This July, Missoni will launch Acqua, a new fragrance “about the beach, about water and about summers in Sardinia”:
Acqua has top notes of bright bergamot, juicy melon, fresh grapefruit and sensual narcisse; a heart of velvety violet, voluminous peony, blue freesia and crisp muguet, and a drydown of Tuscan iris, jasmine and glimmering “sole,” said to represent “the warmth of the sun hitting the open water.”
Missoni Acqua will be available in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette…
Fruity floral is not my favorite fragrance category, so you will have to take my words with a larger than usual grain of salt…but here are two recent offerings from the perfume counters:
Délices de Cartier was launched earlier this year, and takes its name from a Cartier jewelry collection. The bottle, inspired by a Cartier brooch, is gorgeous (although oddly similar to last year’s MyQueen); the fragrance was created by Christine Nagel of Quest and features frozen morello cherry, bergamot, pink, white and yellow jasmine, pink pepper, freesia, violet, tonka beans, amber and sandalwood…
Designer Jill Stuart will launch a new trio of fragrances today at Nordstrom:
…Jasmin Fleur [shown] has top notes of fresh freesia and ivy leaves; a heart of Indian jasmin, orange flower water, green lily and honeysuckle, and a drydown of praline musk and Australian sandalwood…