Yves Rocher has launched Accord Chic, a new spicy floriental fragrance in their Secrets D’Essences line. The last entry was 2015’s Rose Oud…
Ungaro La Diva ~ new perfume
Emanuel Ungaro will launch La Diva, a new fragrance for women, in March. La Diva is a follow-up to 1982’s Diva…
Jo Malone Mimosa & Cardamom ~ fragrance review
Jo Malone recently launched Mimosa & Cardamom, a new fragrance for women. It was developed by perfumer Marie Salamagne and its notes include honey, mimosa, heliotrope, rose, cardamom, sandalwood and tonka bean. Its tagline is “A new bohemia awaits.”
This list of notes made my mouth water, so to speak — lots of my favorites in there! And the visuals for Mimosa & Cardamom are fantastic, with that wavy-haired brunette model in Eastern-inspired wear, looking like some kind of contemporary Matisse odalisque as she lounges amongst decorative porcelain and big bunches of mimosa blooms. So, how is the fragrance? Well, it does feel like a Jo Malone, which could be either praise or a warning, depending on your point of view…
Sensai The Silk ~ new fragrance
Japanese luxury skincare brand Sensai (combining “advanced skincare technology with the supreme power of its precious signature ingredient, Koishimaru Silk”) has launched their debut fragrance, The Silk…
Alaia Paris by Azzedine Alaia ~ perfume review
Azzedine Alaïa joins a long list of designers (and other entities) who entered my radar only via perfume. I know close to nothing about his fashion, and given how rarely the fashion really turns out to inform the juice, I did not bother to investigate before smelling the new Alaïa Paris. Despite the gorgeous bottle, my expectations were low; as I said when I announced the launch, the notes (pink pepper, freesia, peony, animalic notes and musk) sounded pretty meh, although there is a nice romantic ring to the childhood memory that reportedly inspired the fragrance’s development: his grandmother throwing cold water on sun-scorched walls in Tunisia, where Alaïa lived until he went off to Paris as a teenager (he is now 75).
You’ll find that steaming blend of water and chalk mostly in the top notes…