Armani Prive Eclat de Jasmin by Giorgio Armani ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 18 September 2007 33 Comments

Armani Prive Eclat de Jasmin by Giorgio Armani

When Now Smell This first announced the release of Armani Privé Eclat de Jasmin, the blog quoted the Giorgio Armani website, saying “Eclat de Jasmin was created to represent dawn – the particular time of the day when jasmine flowers are warmed by the sun, releasing their deep, rich scent.” From this description I imagined a dew-like, non-indolic jasmine: fresh, liquid, and quiet.

Maybe because I don’t live where dawn is ever warm enough to draw the scent from jasmine, but Eclat de Jasmin feels like the late afternoon of a summer day to me…

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Armani Prive Eclat de Jasmin by Giorgio Armani ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 20 June 2007 15 Comments

Armani Prive Eclat de Jasmin perfume by Giorgio Armani Giorgio Armani has added a 6th fragrance to the Armani Privé line. Éclat de Jasmin joins Bois d'Encens, Eau de Jade, Pierre de Lune, Ambre Soie and Cuir Amethyste:

Éclat de Jasmin was created to represent dawn – the particular time of the day when jasmine flowers are warmed by the sun, releasing their deep, rich scent. Floral scents of rose of bulgary, Egyptian jasmine and plum of damas are perfectly contrasted with the woody strength of patchouli and amber…

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Perfume review: Armani Prive Bois d’Encens & Eau de Jade

Posted by Robin on 18 December 2005 41 Comments

Armani Privé Bois d'Encens & Eau de Jade

Today I’m trying two more fragrances in the Armani Privé quartet by Giorgio Armani (see yesterday’s review of Pierre de Lune and Ambre Soie).

Bois d’Encens, also known as Onyx, is the fragrance that Armani reportedly had developed for his own personal use:

“This is my favourite of the four scents and smells strongly of incense,” says Armani as he covers himself in a fine mist of Bois d’Encens from a little bottle he keeps in his pocket. “I used to go to church with my grandmother and the services were pretty long. The thing that kept me going was the smell of the incense. This fragrance reminds me of that time. It reminds me of my childhood.” (quoted in The Independent, 1/22/05)

Bois d’Encens is said to contain only 5 ingredients…

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Perfume review: Armani Prive Pierre de Lune and Ambre Soie

Posted by Robin on 17 December 2005 37 Comments

pierre-de-lune ambre-soie

Giorgio Armani launched the Armani Privé quartet in late 2004. It is the line’s first entry into the high end luxury fragrance market, and the perfumes have the packaging and price tag to match. According to Armani,

I wanted the perfumes to be close to the way perfumes were made in the past – just me working with perfumers to find fragrances that I believed in and liked, with no limit on the price of raw materials. (quoted in The Independent, 1/22/05)

Pierre de Lune, also known as Moonstone, features violet, green notes, cassie flower, iris and belambre, a synthetic with a woody-ambery odor. It starts, as promised, with sweet violet tinged with green notes. Once that calms, the cassie takes the stage…

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