Thierry Mugler will launch Les Exceptions / Mugler’s Exceptions, a new collection of five fragrances: Chyprissime, Supra Floral, Fougère Furieuse, Over The Musk and Oriental Express…
Valentino Uomo ~ fragrance review
When I tried the new Valentino fragrance, Valentino Uomo,1 in Nordstrom, I thought: “Uh-oh…I can’t smell a thing…asnomic to an ingredient, I guess.” But when I got outside Nordstrom into the fresh air, I could smell Valentino Uomo. Quickly, I realized why I was unable to detect it at the men’s fragrance counter — Valentino Uomo smells like the inside of Nordstrom, with its combined aromas of the makeup/skincare section, new clothes and shoes, a zillion fragrances, and Ebar. What I’m reminded of when wearing Valentino Uomo is not “Italy” but “American Department Store.”
At first application, Valentino Uomo smells like lukewarm milk with a shot or two of citrus juice in it…
Jil Sander Evergreen ~ new fragrance
Jil Sander has launched Evergreen, a new fragrance for women. Evergreen is a flanker to 2011’s Jil Sander Eve and follows 2012’s Everose. Eve was meant to be the essence of woman; Everose the essence of romance. Evergreen is styled as the essence of bliss…
Balenciaga Rosabotanica ~ perfume review
I was not a huge fan of Florabotanica, the last pillar fragrance from Balenciaga, but I do sometimes like a flanker better than the original fragrance so I doggedly persist in trying them, and that’s especially true when I adore the bottle. And I did adore the Florabotanica bottle. I love the bottle for Rosabotanica, the new flanker, even more.
Florabotanica was a modern, clean, office-friendly floral, or as I put it when I reviewed it, “a modern, shampoo-ish blended-floral style several steps removed from the actual flowers”. It was essentially loud (in the early stages, anyway) without any depth or richness. Rosabotanica is advertised as “unveil[ing] a fresher territory, with a sheer, enveloping second skin character”, and yep, that’s pretty much how it works out.
Rosabotanica, then, takes the sillage of the opening down a notch, but it also spices things up a bit…
Chopard 1000 Miglia ~ new fragrance
French house Chopard will launch 1000 Miglia, a new oriental fougere fragrance for men named for the Mille Miglia race and the brand’s watch of the same name…