Jo Malone will launch Nashi Blossom, a new limited edition fragrance for women, in May.* Nashi refers to the Asian pear…
Aedes de Venustas Cierge de Lune ~ new fragrance
West Village niche perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas will launch Cierge de Lune, a new unisex fragrance developed by perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin…
Diptyque Oud Palao ~ fragrance review
Diptyque launched Oud Palao last autumn. I just got around to trying it this week. Why? Because I was 99.9 percent sure I wouldn’t like it. Oud Palao’s list of notes didn’t sound original…but to make up for that, each note, trying way too hard to excite, had a Travel the World with Diptyque! signifier in front of it: Bulgarian (rose), Laotian (oud), Madagascar (vanilla), Indian (cypriol), Sri Lankan (sandalwood), Somalian (olibanum), Spanish (cistus) and Indonesian (patchouli). I laughed.
The laugh’s on me! I love Oud Palao…
Azzaro Pour Elle Extreme ~ new perfume
Azzaro has launched Azzaro Pour Elle Extrême, the followup to last year’s Azzaro Pour Elle…
Diptyque Essences Insensees 2015 ~ fragrance review
I like jasmine. Soft, subtle jasmines are fine — I have quite a few — but big, bold jasmines are even finer. I don’t think anybody has made the jasmine too big and bold for me to wear just yet, although Norma Kamali made a valiant effort.
I figured Diptyque’s new Essences Insensées 2015, from their La Collection 34 series of limited edition harvest-based fragrances, would be on the soft, subtle side, because that seems to be the style at Diptyque in recent years (and possibly also because I pretty much ignored Essences Insensées 2014, which was based on mimosa). But no, this year’s Essences Insensées is J-A-S-M-I-N-E, especially in the top notes, where the jasmine is loud and full and rich, and satisfyingly indolic (just enough and not too much)…