Actor Richard E Grant will launch Jack, his debut fragrance, in April. The unisex scent was named for the Union Jack, and comes in a “vintage-style Union Jack bag” inside the outer box…
Armand Basi Rose Lumiere ~ new perfume
Spanish designer Armand Basi has launched Rose Lumière, a new fruity floral fragrance for women. Rose Lumière is the second in the series that began with 2011’s Rose Glacée…
Memo Italian Leather ~ fragrance review
A few weeks ago I wrote about my visit to the Italian Embassy in Paris for the launch of Memo Italian Leather. Now for the rest of the story.
In the embassy’s Grand Salon, the brand owner, Clara Molloy, and perfumer, Aliénor Massenet, sat on yellow silk upholstered armchairs near the marble fireplace, forming part of an intimate clutch of armchairs encircling a coffee table. The scent of coffee drifted from a table near one wall. We also smelled, of course, a trace of delicious perfume.
Molloy was open and cheerful, with Snow White pale skin and dark hair. I immediately wanted to be her friend. As I already wrote, she led us on a tour of that wing of the embassy (I’m still trying to figure out how I can incorporate the dreamy lagoon-like colors of the library into my own house) before settling again in the Grand Salon. With French beauty editors.
Yes, French beauty editors…
The human equivalent of crystal meth
It took a while for me to realise that I was no different. I found myself telling perfumer Alienor Massenet that what I loved about my husband was that his skin was the most sensual I'd ever come across, that it was a kind of red-gold caramelised copper with a tang of salty herbs to it and that I would follow it to the ends of the earth.
Quite apart from how embarrassing this is in general, I should have realised that he smells delicious because he usually wears Pour un Homme by Caron, a fragrance which, when blended with his skin, forms the human equivalent of crystal meth.
— Susan Irvine considers the smell of a man, in Perfect Chemistry at Vogue UK.
Memo Italian Leather ~ new fragrance
French niche line Memo has launched Italian Leather, the second fragrance in the Cuirs Nomades collection (the first was Irish Leather)…