Victoria’s Secret has launched Bombshell Pink Diamonds, a new fruity floral fragrance for women. Bombshell Pink Diamonds is a flanker (the 11th 14th, if I’m counting correctly) to 2010′s Bombshell perfume…
Penhaligon’s + Nina Frydlender ~ new collector bottles
Artist Nina Frydlender has decorated limited edition collector bottles for six Penhaligon’s fragrances. Shown above left to right are Lily of the Valley, Malabah and Artemisia; below are the bottles for Sartorial, Blenheim Bouquet and Endymion…
Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Wood & Michael Kors for Men ~ fragrance reviews
Thierry Mugler launched A*Men Pure Wood1 last summer; it’s a limited edition that, according to my most-trusted Nordstrom perfume sales person, is selling fast. I was beginning to worry the A*Men “Pure” scents (among them A*Men Pure Energy, A*Men Pure Shot, A*Men Pure Havane, A*Men Pure Malt and A*Men Pure Coffee) were smelling too similar. A*Men Pure Wood stands apart from others in the “Pure” collection with its sweet/dense “oak” aroma, mingling with pungent cypress and woody vanilla and patchouli. Dare I say that my first impression of A*Men Pure Wood was: “Wow! It’s Chêne-sque!” …as in Serge Lutens; I want to try these perfumes side by side.
A*Men Pure Wood is a linear perfume, but it does not wear me out or bore me as the day progresses; in fact, I enjoy it more and more as time passes — it’s a comforting fragrance…
Yves Rocher Fruits Noirs / Blackberries ~ new fragrance
Yves Rocher has launched Fruits Noirs / Blackberries, a new limited edition fragrance in their holiday collection for 2014. The two other scents in the collection — Cacao et Orange / Cocoa and Orange and Fruits Rouges / Redberries — are available in bath, body and home fragrance products…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 27
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 items from Kate Spade, Robert Piguet, Burberry and Bond no. 9.
From Kate Spade, a special edition of Live Colorfully: “To truly make a night of it, kate spade new york has thoughtfully re-imagined the beloved rainbow-hued prism that normally houses its iconic live colorfully scent into a limited-edition inky, moody blue bottle that captures the endless possibilities above us. The sky’s the limit this season.” $95 at Nordstrom…