Indie perfumer Bruno Fazzolari’s Fzotic brand has launched two new fragrances, Corpse Reviver and Zdravetz…
The daily lemming
Bruno Fazzolari has done up his Monserrat fragrance in a cream: "This concentrated all-over creme has a fresh, bright scent with invigorating notes of apricot, pink grapefruit, osmanthus and fresh green leaves. It offers outstanding hydration and protection for the skin: shea butter guards and moisturizes, while sea buckthorn, rich in omega-7 fatty acid, supports healing; soothing oat and aloe restore softness. Perfect for body after bathing and for dry hands." $28 for 60 ml at the Bruno Fazzolari site.
Bruno Fazzolari Unsettled ~ fragrance review, with an aside on Jean Patou Colony
It was an emergency. A few weeks ago, I was decanting the last of my Jean Patou Colony Extrait into an atomizer, and the atomizer toppled. I managed to save most of it, and I mopped up the rest with my forearms, but the writing was on the wall. Before long, my beloved Colony, a pineapple chypre as goofy and glamorous as Carole Lombard jumping on the bed in My Man Godfrey and as gentle as goose down in a breeze, would be a memory. (Sob.)
I was lamenting this to Tracy at Fumerie, and she asked if I’d ever tried Bruno Fazzolari Unsettled. The Nevada Museum of Art commissioned Fazzolari to create Unsettled — the fragrance, plus a uranium glass bottle shaped like an atomic bomb’s mushroom cloud — for a 2018 exhibition on Western art…
Bruno Fazzolari Vetiverissimo ~ fragrance review
Over the summer, a friend’s son, Anders, turned 13 years old. He’s a stylish kid — he likes to raid his departed grandpa’s closet for ascots and Gucci sunglasses and send the resulting selfies to his mom. He also enjoys the company of middle-aged women, so he asked to host his birthday party at my house.
He was impressed by my perfume collection. I suggested he try a spritz of Guerlain Vetiver. Now, Anders doesn’t have a lot of experience with perfume. When he was a kindergartner, he found a bottle of something Avon that he called his “man cologne” for a few weeks, but that’s it…
Bruno Fazzolari / Fzotic Vetiverissimo ~ new fragrance
Indie perfumer Bruno Fazzolari will launch Vetiverissimo, a new unisex fragrance under the new brand name Fzotic, later this month…