Upscale San Francisco retailer Gump's will launch Baroque Pearl, a new fragrance for women, this coming April. According to Marta Benson, CEO of Gump’s, “It is not the sweet scent of a 20-something girl, but that of a worldly beauty”.
Inspired by the sensual beauty and iridescent luster of this exquisite gem, the luminous floral unfolds in layers, with top notes of exotic bergamot and mandarin giving way to shimmering orange blossom and finishing with creamy sandalwood…
Around the time Ed Hardy Man was released, I told friends how much I loved Ed Hardy designs, and that I intended to buy a piece of Ed Hardy jewelry. I noted the shocked looks on my friends’ faces, their barely suppressed laughter, and I thought: “Wimps! I think the designs are interesting!” It took about a month, and a trip to Nordstrom, to realize my mistake. I had confused ED Hardy designs:
with JOHN Hardy designs…
The Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier line will launch a new duo of fragrances this coming December, Love & Luck for men and women.
Ed Hardy Love & Luck for women (shown at left) is described as “soft and elegant”. The fragrance was developed by perfumer Adriana Medina; the notes include bergamot, blood orange, red sake accord, black currant, pink peppercorn, nectarine, jasmine, forbidden plum, sensual musk, cedarwood, sandalwood and patchouli…
Notorious is the lastest feminine fragrance from Ralph Lauren, and it takes its cues from the “film noir classics of Alfred Hitchcock and other Hollywood greats”:
Described as a “daring new fragrance of timeless intrigue and boundless desire”, Notorious was inspired by the sexy, mysterious, self-possessed women of the golden age of film glamour, such as Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall and Faye Dunaway.*
The juice itself, by perfumer Olivier Gillotin, is classified as an oriental, and based on all the ad copy I was expecting something dark, maybe a bit edgy, maybe a bit femme fatale. Nope. Notorious reads more like a foody comfort scent…
Ralph Lauren's next fragrance for women will be Ralph Lauren Notorious, due for launch next month. Notorious was inspired by the “film noir classics of Alfred Hitchcock and other Hollywood greats”.
Notorious is an oriental fragrance developed by perfumer Olivier Gillotin. The fragrance notes feature black currant, pink peppercorn, bergamot, chocolate cosmos, white frost peonies, carnation, patchouli musk, vanilla and iris…