A round up of summer limited edition fragrances, including items from Jean Paul Gaultier, Issey Miyake, Davidoff, Cacharel, Lancaster and Philosophy.
The 2018 Eau Fraîche editions of Jean Paul Gaultier Le Mâle (125 ml) and Classique (100 ml), decorated by Swedish graffiti artist André Saraiva. At Douglas.nl…
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The basics: Scandal is the latest from Jean Paul Gaultier, and it purports to be a honey chypre combining an ‘elegant aura’ with the ‘spirit of Pigalle‘, and reflecting the designer’s “vision and feeling about femininity”.1 It’s the brand’s first pillar under licensing arrangements with Puig.
The backstory: Like many feminine fragrances on the market, Scandal purports to reflect the dichotomy in the lives of women — they might want to do responsible things during the day, like hold down jobs and whatnot, and then feel sexy at night. Quelle surprise, right? In this case, Scandal tells the story of Madame La Ministre, who stays out all night partying, gets into her limo, cuts off her evening clothes with scissors, scooches into her business wear, and then steps out of the car at work, where the press is already waiting for her…
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 special edition bottles from Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs and Paco Rabanne, plus new concentrations of Chloé and Aroma M Geisha Marron.
Jean Paul Gaultier does holiday snow globes for Classique (“Turn over the Classique collector’s snow globe: the iconic glass bust will appear through the snowflakes, revealing a glossy red corset, perfect for the holidays.”) and Le Mâle (“Turn over the Le Mâle collector’s snow globe: the iconic glass torso will appear through the snowflakes, revealing a red-striped marinière, perfect for the holidays.”) At John Lewis in the UK in 100 ml Eau de Toilette…
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 special edition bottles from Lanvin, Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier.
From Lanvin, the Tropical Flower edition of Éclat d’Arpège: “It whisks the senses away on a tropical journey to distant lands, reclaimed by luxuriant nature in a flush of sparkling colours.” In 50 ml…