New at neimanmarcus: Byredo Unnamed.
New at nordstrom: Parfums de Marly Layton.
Anna Sui L’Amour Rose ~ new fragrance
Anna Sui has launched L’Amour Rose, a new fruity floral perfume for women…
It’s so overwhelming
Grant has always been deeply aware of smells. Cheese and chocolate he finds offensive: “If I’m at a dinner and the chocolate and/or cheese comes out, I will literally go to the bathroom until that course is done.” He detests the cacao, vanilla-influenced fragrance Angel by Thierry Mugler: “It’s so overwhelming if I smell someone wearing it even from a distance I move away.”
— Richard E. Grant hates Angel but loves Kai. Read about the creation of his own fragrance line at Richard E. Grant’s Sensuous Obsession, at the Observer.
Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2016
To give you a thoughtful top ten for fall, I went to the experts: Tracy and André at Fumerie. Both of them used to work at Portland’s Perfume House and amassed years of experience with the classics. Then, seven months ago, Tracy opened Fumerie to focus on niche fragrances, and André joined her.
To give you an idea of their tastes in fragrance, Tracy has a tattoo on her forearm of her favorite perfume notes: patchouli, hay, tobacco, cocoa, and leather. When she thinks of fall, she thinks of comforting scents that remind her of riding her horse as a teenager through the leaves, and the smells of Oregon’s crisp autumn air, sweet alfalfa, saddle leather, grain and the horse itself.
André loves vintage fragrances and has a nose for classically constructed perfumes…
Roberto Cavalli Gold Collection ~ new fragrances
Roberto Cavalli has launched the Roberto Cavalli Gold Collection, six new unisex fragrances (Baroque Musk, Divine Oud, Golden Amber, Royal Iris, Sumptuous Rose and Supreme Sandal) representing “a baroque and luxurious vision of the Italian dolce vita”…