Bartender Oscar Quagliarini of L’Herbarium bar (in the Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers) in Paris makes more perfume-inspired cocktails, first for Mugler Aura, then below the jump, for Lancôme La Vie Est Belle Éclat. In French, but if you speak even Perfume French, you’ll get it.
Aesop Hwyl ~ fragrance review
The backstory of Aesop’s latest fragrance, Hwyl, is a hodgepodge (to which I’ll contribute). Hwyl is a Welsh word (pronounced, rapidly: WHO-will); according to the Oxford English dictionary, it means “a stirring feeling of emotional motivation and energy.” Yet, Hwyl’s perfumer, Barnabé Fillion, when asked by Philippa Morgan in Vogue Arabia, “How would you describe Hwyl in one sentence?” responded “The silence and verdancy of an ancient Japanese forest, and the wind in the canopy.” Hwyl reminds ME of India — the scent of altars and old-style Ayurvedic apothecaries. To each his own…
Online fragrance shopping
New at bloomingdales: selected Frederic Malle.
New at luckyscent: Rundholz Feb 14, 1912 & 20 Mars 2022.
New at nordstrom: Tom Ford Vanille Fatale.
Woman in Gold Cocktail
Bartender Oscar Quagliarini of L’Herbarium bar (in the Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers) in Paris makes a Woman in Gold Cocktail inspired by the Kilian fragrance. In French, but if you speak even Perfume French, you'll get it. And please, whip up one for me?
Pierre Guillaume Superlady ~ new fragrance
French niche line Pierre Guillaume will launch Superlady, a new fragrance for women. Superlady joins the brand’s Huitième Art Collection…