A teeny bit of cognac, a teeny bit of leather, a teeny bit of body odor

Posted by Robin on 27 August 2016 14 Comments

I knew that I wanted a teeny bit of cognac, a teeny bit of leather, a teeny bit of body odor. We started working on this back when Lovely came out and nobody was ready for it. They were like, ‘genderless doesn’t work, there’s nothing like that on the market’—and then I watched it happen. So I started working on [Stash] with the people that I worked on with Lovely and they sorted it out. I really wanted it to smell personal, that it could be adaptable, which is a very hard thing for fragrance. Fragrance tends to be super surface-y and it can wear you… and then someone hugs you and then you smell like them.

— Sarah Jessica Parker talks to The Coveteur about her new fragrance, Stash SJP. Read more at Sarah Jessica Parker’s New Fragrance Smells Like Sexy European Men.

L’Homme Prada ~ fragrance review, plus a quick poll

Posted by Robin on 26 August 2016 53 Comments

Ansel Elgort and Dane DeHaan for L'Homme Prada

L’Homme Prada is a fragrance of pairs, of doubles, of juxtapositions and layers. The classic codes of the male Fougère are all present in Neroli, Geranium and Patchouli. Yet the interchangeable male/female Prada signatures are present, too, in the shape of Iris and Amber, the principal elements. It is a mix that is both airy and yet purposefully, highly sensual.¹

So, I didn’t hate La Femme Prada, but I didn’t exactly adore it either. I get another chance with L’Homme Prada, also from perfumer Daniela Andrier, and hey, take a look at the brand’s description above. Doesn’t that sound an awful lot like Prada Amber Pour Homme, maybe with a smidgen of Prada Infusion d’Iris (or Infusion d’Homme) thrown in for good measure? Such a thing would suit me fine: I liked Amber Pour Homme,² and so did an awful lot of other women…

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