L'Artisan Parfumeur's new bath range has finally made it to the US. At the top of my wish list, La Chasse Aux Papillons Body Lotion (300 ml for $36) and Timbuktu Shower Gel (300 ml for $32).
L’Artisan Parfumeur Histoire d’Orangers ~ new fragrance
L’Artisan Parfumeur will launch Histoire d’Orangers, a new unisex fragrance, in June…
You smell like sunshine
For Le Premier Figuier, I received only a few words of direction to ensure I was given the utmost creative freedom. I had the idea to create the first eau de toilette around a fig because the fig tree is the tree of my childhood. Natural fig essence doesn’t exist, so I had to capture that smell of the tree as a whole—the bark warm from the sun, the green of the leaves, the milk that trickles from the fruit. A child was sitting next to me in a garden once, and she turned to me and said, ‘You smell like sunshine.’ I was wearing Premier Figuier. Beyond its commercial success, the emotional association people have to that fragrance is the greatest compliment of all.
— Perfumer Olivia Giacobetti talks about L'Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier. Read more at 3 L’Artisan Parfumeur Fragrances That Are Destined to Become Your Signature Scent at Vogue.
L’Artisan Parfumeur Sur L’Herbe & Au Bord de L’Eau ~ new fragrances
L’Artisan Parfumeur has launched Sur L’Herbe and Au Bord de L’Eau, two new colognes inspired by impressionist paintings. Both fragrances were developed by perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin…
L’Artisan Parfumeur Bucoliques de Provence ~ fragrance review
L’Artisan Parfumeur was, once upon a time, one of my favorite niche brands. This was way back in the day when I could count my favorite niche brands on one hand, and probably could have listed all the niche brands on a piece of paper (remember paper?) while sipping a cup of tea. Times have changed — niche brands are so plentiful that niche has very nearly become a dirty word, and L’Artisan has changed owners and directions several times over. I don’t dislike them, but they are no longer the first brand that comes to mind when I think of my favorites.
Bucoliques de Provence, which launched this past spring, is the first fragrance in a projected series inspired by the different regions of France, and was the first to sport L’Artisan’s latest packaging design.1 It sounded awfully nice…