Iceberg will launch The Iceberg Fragrance for Men in March. It's the masculine counterpart to The Iceberg Fragrance for Women, which launched last year.
The Iceberg Fragrance for Men is a woody aromatic scent developed by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu. The notes include bergamot, lavender, cardamom, rose, iris, ambrette, cedar, ambroxan, sage, vanilla, musk, patchouli and amber…
I don't do hats, so I know next to nothing about British milliner Stephen Jones. The Telegraph says “he is the best in the business”*, and I'll have to take their word for it. Jones reportedly met designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons by chance in the Anchorage airport back in the 1980s**, and they've collaborated (on hats and whatnot, presumably) since then. The Comme des Garçons + Stephen Jones fragrance debuted earlier this year, and Jones' description of the scent — “futuristic but rococo” and “a violet that's been hit by a meteorite” — along with the perfect, just-like-a-hat packaging, placed it at the top of my “must smell” list.
The juice was developed by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu, who also did the wonderful Comme des Garçons Hinoki fragrance for Monocle magazine earlier this year, and I'm happy to report that it's exactly as advertised, in fact, if “a violet that's been hit by a meteorite” appeals to you, you'd probably do just as well to stop reading now and get yourself a sample…
Féerie, by Van Cleef & Arpels features an unusual bottle design: the cap is metal (or metal-like?) and features a fairy sitting on a twig (it was inspired by their Midsummer Night’s Dream jewelry collection). From what I’ve read so far, it’s probably shaping up to be one of those love-it-or-hate-it bottles, but my own initial reaction was ambivalent. After seeing it in person, however, I’m firmly in the hate-it camp. The blue glass bottle is pretty, but the “sculpture” on top just isn’t as luxe as its price*, and it’s all a bit twee for my taste — my taste, apparently, runs more towards plastic doll heads. Besides that, even the sales associate acknowledged that eventually, you’re gonna poke your eye out with that thing.
The scent, advertised as a woody floral violet by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu, started out difficult on paper: a screechingly-pitched blast of sweet berry over creamy-powdery violet (the notes: violet, red berries, mandarin, rose, jasmine, iris and vetiver). It gets nicer (and drier) soon enough, but it’s markedly better on skin, where the top notes fade from cloying to merely sweet much faster, and the earthy base helps to balance it out…
Coming next month from Burberry, winter limited edition variations on their popular Burberry London for Women and Burberry London for Men fragrances, both with metallic fabric sleeves (gold for women, brown for men)
Burberry London for Women Special Edition is a floral bouquet with grapefruit, peach nectar, pepper, British rose, white tulips, honeysuckle, patchouli, mahogany and musk. Developed by perfumer Dominique Ropion, in 100 ml Eau de Parfum…
Van Cleef & Arpels will launch Féerie, a new fragrance for women, this coming August.
The scent will be a woody floral with violet developed by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu.
Féerie is aimed at the luxury market and will be priced higher than other fragrances in the Van Cleef & Arpels line…