A quick spot for Nina Ricci's Nina and Nina Fleur.
Nina Ricci Nina Fleur ~ new fragrance
Nina Ricci has launched Nina Fleur, a new flanker to 2006’s Nina. The floral pattern was inspired by a print from the brand’s fashion collection…
A preference for gin cocktails
Smell the new Hermès perfume on your skin and there is no denying that it has that bright uplift of any fragrance described with the word [fresh]. Yet all the familiar markers – laundered linen, citrus, cut grass – are absent.
The secret is a heavy dose of juniper berries. Quite sweetly, [perfumer Christine] Nagel was inspired to make juniper the heart of her fragrance when she realised that the large group of boys at family gatherings (Nagel has six children) had a preference for gin cocktails. It is, as she puts it, ‘a pleasurable taste for the young man’.
— Read more in Latest Hermès perfume offers a radically new approach to fragrance at Wallpaper.
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Juneteenth 2022
Saturday is Paul McCartney's 80th birthday, International Sushi Day and Autistic Pride Day. Sunday is Juneteenth and Father's Day. We're celebrating everything with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your father's favorite fragrance, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Nomenclature Neo Rose, Palmetto, Pink Ivory & Wood Dew ~ new fragrances
Niche line Nomenclature has introduced Neo Rose, Palmetto, Pink Ivory and Wood Dew. The four new fragrances join Minted in the brand’s Modern Eclectics collection…