Bond no. 9 has launched Secret Gardens, a new fragrance…
Thursday scent of the day 4/17
Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also International Bat Appreciation Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
Today, I’m doing the Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev:
The four Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta, along with associated fortresses and agricultural landscapes in the Negev Desert, are spread along routes linking them to the Mediterranean end of the incense and spice route. Together they reflect the hugely profitable trade in frankincense and myrrh from south Arabia to the Mediterranean, which flourished from the 3rd century BC until the 2nd century AD.
My fragrance has incense, but it was made in Italy and inspired by an Indian princess, and it most probably was developed by a French perfumer, so it fits in nicely with the theme of world trade. Plus, I smell great and my bottle is suitably ancient: Etro Shaal Nur.
Reminder: 4/18 is the World Heritage Day / International Day for Monuments and Sites…
The daily lemming
Italian luxury menswear house Brioni celebrates their 80th with Brioni + Lalique Dualité: “Created by Brioni on the occasion of its 80th birthday, in collaboration with the illustrious crystal maker Lalique, the Dualité, Crystal Edition Perfume is a Limited Edition fragrance housed in 18 unique and signed crystal flacons. At the heart of this masterpiece lies an Extrait de Parfum composed by Master Perfumer Michel Almairac, built around rare and luxurious iris butter, which is crafted through a meticulous seven-year process (three years cultivation, three years curing, one more year to extract and produce the butter into a fragrant creation).” With ozonic accord, green apple, violet, ambroxan, iris, cedar, moss and amber, 340 ml for $41,250.
Video below the jump…
Parfums de Marly Castley ~ new fragrance
French niche line Parfums de Marly will launch Castley, a new fragrance for men…
Maria Candida Gentile Vis ~ new fragrance
Italian niche house Maria Candida Gentile has launched Vis, a new fragrance inspired by the Croatian island of the same name…