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 10 Corso Como, their signature fragrance in a limited edition bottle celebrating their 20th anniversary. $138 for 100 ml Eau de Parfum at Beautyhabit….
Marc Jacob's new commercial for Daisy (and Daisy Eau So Fresh). It's an awful lot like the old commercial for Daisy: girls, field, big bottles of Daisy.
Marc Jacobs will launch his latest set of limited edition Splash fragrances, the Splash Tropical Collection, in early 2012. Rain, from the original 2006 collection, is returning for another season, and will be joined by two new fragrances, Hibiscus and Kumquat. This year, the old 300 ml bottle will be replaced with a 100 ml cube-shaped bottle…
Our series of holiday gift posts continues; today we’ve got travel sizes, coffrets and roll-ons — and we’ll have more of the same coming up next week. If you missed part 1 (scented body products), you can find it here.
From Chantecaille, new travel roll-ons, each in its own case: “Chantecaille’s beautiful signature scents now have convenience and portability. The elegant, silk-screened glass tube arrives in a chic white faux-croc pouch.” $68 for 8 ml, available in Petales, Kalimantan, Vetyver, Tiare and Frangipane. At Neiman Marcus…
My favorite Bang Bang can be heard here. (Perhaps you’d like to listen as you read this review?) Marc Jacobs Bang Bang was released in August, and compared to the splashy debut of Bang, didn’t even merit a drum-roll, let alone a double-bang. I’ve seen no Bang Bang advertisements in magazines and the fragrance seems to be available only on the Marc Jacobs website in the U.S. — not in any major department stores.
Recently, a Nordstrom perfume sales person told me original Bang was a flop with consumers. (Clerk: “It didn’t smell good. We’re not stocking Bang anymore…and there’s a new Bang?”) All this surprised me — a Nordstrom perfume counter employee dissing a fragrance? Bang, such an original, pert, fun fragrance, a dud?
Bang Bang was developed by perfumer Yann Vasnier and lists notes of lemon, fennel, cardamom, sage, patchouli, sandalwood and cashmere musks.* Ignoring the advice I give others, I bought Bang Bang…unsniffed…