Kenzo will celebrate their 40th anniversary this year with the launch of Once Upon A Time, a limited edition fragrance duo developed by perfumers Christine Nagel and Benoist Lapouza:
A brand made of colours, flowers and surprises…
Miss Pucci, Peace Love & Juicy Couture, Kate Spade Twirl ~ brief perfume reviews
It was a long and eventful summer, and I have fallen terribly behind on reviews. In the interest of saving time and catching up and all that, here are brief reviews on three scents that are nice enough but that did not interest me enough to write longer reviews anyway. How’s that for an enticing lead in?
Miss Pucci by Pucci
A light sparkling floral musk from the folks at Pucci. It is pretty, clean, safe, and geared towards a young audience (that is, an audience that likes their florals pretty, clean and safe). Like its predecessor, Vivara, it lacks the verve and punch of the fashion line, but hey, that’s true of nearly every designer perfume ever made…
Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia ~ new fragrance
Jo Malone will launch English Pear & Freesia, a new fragrance inspired by the John Keats poem Ode to Autumn, in September.
English Pear & Freesia was developed by perfumer Christine Nagel…
Miss Pucci by Emilio Pucci ~ new perfume
Pucci will launch Miss Pucci, a new fragrance for women, in July. Miss Pucci follows 2007’s Pucci Vivara and the packaging shares that scent’s bubble motif…
Cartier Eau de Cartier & Eau de Cartier Essence d’Orange ~ fragrance reviews
So many eaux, so little temps. Though Cartier released Eau de Cartier way back in 2001, I’ve just tried it — along with the new Eau de Cartier Essence d’Orange. Cartier fragrances have never wowed me (I’ve only owned one: 1981’s Santos…and that was a gift), so I was hoping Eau de Cartier, and especially Essence d’Orange (I’m an orange fiend), would be “bright spots” in the Cartier perfume line-up.
Eau de Cartier Eau de Toilette
yuzu, bergamot, violet leaves and flowers, musk, lavender, cedarwood, patchouli, amber
Eau de Cartier opens with a burst of wonderful yuzu “juice,” violet leaf (diffuse and watery) and, if you pay close attention, lavender (more herbal than floral) with a hint of licorice. Eau de Cartier has an indistinct, vaguely sweet, floral-talc dry-down with only a touch of musk and a clear, slightly salty, amber note; this is a very light fragrance with minimal sillage…