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Voyages Imaginaires ~ new niche brand

Posted by Robin on 9 December 2020 8 Comments

Voyages Imaginaires is the new niche brand of Camille Goutal of Goutal Paris and perfumer Isabelle Doyen. They debut with five fragrances: Azahar, La Couleur de la Nuit, L’Echappée Sauvage, Le Grand Jeu and Tea & Rock’n’Roll…

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Annick Goutal Chat Perche ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 12 July 2018 20 Comments

Annick Goutal has launched Chat Perché, a new fragrance for “grown ups and little ones starting from 3 years old”…

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Naomi Goodsir Nuit de Bakelite ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 23 August 2017 24 Comments

When it comes to perfume inspirations, designer Naomi Goodsir had an original one: bakelite — one of the first plastics. I admit to laughing as I read Nuit de Bakélite1 PR materials (Goodsir collects bakelite objects). But who am I to laugh? I’d happily work with perfumer Isabelle Doyen myself if she’d help me turn some favorite things into gorgeous perfume. Isabelle, let’s create Jour d’Essence de Térébenthine2or La Grotte des Boules de Mites3. Just this week Angela here at NST reviewed a perfume made with concrete in mind!

Bakelite is, in fact, an honored substance…

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Naomi Goodsir Nuit de Bakelite ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 5 July 2017 9 Comments

Naomi Goodsir Nuit de Bakélite

Australian designer Naomi Goodsir has launched Nuit de Bakélite, a new green floral fragrance…

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Annick Goutal Eau de Monsieur ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 12 April 2016 17 Comments

Annick Goutal Eau de Monsieur

Released in the early 1980s, Eau de Monsieur1 was one of Annick Goutal‘s first perfumes. I was surprised to see Eau de Monsieur listed on the Annick Goutal website with a release date of…2013.

  1. Had it been reformulated in a BIG way?
  2. Was it a new perfume altogether?
  3. Did a content editor make a mistake?

(Answers: 1: Yes; 2: Sort of; 3: No)

Eau de Monsieur disappeared from the Annick Goutal line-up a long time ago (the 90s?) and has been recomposed by Camille Goutal with perfumer Isabelle Doyen…

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