Italian actress Valeria Bilello for Giorgio Armani's upcoming Code Luna.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 5
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From MAC, a solid perfume necklace in the Air of Style fragrance: “An indulgence—but not when you consider the sensual delights of M·A·C’s solid Air of Style perfume and the coveted appeal of this exquisite Marcel Wanders multifaceted chrome compact.” $40 at Nordstrom…
Giorgio Armani Code Luna ~ new perfume
Giorgio Armani will launch Code Luna in May. The new citrus floriental fragrance for women is a flanker to 2006’s Armani Code…
Armani Prive
A little bottle porn: a short video on the original (2004) Armani Privé quartet.
Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia ~ fragrance review
When looking for a perfume, many people say they want something “sexy” or something “fresh.” Perfume houses are hip to that, and tend to market their wares with smoldering starlets or oceans and dew-tipped garden flowers. (That is, unless they can play both sides and put the starlet on the beach.)
The popular sexy fragrance is easy to define. Start with a friendly fruit note, add amber, vanilla, and maybe patchouli, toss in a shot of jasmine and the obligatory rare jungle orchid, and presto: sexy perfume. A clean fragrance can take a few different approaches. It can be citrusy (many colognes), ocean-like (Issey Miyake Eau d’Issey), fizzing with steamy aldehydes (Narciso Rodriguez Essence), or soapy (take your pick of the Clean line). It can finish with cool wood or vetiver, or — more likely these days, it seems — a wave of laundry musk.
Giorgio Armani has raked in good money selling fresh fragrances. Acqua di Giò, both the feminine and masculine versions, have been best sellers since the mid-1990s. Acqua di Gioia is the brand’s latest try for the “fresh” vote, and it plays up both the ocean and laundry musk angles of clean…