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.
From Acqua di Parma, a special edition of Colonia Intensa Oud Concentrée: “Assertive elegance, precious materials and craft make are combined in the sophisticated special edition created by Acqua di Parma exclusively for Harrods…”
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.
From MAC, a solid perfume necklace in the Air of Style fragrance: “An indulgence—but not when you consider the sensual delights of M·A·C’s solid Air of Style perfume and the coveted appeal of this exquisite Marcel Wanders multifaceted chrome compact.” $40 at Nordstrom…
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.
From Acqua di Parma, a 100 ml bottle of Iris Nobile Eau de Parfum with a handmade 18 carat gold iris flower. Only a few copies were made; they will be sold in the Acqua di Parma boutique in Milan on September 8 (Fashion’s Night Out)…
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.
From MAC, a solid perfume pendant designed by Marcel Wanders and filled with the MAC Air of Style fragrance. $30 at Nordstrom…
The trend-setting cosmetics company MAC recently released a fall trend collection inspired by urban architecture, including makeup in a palette of charcoal gray, slate blue, and deep plum, as well as a fragrance called Asphalt Flower. Asphalt Flower is billed as “a limited-life scent as bold and urbane as the modern metropolis,” in which “glossy violet and iris petals cast an ebonized sheen over dark clouds of vanilla and patchouli.” (As Robin has previously noted, it may or not be exactly the same MAC fragrance released under this name in 1999; I missed the chance to try that earlier iteration, so I can’t verify this theory either way.)
Asphalt Flower is packaged in a sleek, portable roll-on dispenser of shaded gray glass. It looks androgynous and urban, and it smells that way, too. Yes, there is a candied-violet note in the opening phase of the fragrance’s development, but within a few minutes, it’s surrounded by dusky swirls of incense…