New at barneys: Serge Lutens Cannibale, L'haleine Des Dieux, Cracheuse De Flammes.
New at luckyscent: Parfums de Nicolai Oud Sublime.
New at saksfifthavenue: Ferragamo La Corte & Leather Rose.
New at selfridges (UK): McQueen Parfum & Eau de Parfum.
New at twistedlily: Penhaligon's Luna & Endymion Concentre.
UK-based niche line Shay & Blue has launched Blueberry Musk, a new fragrance…
Happy Almost-Friday, and happy National Milk Chocolate Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m testing La Femme Prada. I don’t usually eat milk chocolate but I happen to have a Sicilian Pistachio & Rose Petal bar by Sucré in my stash, so I will be sure to polish that off later.
Reminder: on 7/29, we’re doing Huesday on Friday…
But it was entirely appealing: warm, organic, mineral-rich. It was the smell of waiting, paid off: 40 years or more for a sandalwood tree to grow its fragrant heartwood; four months of hot, dust-blown summer in northern India before the monsoons arrive in July; a day for terra-cotta to slow-fire in a kiln.
— Read more at Making Perfume From the Rain: Indian villagers have found a way to bottle the fragrance of monsoons at The Atlantic. Hat tip to PekeFan!
I’ve smelled almost all Amouage fragrances but have bought only two: Jubilation XXV and Gold Man. Most of the Amouage perfumes don’t suit me; when I wear them, they make me feel “mature,” serious, and their heavy-opaque feel and scents are uncomfortable. I don’t think of myself as a careFREE guy, effervescing all over town, a giggle-box. I like sober scents, too, at times, but ones that float, like spirits. Amouage perfumes often sit, heavily, on me. (Yes, I’ve tried the Sunshines…no thanks.)
Amouage’s new Myths Man has a promising mix of notes (chrysanthemum, orris, rose, rum, elemi, labdanum, vetiver, “ashes” and leather); its described trajectory, from chrysanthemum to smoke, sounds romantic and brought to mind images of flower and bird paintings, philosophers and poets from Asia…