Gucci has launched Gucci Guilty Oud, a flanker to to 2010’s Gucci Guilty and 2011’s Gucci Guilty Pour Homme…
Almost like perfume shopping
For Mizensir, creation is much easier. That’s because, technically, the brand is for me. Things I create for Bvlgari or Gucci, for example, are different, mainly because I have a brief to follow. For Mizensir, I can take anywhere between one to six years to create a fragrance and I include notes that are specific to me. Sometimes I work one or two days a week and stop and come back to it at a later time because I want to be sure that I like it – almost like perfume shopping!
— Perfumer Alberto Morillas on why he started his own brand. Read more at Meet The Nose Behind These Iconic '90s Perfumes at Refinery29.
Bvlgari Le Gemme Reali ~ new fragrances
Bvlgari has launched Le Gemme Reali, a new collection of three luxury fragrances in the Le Gemme series. Nylaia, Rubinia and Veridia were developed by perfumer Alberto Morillas…
Stella McCartney Stella Peony ~ fragrance review
I’ve been a fan of Stella McCartney’s Stella since it was launched in 2003, so I’m not sure how I missed the Stella In Two fragrance duo that was released as a flanker set in 2006. (Was it really that long ago? Yes.) The peony half of Stella In Two was reformulated and relaunched as Stella Peony in late 2017, so I thought I should catch it this time around. I’ve loved peonies since I was a child and spent time examining the peony bushes in my grandparents’ backyard. Peony flowers have become something of a cliché in recent years (“basic,” as the kids say), but I’m still partial to the idea of a peony-inspired perfume.
Stella Peony was developed by perfumer Alberto Morillas and includes notes of mandarin, freesia, lotus flower, peony, geranium, amber and patchouli. (Jacques Cavallier was credited with the original In Two duo.) The card for my sample describes it as “a daring blend of peppery florals and amber gris.” To my surprise, that description is pretty accurate…
Gucci Guilty Absolute Pour Femme ~ fragrance review
Gucci recently launched Guilty Absolute Pour Femme* — a new flanker to 2010’s Gucci Guilty. Guilty Absolute Pour Femme is the female counterpart to 2017’s Gucci Guilty Absolute Pour Homme (which I bought and enjoy). What attracted me to Guilty Absolute Pour Femme was its blackberry note (accentuated visually by its purple bottle). I was hoping for a sparkling, natural-smelling blackberry accord mixed with rose and touches of patchouli and Nootka cypress (GoldenWood): a happy summer perfume…