head. So many cynical flankers and cheap re-workings of classics.
And what can we say about brands that sabotage their own well-tuned images in order to bring in more customers? Clean was founded in 2003 and established its name quickly and securely with non-perfume perfumes like Simply Soap, Fresh Laundry and Rain. Now it’s offering us the Reserve collection, a range of fragrances specifically not designed to smell “out-of-the-shower” fresh. Why? “Each Clean Reserve fragrance was created to be dynamic and evoke, not memories of the past, but possibilities and experiences yet to be discovered.” Oh, okay then. And this helpful hint: they are “ideal for layering and blending.” (So we can buy more than one!)
The Clean Reserve line has taken up residence in Sephora near other layer-able collections from Philosophy, Commodity and Fred Segal…