Coach has launched Coach Signature Rose d’Or, a new fragrance for women…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 23
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 Lancôme, a prestige 450 ml edition of La Vie Est Belle created by French glassmakers Verreries Brosse. 146 numbered bottles at €1990 each…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 19
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 Christian Dior, J’Adore L’Absolue in a limited edition Murano glass bottle designed by French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel. $3500 each, 300 were made…
Coach Poppy Blossom ~ new fragrance
Coach has launched Poppy Blossom, a new fragrance for women. Poppy Blossom is a flanker to 2010’s Coach Poppy, and follows 2011’s Poppy Flower…
Coach Summer Edition 2012 and Burberry Brit Summer Edition 2012 ~ fragrance review
This week at lunch, a coworker and I took a walk to enjoy the first of Portland’s summer weather. “Do you mind stopping at Nordstrom?” I asked her. “I want to see if I can get samples of some summer flankers.”
“Sure,” she said. We walked in silence for a few steps. “Sweetie —” she calls everyone “sweetie” or “gal,” “— I have to ask. What’s a flanker?”
Oh, how insular our little perfume loving world is. We even have our own jargon. I explained how fragrance companies sometimes release limited-edition summer versions of their most popular fragrances. Although I’ve fallen for a few flankers — Yves Saint Laurent Opium Fleur de Shanghai comes to mind — for the most part I don’t waste my time with them. Too many other fragrances beckon. But maybe I’d been missing out.
At Nordstrom, two flankers commanded prominent display: Coach Summer Edition 2012 and Burberry Brit Summer Edition…