French actress and singer Cécile Cassel for Secret de Rochas.
Bunch o’ fragrance ads 2014, part 1
A slideshow roundup of new fragrance advertising, plus a few random leftovers from 2013…
Rochas Secret de Rochas ~ new perfume
Rochas will launch Secret de Rochas, a new perfume for women, this month. Secret de Rochas is the brand’s first pillar fragrance since 2011’s Muse de Rochas; it is fronted by French actress and singer Cécile Cassel…
Rochas Les Cascades de Rochas Songe d’Iris ~ new fragrance
Rochas will launch Les Cascades de Rochas Songe d’Iris, a new flanker to the second in the Les Cascades series that started with 2012’s Les Cascades de Rochas Eclat d’Agrumes.
Top 10 Winter Fragrances 2013
Over the years I’ve built a stable of favorite cold-weather fragrances and have only added and dropped off a few each year. To spare you a recap of perfumes I mention all the time, I’m grouping ten perfumes I like into ten winter-activity categories. I hope you’ll chime in with your own favorites, and be sure to check out more winter favorites at Bois de Jasmin :: Grain de Musc :: Perfume Posse :: Perfume Smellin’ Things.
Après-ski
This category is kind of a joke since I don’t know how to ski, and, frankly, the whole deal sounds like a good excuse for a broken collar bone. But après ski? Sign me up. When I picture après ski, I think of an early 1960s lodge in Gstaad — like the one in the Pink Panther movie — with women in sweaters and bulbous mink hats and men in turtlenecks and dark glasses. Everyone drinks from brandy snifters and speaks several languages. It’s glamorously ridiculous. Serge Lutens Santal de Mysore is my après-ski perfume choice. It’s boozy, woody, and warm, and would be a terrific accompaniment to a shoulder-high fireplace and a copy of Valley of the Dolls…