A video for the upcoming Jo Malone Rare Teas collection.
Jo Malone Rare Teas ~ new fragrances
Jo Malone will follow The Herb Garden collection with the six-fragrance Rare Teas collection: Darjeeling Tea, Golden Needle Tea, Jade Leaf Tea, Midnight Leaf Tea, Oolong Tea and Silver Needle Tea. The fragrances were developed by perfumer Serge Majoullier…
Jo Malone Nashi Blossom ~ new fragrance
Jo Malone will launch Nashi Blossom, a new limited edition fragrance for women, in May.* Nashi refers to the Asian pear…
Jo Malone Orris & Sandalwood ~ fragrance review
On learning that the Jo Malone line now includes Orris & Sandalwood Cologne Intense, my thoughts went something like this:
Orris & Sandalwood? I love both those notes. This might be amazing!
Of course, it’s Jo Malone. Does that mean it’s simply a literal translation of the two notes?
And if it were, is that so bad?
There was only one way to get to the bottom of it, and that was to sample.
Perfumer Pierre Negrin developed Orris & Sandalwood. The Jo Malone site lists its notes simply as orris, sandalwood and amber. It doesn’t take a genius to add jasmine and vanilla to that list — and black pepper. Lots of it. Frankly, I’m not sure why they didn’t just call it Pepper & Orris and get it over with…
New & upcoming perfume books for 2016
New and upcoming perfume books for 2016: My Life by Jo Malone, An Odyssey of Flavours and Fragrances from Givaudan, On The Scent by Paolo Pelosi, and Aphorismes d’un Parfumeur by Dominique Ropion.
My Life
A new biography from Jo Malone, founder and former owner of the eponymous brand and founder / owner of the newer brand Jo Loves…