Banana Republic is expected to launch Republic of Men and Republic of Women in late August or early September. The new fragrances are for the “sportier, khaki-pants guy and white-shirt girl”.
Republic of Men was developed by perfumer Laurent Le Guernec; the woody chypre features notes of clementine, plum, fig leaf, rosemary…
Jennifer Lopez will launch My Glow, a new fragrance for women and the latest flanker to 2002’s J Lo Glow, in October. My Glow follows previous Glow flankers Miami Glow, Love at First Glow, Glow After Dark, Glow Shimmer Edition and Sunkissed Glow.
My Glow was reportedly inspired by Lopez’s twins…
Rapper 50 Cent will launch Power by 50 Cent (shown above left), his debut fragrance, this fall. According to 50 Cent, it “smells like success”.
Power was developed by perfumer Harry Fremont. The notes feature lemon leaves, black pepper, artemisia, dark woods, coriander, nutmeg, patchouli, musk and oakmoss…
Lancôme will launch Miracle Tendre Voyage, a new travel-retail exclusive fragrance, this month. The new scent is a flanker to 2000’s Miracle for Women.
Miracle Tendre Voyage was developed by perfumers Alberto Morillas and Harry Fremont. According to the two men…
Our wish was to create a fragrance enhanced with much more fluidity and freshness…
We are living in the age of Queen Melon (née Calone) and King Violet Leaf; those two notes are dominating so many releases of the last year and a half that when I smell those notes in a fragrance I lose interest almost immediately. I don’t dislike melon and violet leaf, but smelling them in fragrance after fragrance over a long period of time has dulled their effect on me. So here comes Donna Karan’s DKNY Men (late to the violet leaf party) lagging behind other recent violet leaf-heavy scents such as Narciso Rodriguez For Him, Dsquared2 He Wood, Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme and Burberry The Beat For Men (to name just a few).
DKNY Men was created by perfumers Alberto Morillas and Harry Fremont and contains bergamot, mandarin, juniper, sage, white pepper, cardamom, lavender, violet leaf, jasmine, cedar, patchouli, orris and vetiver. DKNY Men opens with warm bergamot, violet leaf, and a touch of mandarin. The fragrance does not change much after the first few minutes on skin, and as the fragrance dries down, it resembles a slightly happier Burberry The Beat for Men…