US-based beauty brand Chantecaille will launch a new trio of fragrances for women, Kalimantan, Pétales and Vetyver, later this month:
Kalimantan (shown) ~ “Warm, woodsy, sensual, rich, and deeply exotic. Kalimantan is a bold, intense fragrance…”
Robert Piguet Fracas ~ an appreciation
Fracas was launched in 1948 by Robert Piguet. Like yesterday’s Bandit, it was created by perfumer Germaine Cellier, and like Bandit, it eventually disappeared from the shelves. In 1996 it was reformulated by perfumer Pierre Negrin and relaunched. The notes are bergamot, mandarin, hyacinth, tuberose, gardenia, jasmine, lily of the valley, jonquil, violet, neroli, rose, orange blossom, iris, musk, vetiver, cedar and sandalwood.
Fracas, love it or hate it, is indisputably the queen of all tuberose fragrances. “Every single person making a tuberose fragrance is trying to knock off the classic, which is Fracas,” commented Frederic Malle when discussing the creation of his own tuberose scent, Carnal Flower (via Women’s Wear Daily, 9/30/2005). Roja Dove notes:
Fracas is the big tuberose reference of perfumery, and tuberose is the most carnal of the floral notes. It smells like very, very hot flesh after you’ve had sex — that’s the bottom line. It’s very much in fashion just now, but current fragrances don’t use such an incredible concentration of it. While they may nod towards something carnal, Fracas is carnal all the way. (via The Independent, 12/14/2002)
Fracas, as the name suggests, is not a subtle fragrance. It is in-your-face tuberose…
Ralph Hot by Ralph Lauren ~ perfume review
Ralph Hot is the first gourmand fragrance from the Ralph Lauren brand. Like its predecessors in the Ralph by Ralph Lauren line (Ralph debuted in 2000 and Ralph Cool followed in 2004), it is aimed at women in the 15 to 25 age cohort. It was formulated by perfumer Pierre Negrin, and features cinnamon, almond blossoms, mandarin, mocha cream, orchid, honeysuckle, jasmine, fresh milk, fig, maple, creamy vanilla, amber, musk and sandalwood.
Ralph Hot starts with a brief flash of citrus overlaid with lots of cinnamon…
New fragrances from Ralph Lauren, Anthony Logistics
Ralph Hot by Ralph Lauren will launch in March. The juice, by perfumer Pierre Negrin, is the line’s first gourmand:
In the top notes, the cinnamon is combined with almond blossoms and mandarin…
Ralph Lauren Polo Black & new limited edition bottles from Serge Lutens
Ralph Lauren will launch Polo Black, a new men’s fragrance, in September:
The juice, created by Ellen Molner and Pierre Negrin of Givaudan, features top notes of iced mango, Spanish sage, and green effervescent accord; middle notes of silver armoise, lush liquid accord and hedione…