Lancôme has launched Les Parfums Grands Crus, a collection of six fragrances honoring Armand PetitJean, the brand’s founder. The series includes three new florals (Lavandes Trianon, Jasmins Marzipane and Tubéreuses Castane) and three ouds, one new (Ôud Ambroisie) and two relaunches (Ôud Bouquet and L’Autre Ôud)…
Frédéric Malle talks to Neiman Marcus (briefly) about the importance of fragrance. Then below the jump, he talks to Barneys about Cologne Indélébile, and below that, perfumer Dominique Ropion talks about Carnal Flower.
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has introduced the 2016 Secret Smelling Collection…
This is how far behind I am: Paco Rabanne has already got Olympéa Aqua on the perfume counters, and I’m just getting around to reviewing the original Olympéa. I’ve actually had the sample for a bit, but it’s mostly just sat there, waiting while I reviewed other, more likely candidates. The folks over at Paco Rabanne have done a great job of keeping the brand relevant with the youth market, but have not shown much interest, so far, with the not-youth market, which of course includes me, and partly explains why the lack of interest is pretty much mutual. I did review Black XS For Her (way back in 2007) but I skipped Lady Million altogether.
Kevin, however, gamely reviewed Invictus (ugly, he said, and I wholeheartedly concur), so here I go1 with Olympéa, the fragrance for the ‘modern day Cleopatra’. As is so often the case with these big designer launches, it took a team of big name perfumers…
New and upcoming perfume books for 2016: My Life by Jo Malone, An Odyssey of Flavours and Fragrances from Givaudan, On The Scent by Paolo Pelosi, and Aphorismes d’un Parfumeur by Dominique Ropion.
A new biography from Jo Malone, founder and former owner of the eponymous brand and founder / owner of the newer brand Jo Loves…