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 Prada, Prada Candy in a new collector edition with a pink “give me candy” bracelet…
Estee Lauder has launched Pleasures Eau Fraîche, a new sheer floral variation on the original Pleasures scent (1995)…
I am a summer person. My favorite thing about spring is that it’s almost summer, and my favorite thing about fall is that sometimes, the summer days linger on longer than expected. I have nothing good at all to say about winter. But we take turns writing the seasonal Top 10 posts for Now Smell This, and somehow it has worked out that I’ve only done the summer list twice, in 2005 and 2007. Either one of those lists1 would take me happily through a summer even now, all these years later, and truth be told, summer is when I wear the least perfume anyway.2 Many days, a light layer of scented lotion is enough fragrance for me, and there are many more days when (horrors!) I wear no fragrance at all.
For this year’s list, I’ve avoided repeats by emphasizing post-2007 fragrances. Most, but not all, of my choices are unisex, and I’ve included niche and mainstream and indie, cheap and not so cheap…
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 Jean Paul Gaultier, the 2012 Gladiator collector edition of Le Mâle, wearing the armor of the Roman gladiators. In 125 ml Eau de Toilette…
Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday, May 13th! If you missed it, check out part 1 and part 2 of our gift series for 2012.
From Pacifica, The Gold Collection Custom Spray gift set: “Choose your own fragrances! Three of Pacifica’s beloved fragrances in fun, fresh and fantastic Spray Perfumes. This set features full sized boxed perfumes contained in our signature gold gift box wrapped with a pretty white ribbon.” $52 at Pacifica…