
French niche line Lubin will launch Grisette, a new fragrance for women. Grisette was named for the French Belle Epoque term for young working class women, with their ‘lust for life’ and ‘coquettish ways’…
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French niche line Lubin will launch Grisette, a new fragrance for women. Grisette was named for the French Belle Epoque term for young working class women, with their ‘lust for life’ and ‘coquettish ways’…
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Three fragrance launches by the same perfume house at the same time can be overwhelming. When samples of Lubin Korrigan, Galaad and Akkad Eaux de Parfum arrived, it was easy to toss them aside with the intention of giving them a thorough going-over some time later. “Later” turned into months.
This week, discouraged by a few department store fragrances I sampled and couldn’t bear, I dug out the Lubins. My faith in modern perfumery is restored.
Korrigan was developed by perfumer Thomas Fontaine and has notes of leather, wild apple, juniper, saffron, cognac, lavender, ambrette, cedar, oud, vetiver and musk. Supposedly, Fontaine modeled the fragrance after an imaginary tree called “Caramel Wood.” From that description, I expected a sweet, two-dimensional fragrance…
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French niche line Lubin has launched three new fragrances: Korrigan, Galaad and Akkad…
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French niche line Lubin has launched a new Eau de Parfum version of Lubin Idole. Like the original Eau de Toilette, it was developed by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti…
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French niche line Lubin has launched Black Jade, a new fragrance for women:
Marie Antoinette, the infamous young queen of France…