To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Ormonde Jayne has launched a new collection: La Route de Soie (The Silk Road). The fragrances in the collection are Tanger, Levant, Damask, Indus, Xandria, Xi’an and Byzance. Today I’m reviewing two favorites from the line (I’ve still not tried Indus, Xandria or Xi’an)…
From Nina Ricci, “Nina At The Apple Market”, followed by (below the jump) a Tom-Fordesque spot for Tom Ford Beau de Jour (recently released into the Signature collection). Then we’ve got a 30 minute beginner yoga routine from the folks at Karl Lagerfeld, and Linda Pilkington at Ormonde Jayne demonstrating a floral bouquet cake for Mother’s Day. Last, the spot for Loewe Paula’s Ibiza.
Last year, British niche line Ormonde Jayne launched Montabaco Verano, a limited edition flanker to 2012’s Montabaco. This year, the brand is introducing a new collection, La Route de Soie, leading off with the four fragrances Byzance, Damask, Levant and Tanger. Look for Xi’an, Indus and Xandria to join the series later in the year…
There’s nothing like a winter’s night (or dim afternoon) with flickering candles burning inside dark rooms. Add a rainstorm, pot of strong Assam tea or Mexican hot chocolate, a gingerbread cake right out of the oven, stacks of thick European design, gardening and fashion magazines, some seed catalogs, and cookbooks to read…and I’m set for hours of light-hearted enjoyment (before the denouement: a nap).
I’d like to introduce you to some candles I’ve discovered over the last several months; all of them have great, intense aromas.
Diptyque Noisetier: hazelnut, clove, cedar, patchouli, vetiver
Noisetier invites a walk on the shady land, fertile and dry. A spicy, woody fragrance warmed by a smoky touch. — Diptyque
Like many recent men’s perfumes, this candle mixes standard fragrance notes with some gourmand nuts — this time the nutty element is hazelnut…
Say $425 dropped into your lap, and you had to spend it on perfume. What would you buy? If you want to smell like a sharply cut ice-white diamond splashing rainbows of light, you might want to consider Ormonde Jayne White Gold Extrait.
Perfumer Geza Schoen developed White Gold, and it’s the third in Ormonde Jayne’s Gold trilogy…