L’Occitane has launched Fleurs de Cerisier Folie Florale, their annual spring cherry blossom fragrance. Last year’s model was Fleurs de Cerisier L’Eau…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2016, part 1
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 collector editions from Guerlain, Hermès, Givenchy and Philosophy, plus a new Eau de Parfum concentration of Eau de Cartier.
From Guerlain, Le Bouquet de la Reine, which is reportedly the brand’s Jasminora in a numbered collector bottle, €550 for 125 ml, to be sold by subscription with proceeds to benefit the restoration of the royal apartments at Château de Versailles…
Diptyque + Olympia Le-Tan Rosaviola ~ fragrance review
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Diptyque has introduced a limited edition capsule collection: Rosaviola, a scent packaged in collaboration with designer Olympia Le-Tan. I’m not specially a fan of Le-Tan, whom The New York Times has praised for her “glamorous geek aesthetic” and her clutch purses that reinterpret classic book covers in fabric and embroidery — a “nod to a bygone era when people carried actual books,” the Times tells us.1 I still carry real books, rather than a $2000 clutch, but I’m not one of the well-connected Le-Tan’s celebrity clients and never will be. What I am, however, is someone who can not resist a violet-rose perfume, so here we are.
Rosaviola is composed of notes of violet, violet leaf, raspberry, iris and leather; it’s meant to evoke the scent of a woman’s handbag and the cosmetics tucked inside…
John Varvatos Artisan Blu ~ new fragrance
John Varvatos has launched Artisan Blu, a new limited edition fragrance for men. Artisan Blu is a flanker to 2009’s John Varvatos Artisan, and follows 2014’s Artisan Acqua…
Kenzo Flower by Kenzo Eau Florale ~ new fragrance
Kenzo has launched Flower by Kenzo Eau Florale, a new limited edition flanker to 2000’s Flower fragrance for women…