Model Grace Hartzel for Ferragamo Signorina, Signorina Eleganza and Signorina Misteriosa.
Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina Misteriosa ~ new perfume
Salvatore Ferragamo will launch Signorina Misteriosa, a new fruity oriental flanker to 2012’s Signorina, in February. The fragrance is meant to be mysterious and unpredictable; the CEO of Ferragamo Parfums noted that women are “multifaceted and polyhedral”…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2015, part 2
Our 2015 series of holiday gift posts continues — today we’re featuring coffrets and gift sets. More coming up soon!
Tops on our list (raise your hand if you’ve already bought one), the limited edition Frédéric Malle 15th Anniversary Coffret, in two sizes, both featuring 10 ml sprays plus a Bakelite travel spray and a retrospective book illustrated by American sculptor Phillip Low. The larger coffret includes twenty fragrances for $590; the smaller (“designed with men in mind”) includes ten fragrances for $365. You can purchase directly from the Malle website…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2015, part 12
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. Today’s post includes solid perfumes from Estee Lauder and Ferragamo; plus a new Eau de Toilette version of Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium.
From Estee Lauder, limited edition solid perfume compacts. At left, the Estée Lauder Pleasures Carousel: “A thoughtful gift for the child at heart, this colorful carousel compact delights with three moving animals and sparkling Swarovski crystals”; $495. At right, Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia Gilded Birdcage: “Let your evening take glamorous flight with this sparkling birdcage compact. The golden collectible featuring a beautiful parrot is decorated with Swarovski crystals for eye-catching elegance”; $295. Both at Bergdorf Goodman…
Three in One: reviews of Annick Goutal L’Ile au The, Salvatore Ferragamo Vendemmia & Acqua di Parma Colonia Ambra
Annick Goutal L’Ile au Thé
Perfumer Isabelle Doyen; fragrance notes include mandarin, citrus, osmanthus, tea, white musk
Annick Goutal just released L’Ile au Thé, a new unisex fragrance inspired by the South Korean island of Jeju. It’s true that Jeju Province produces teas and citrus, but there’s nothing about L’Ile au Thé that couldn’t be attributed to many locales. I could even “inspire” such a fragrance here in the Pacific Northwest, in Seattle, by wearing a classic Eau de Cologne while drinking a cup of fragrant green tea…or sipping my tea next to the blooming Buddha’s hand citrus or kumquat trees in my bedroom. There’s nothing “exotic” about L’Ile au Thé; it fits in perfectly with Annick Goutal’s recent releases: nice fragrances that don’t bare their teeth or muster much emotion beyond a wan smile. (I could almost have used Robin’s review of Vent de Folie as the basis of this review.)
L’Ile au Thé goes on smelling of citrus rind and blossoms; it’s a happy, if quiet, opening.