Coming in October, a new quartet of Eaux de Parfum from L’Occitane, inspired by the company’s Provencal roots and using ingredients from around the Mediterranean region. The Notre Flore collection includes:
Myrte (shown) takes its cues from the myrtle plant of Corsica, and includes notes of mandarin leaf, bilberry, sea spray, myrtle, rockrose and patchouli…
Celine Dion will follow up on Spring in Paris, launched this past spring, with a new limited edition fragrance, Paris Nights.
The new scent, developed by perfumer Karine Dubreuil, is meant to evoke the glamour and excitement of evenings in Paris…
Leiber, the luxury goods house of designer Judith Leiber, will launch their debut perfume this September. The brand's signature scent for women will be called simply Leiber:
The fragrance, which was blended by Mane perfumer Karine Dubreuil, features top notes of bergamot, mandarin leaf, pineapple and osmanthus; a heart of pimento, rose absolu, rose essence, jasmine absolu, mimosa absolu, gardenia and cyclamen…
Like Gucci Pour Homme (2003), the newly released Gucci Pour Homme II (created by perfumer Karine Dubreuil) is a subtle fragrance. I saw Pour Homme II’s packaging long before I knew anything about the scent and I worried that the cologne’s blue tint was a reference to sea and sky, to ‘water’ and ‘air’ accords that are so over-used these days in men’s fragrances. Before smelling the fragrance, I read the list of Pour Homme II’s ingredients (bergamot, violet leaves, cinnamon, pimento, black tea, myrrh, tobacco leaves, white musk, and olive wood) and though no marine or ozone notes were mentioned, I was still “concerned” because the recipe for a bland men’s department store-designer fragrance was there in its structure: Top: bergamot, Middle: cinnamon-pimento, Base: musk/wood.
Gucci Pour Homme II opens with refreshing violet leaf and bergamot notes…
Azzaro has launched a new limited edition fragrance, Blue Charm.
The fruity floral fragrance, created by perfumer Karine Dubreuil, has notes of bergamot, white peach, cherry blossom, lotus, daphne, lilac, white cedar, white musk and white amber…