French ready-to-wear clothing line Cyrillus has launched their debut fragrance, Eau Fraîche de Cyrillus. The new unisex scent was created by perfumer Benoist Lapouza under the creative direction of Rami Mekdachi, and includes notes of mandarin, orange, lavender, vetiver, orange blossom, bergamot and musk.
Eau Fraîche de Cyrillus will be available in 250 ml, look for it in early June on the Cyrillus website. (via fashionmag.fr)
Today I am testing Costes, the fragrance created by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti and Rami Mekdachi for the fashionable Hotel Costes in Paris. The notes are lavender, bay-tree, coriander, white pepper, rose, incense, woods, and musk.
Costes starts as an aromatic herbal, rather heavy on the lavender and consequently a bit sharp. After a few minutes the coriander and pepper add a heavy dose of spice. I tried this on a test strip last year at Takashimaya, and pegged it as a spicy aromatic, but this is one of those fragrances that really needs to be tried on skin. Over the next half hour, it settles into a lightly spicy, soapy incense-woods scent with just a hint of rose. Eventually it smells like a lovely sandalwood incense soap, very soft and soothing, and close to the skin…