Jo Malone will launch The Bloomsbury Set, a new limited edition collection of five fragrances, in March. Blue Hyacinth, Garden Lilies, Leather & Artemisia, Tobacco & Mandarin and Whisky & Cedarwood were inspired by the Bloomsbury Group and Vanessa Bell’s Charleston House in Sussex…
Thierry Mugler will launch A*Men Kryptomint, a new limited edition fragrance for men. A*Men Kryptomint is a flanker to 1997′s A*Men, and follows 2016’s A*Men Pure Tonka, among others…
Yves Saint Laurent has launched Black Opium Floral Shock, a new limited edition fragrance for women. Black Opium Floral Shock is a flanker to 2014’s Black Opium, which was a flanker to 1977’s Opium…
L’Occitane will launch Cerisier Pastel Eau Légère, the brand’s annual spring cherry blossom fragrance. Last year’s model was Fleurs de Cerisier Folie Florale…
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…