Alfred Sung will launch Always, a new “wedding-oriented” sparkling floral fragrance for women inspired by Grace Kelly, next month.
Always was developed by perfumer Clement Gavarry; the notes include water lily, kumquat, neroli, pink peony, honeysuckle, orris absolute…
It has been a very long time since I actually swooned over the first sniff of any perfume, but the latest from the Hermessence collection at Hermès, Vanille Galante, was a rare case of love-at-first-sniff. Happily for me, so far it appears to be a lasting relationship — just as well, since I bought it unsniffed.*
I will start by mentioning that Vanille Galante is likely to be a disappointment to vanilla freaks (there have already been a few disgruntled customers on the fragrance boards). The early scents in the Hermessence series (Ambre Narguile, Rose Ikebana, Vetiver Tonka, Poivre Samarcande, Osmanthe Yunnan) were mostly “about” the material they were named after. Paprika Brasil and Brin de Reglisse were less directly so, and Vanille Galante, while presumably a reflection of some sorts on vanilla…
Perry Ellis has launched Perry Ellis for Women, the feminine counterpart to last year's Perry Ellis for Men.
Perry Ellis for women is described on the Perry Ellis website as…
A modern yet flirty bouquet floral fragrance with a bright introduction and a creamy, woody, dry-down…
Elizabeth Arden will launch Pretty, a new fragrance for women, this coming March. Pretty is a floral fragrance that "celebrates the ritual of getting ready to go out".
Pretty was developed by perfumer Claude Dir, and includes notes of mandarin orpur, orange blossom, peach nectar, petalia (a new Givaudan molecule), star jasmine, pink iris, white peony, fluffy musk, jacaranda wood and creamy amber…
Such is the current pace of new fragrance launches that when I sat down to refresh my memory on the subject of Chanel’s niche range, Les Exclusifs de Chanel, I was surprised to see that they debuted only last year. It feels like they’ve been around much longer than that, but when you consider that there have been something like 3 new fragrance launches a day since then, they’re really rather old hat by now, aren’t they?
When I reviewed 31 Rue Cambon last year, I noted that…