Britney Spears will launch Hidden Fantasy, the latest flanker to 2005’s Fantasy fragrance for women, in January. The tag line is “What do you have to hide?”, and the new fragrance is described as “a seductive scent that is all about expressing the many mysterious sides of a woman”…
Badgley Mischka will launch their second fragrance, Fleurs de Nuit, in October. The new limited edition scent was inspired by a moon garden in India…
Gianfranco Ferre will launch Ferre Rose in April.
The new fragrance was created by perfumers Alexandra Jouet and Francis Kurkdjian…
Winter arrived late this year, but for the past week or so it has been making up for lost time. It is bitter cold, and outside my window, last night’s snowfall is being swirled around by a vicious wind. It is the sort of day when nothing but an oriental will do: hence today’s scent, Donna Karan Black Cashmere. Black Cashmere launched in 2002, and was Donna Karan’s sixth fragrance release for women. It was created by perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux (who also worked on the recent Donna Karan Gold), and the notes include saffron, masala spices, white pepper, clove, nutmeg, pimento berries, broom flower, patchouli, rose, incense, wengue wood, bois de miel, labdanum.
The first blast of Black Cashmere is a little rough: lots of raw, cedar-y wood, lots of pepper, a rush of warm spices…
Donna Karan launched Gold earlier this year. The fragrance was created by perfumers Yann Vasnier and Rodrigo Flores-Roux, and features notes of Casablanca lilies, fluid amber, sparkling acacia, white clove, jasmine templar, golden blossom and patchouli.
Last month I said that I thought Tom Ford’s Black Orchid was perhaps the most impressive mainstream perfume release this year; Donna Karan’s Gold may well get my vote for the prettiest. The top notes are crisp and summery…