From Chloé, a bar soap gift set in Atelier des Fleurs Magnolia Alba, Cedrus and Santalum. Three x 100g, $105 at Nordstrom, where you can also find the individual bars for $35 each. At John Lewis in the UK, Magnolia Alba and Santalum are available in 3g solid perfume compact, £53.
British niche line Ormonde Jayne will launch Vetiveria, a new fragrance in the Four Corners of the Earth collection, next week…
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit and happy May Day! Birthdays: Calamity Jane, Sterling Allen Brown, Joseph Heller, Terry Southern, Shirley Horn, Judy Collins, Wes Anderson. RIP Paul Auster. What fragrance are you wearing?
One one arm, I’ve got Carthusia Mediterraneo, the first fragrance I ever bought unsniffed, and (I think) the bottle I have replaced the most times. I might just wear it again tomorrow. On the other arm, vintage Diorissimo, because May Day.
Reminder: 5/2: is Our Lady Donatella Versace’s 70th birthday…
On Thursday, Amouage, the luxury perfume line based in Oman, reported a 48 percent increase in sales in its first quarter, reaching $100 million in retail sales. Growth was led by its 17 owned boutiques, which lifted 75 percent, while e-commerce and travel retail increased 52 and 49 percent respectively.
[...] Amouage noted particular dynamism in the US, where sales increased 41 percent, and became a top ten fragrance brand in the department store Neiman Marcus this year, whilst also climbing the rankings in SKP in China and Harvey Nichols in Saudi Arabia.
— Read more in Fine Fragrance Brand Amouage’s Sales Lift 48% at Business of Fashion.
Giorgio Armani has introduced Armani Code Elixir, a new woody fragrance for men. Armani Code Elixir is a flanker to 2004′s Armani Code…