Andy Tauer of Tauer Perfumes talks to Basenotes about the new Tableau de Parfums Loretta. Then below the jump, Joe Garces of Robert Piguet talks about the new Petit Fracas.
Robert Piguet Blossom, Chai & Jeunesse ~ new fragrances
Robert Piguet will launch the Pacific Collection, a trio of fragrances “inspired by the lush beauty of the Pacific”, this fall. Blossom, Chai and Jeunesse were developed by perfumer Aurelien Guichard…
Robert Piguet Casbah, Nasomatto Pardon & Linari Fuoco Infernale ~ fragrance reviews
I do not exaggerate; at this moment, I have SIXTEEN perfumes on my desk that ‘deserve’ reviews…for summer. The best I’ll be able to do (summer is going by fast) is combine these fragrances into four or five reviews; so today I’m writing about three fragrances I like and never got around to reviewing when they were released.
Robert Piguet Casbah
Robert Piguet Casbah (from the Nouvelle Collection and “dedicated” to Morocco) was developed by perfumer Aurélien Guichard and includes notes of cedar, iris, pepper, nutmeg, angelica root, vetiver, tobacco leaf, smoky floral accord and incense.
Casbah is a rich, leather-incense fragrance (it would fit in perfectly with the Comme des Garçons incense line). As I sniff Casbah, I detect pepper, nutmeg, smoke and vetiver (while wearing Casbah, the spice notes sometimes blend with the incense smoke to create the aroma of an exotic, well-spiced dish cooking on a hearth). Casbah is a well-blended incense fragrance; the note that stands out most forcefully is leather (a smooth, semi-sweet leather). As I wear Casbah, I notice a shift from the early “food-y” stage of the fragrance to a more “churchy” incense scent near the end of the perfume’s development…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 11
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.
From Illamasqua, a limited edition Parfum version of their Freak fragrance: “British beauty brand Illamasqua is launching the limited edition Freak Extrait De Parfum today. Presented in a gold bottle, the fragrance contains top notes of black davana, opium flower and belladonna, heart notes of poison hemlock, datura and queen of the night blossom, while the basenotes include frankincense, oud and myrrh.” £75 for 75 ml Extrait De Parfum…
Robert Piguet Casbah, Mademoiselle Piguet, Notes & Oud ~ new fragrances
The Robert Piguet Nouvelle Collection will include five new fragrances developed by perfumer Aurélien Guichard. The first, Bois Noir, we announced yesterday; the other four are Casbah, Mademoiselle Piguet, Notes and Oud…