From By Kilian, the Edition Artistique de Carole Midy. The limited edition set includes a box and refillable bottle with the By Kilian fragrance of your choice. The set was designed by Carole Midy of Pietra Dura and features onyx and hematite cabochons. Available at Bon Marché in France, 1000€…
“Futur” is a cheeky name for a perfume. After all, is it a fragrance or a fortune teller? On smelling Robert Piguet Futur, the name seems even less fitting — Futur smells like something from a different era. On the other hand, Futur also smells like springtime condensed: optimistic, brash, fresh, and jarring in the best way. Read like that, Futur is about hope. Suddenly its name is entirely appropriate.
According to the Piguet website, Piguet Futur was first released in the 1960s. Perfumer Aurélien Guichard reworked the original fragrance, which was released this summer as a Harrod’s exclusive. Futur’s notes include bergamot, neroli, violet, jasmine, ylang ylang, vetiver, cedar, and patchouli.
The first minute of Futur on skin smells intensely green, like crushed dandelion stems bolstered by aldehydes…
Robert Piguet has reintroduced Futur, a fragrance for women:
She is witty, outspoken, and supremely confident. Her style is effortless. Her fragrance is intensely feminine. Her perfume is Futur de Robert Piguet. Futur, Robert Piguet’s romantic green floral woody fragrance…
When spring arrives, the black and white world of winter seems to turn technicolor in splotches. The ground is mostly barren, but a patch of lurid daffodils lights up a parking strip, and a tulip tree looks like it has burst into white flames against the grey sky. Even the singing birds sound ridiculously cheerful, like a Looney Tunes short come to life.
Of course, I love it. And mostly I like choosing perfumes for spring that make the same garish splash in the cool, damp air. But sometimes moodier fragrances that reflect the dirt’s slow awakening seem more appropriate. Here are my current favorites for spring, not in any particular order.
Amouage Ubar. Nothing says spring like lily of the valley — light, ethereal, and tinged with green. Unfortunately, when I wear Christian Dior Diorissimo, I feel like I’m wearing someone else’s clothing. It feels cold on me. Ubar, on the other hand, is loaded with lily of the valley and sunny jasmine, but has a warm grounding of sandalwood and civet. I’m hoarding the few drops I have left in my sample sprayer…
What did Courtney Love and the late Isabella Blow have in common? Robert Piguet's Fracas. Read more at Coco A-Go-Go at the New York Times, and thank you to Ruth for the link!
While you're at the Times, check out Chandler Burr's latest column, Wood Wins. On Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue: "One of the most perfectly executed perfumes of the past decade, it is almost insanely good."