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Holiday fragrance gifts 2017, part 6

Posted by Robin on 19 December 2017 11 Comments

Part six in our annual series of fragrance related holiday gifts features coffrets, kits and gift sets. (And, it is terribly late, apologies! It is just as well that for many of us, this is just another form of window shopping, and/or just as well that many of us buy as much in the week after Christmas as we do the week before.) Do add any of your own recommendations in the comments!

From Floris, the Perfumer’s Wardrobe: “Inspired by people and events, past and present, each of the unique fragrances combines exquisite ingredients sourced from around the world. These oils and essences have been specially selected before being meticulously developed by the Floris in-house perfumer to express a story behind each creation. There truly is a fragrance to wear for every occasion. Presented in an exquisite presentation box, truly immerse yourself in the beauty and expertise of our olfactory world.” With nine 14 ml bottles of Eau de Parfum (Honey Oud, Leather Oud, 71/72 for Turnbull & Asser, Jermyn Street, Bergamotto di Positano, Cherry Blossom, 1962, 1976 and 1988). $320…

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Stagnant

Posted by Robin on 6 December 2017 2 Comments

[Christine] Nagel recounts how, when the fragrance industry discovered many women enjoy sugary and caramel notes in a scent, brands only wanted to test perfumes with a quantity of these notes.

“For this reason, we started with one sugary perfume, two sugary perfume, three sugary perfume. And now, when a big brand wants a perfume with a lot of success, they put these ingredients in it,” she says. “For me, it’s terrible because it’s stagnant.”

— Read more at Perfume perfection: Hermès in-house perfumer Christine Nagel spills her scent secrets at Vancouver Sun.

Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2017

Posted by Erin on 22 September 2017 57 Comments

Where I live, it is the first day of autumn, and this year, September is the new August: after a wet and confusingly mild vacation season1, we look likely to celebrate a glorious Indian Summer. I have always loved the early fall, so I’m tempted, each time I select the autumnal Top 10 at Now Smell This, to stack it with all my favorite chypres, floral ambers and woody orientals. This time, to avoid boring you with repetition, I’ve chosen fragrances released in the last two to three years. I can’t promise there will be any less oakmoss than usual, but I do think I’m fruitier and more craft distilled today…

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The scent of the Hermes girls

Posted by Robin on 29 August 2017 4 Comments

Another spot for Twilly d’Hermès.

Twilly d’Hermes ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 25 August 2017 30 Comments

The background: Twilly d’Hermès is the latest fragrance launch from Hermès. It’s aimed at young women and was inspired by the freedom and creativity with which they “transform” Hermès scarves, and “appropriate Hermès’ codes to do other things”.1 A twilly, in case you don’t know (or care) from scarves, is the brand’s long thin silk scarf (see example here), and indeed people wear them all sorts of ways: as neck scarves, as headbands, as belts, as purse accessories, etc. At the moment, a 32″ x 2″ Twilly runs $160 in the US.

The juice: Hermès house perfumer Christine Nagel decided she would likewise “transform” or “twist” her raw materials…

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