Virginia-based niche boutique Arielle Shoshana will launch their second fragrance, Sunday, tomorrow. The first fragrance, Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum, has been repackaged and renamed Saturday…
Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum ~ fragrance review & quick poll
The first time I saw a passion fruit opened, I screamed. It’s such a bizarre-looking fruit. Totally unexpected. I wanted the fragrance to capture the experience of that first passion fruit: the shock of the unexpected, closely followed by delight. — Arielle Weinberg
And, bingo. The top notes of Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum, developed in collaboration with perfumer Cécile Hua, are unexpected, and like a few other shockingly fruity openings — Byredo Pulp comes to mind — they’re likely to elicit a reaction. Whether that reaction is delight or horror, of course, will depend (some people love Pulp, some people think it’s a hot mess). Me, I laughed, and then I added it to my buy list in case it ever comes out in a travel size…
Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum ~ new fragrance
Virginia-based niche boutique Arielle Shoshana will launch their debut fragrance, Arielle Shoshana, next month. Arielle Shoshana was developed by perfumer Cécile Hua…
Charenton Macerations Eye, Hatshepsut ~ fragrance review
I’ve always loved ancient Egyptian art and history, the complex religious practices of Egyptians and the depictions of their gods (including such “gods” as the female pharaoh Hatshepsut). Call me macabre, but I enjoy reading about ancient Egyptian mummification practices and the fragrant oils used to preserve and scent important corpses big (rulers) and small (cats); I’ve written here at Now Smell This (10 years ago!) about kyphi incense. Like everyone else, I’m sometimes susceptible to advertising, so any time a perfume house releases a scent that references Egypt, I sample it in hopes it will be glorious. (Why didn’t Serge Lutens ever “go there”…with a rich, “profound” Egypt-inspired fragrance?)
Charenton Macerations Eye, Hatshepsut (which was, according to ad copy, researched at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo) goes on smelling medicinal, or “medicinal” as interpreted by a contemporary perfumer…
Charenton Macerations Eye, Hatshepsut ~ new fragrance
Indie line Charenton Macerations has launched Eye, Hatshepsut, a new fragrance inspired by Hatshepsut, the first female pharoah…