Robert Piguet will launch Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet, the debut fragrance for New York-based designer Douglas Hannant, in February. It is the first original fragrance from Piguet since the 1960s…
Ricci Ricci Dancing Ribbon by Nina Ricci ~ new perfume
Nina Ricci will launch Ricci Ricci Dancing Ribbon in March of next year. The new fragrance for women is a limited edition flanker to 2009’s Ricci Ricci:
She is modern, mischievous and audacious…
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Terrible ~ fragrance review
Jean Paul Gaultier has just launched Le Mâle Terrible, a flanker to Le Mâle (released 15 years ago). Le Mâle Terrible’s ads still feature a “sailor” but the bottle now comes with a razor blade around its neck (the “terrible” aspect). Apart from the razor blade, there’s talk of “attack” and “overdose” in the PR materials, but given Le Mâle Terrible’s cocky, super-clean, costumed model (hairier than his bald Le Mâle predecessor), one knows all this terrible stuff is tongue-in-cheek, not blade-in-neck (or nose).
Le Mâle Terrible goes on like a “tonic”…reviving, cooling; I smell grapefruit and peppery lavender, a touch of geranium leaf. Then, Le Mâle Terrible turns all smooth and creamy with coumarin, ghostly orange blossom (or a “white” floral), and rich vanilla/tonka and vetiver notes. In the extreme dry down, residual grapefruit, vetiver and cedar meld and create a slightly “sweat-y” accord — one has to get close to skin to detect it…
3 perfumers
Perfumer Aliénor Massenet talks about John Galliano Parlez Moi d’Amour. Below the jump, perfumers Yann Vasnier and Aurelien Guichard talk briefly (at the 1 minute mark) about Tommy Hilfiger Loud.
Tommy Hilfiger Loud For Her & Loud For Him ~ new fragrances
Tommy Hilfiger will launch Loud, a new duo of fragrances “built around a music proposition and aimed at Gen-Y users”; Loud For Her and Loud For Him also tie into Hilfiger’s Get Loud denim campaign…