Thierry Mugler will launch Angel Muse, a new ‘gourmand vetiver’ fragrance for women, next month. Angel Muse is a flanker to 1992’s Angel, and launches under the tag line “the new addiction you will #HateToLove”. The fragrance is fronted by Georgia May Jagger…
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. Today’s post includes collector editions from Thierry Mugler and Guerlain; new travel sprays from Reminiscence Paris, plus new Eau de Toilette versions of Chloé Love Story and Jil Sander Simply.
From Thierry Mugler, Alien in the Divine Ornamentations edition: “Alien Divine Ornamentations goes beyond the gold overdose trend and projects gold from all angles. Mysterious and sensual, Alien is a floral-woody-amber blend of jasmine sambac with exotic cashmeran wood and white amber. This refillable limited edition bottle is subtly dressed in the noblest material. A cracked gold effect has been applied to the bottle emphasising the multiple facets making this limited edition an object of desire.” At Harrods in the UK, £69 for 60 ml Eau de Parfum…
Thierry Mugler will launch A*Men Pure Tonka, a new limited edition fragrance for men, later this month. A*Men Pure Tonka is a flanker to 1997′s A*Men, and follows A*Men Pure Havane, A*Men Pure Malt, A*Men Pure Coffee, A*Men Pure Wood and A*Men Ultra Zest, among others…
We all complain about flankers, and they’re an easy mark: there are too many of them (really, WAY too many of them) and the general tendency of flankers, of course, is to dumb down, or sportify, or summer-ize, or oud-ify, or otherwise attenuate a possibly already less-than-marvelous pillar fragrance. But I’m sure I’m not the only one that has a few flankers I like better than the original. Here are my five picks,1 do share yours!
Tops on my list is Givenchy’s Organza Indecence. I never did care, either way, about Organza…
The scallops in bubble gum tasted a billion times better than you'd think, and thank you, Jean-Georges, for that. It also pretty much set the tone for the rest of the dinner. Next came a crunchy popcorn-encrusted salmon, lobster with piña colada bubbles, veal with bergamot, and—best of all—almond pudding that had no business being called pudding (unless, sorry, you love Snack Packs).
— Elizabeth Siegel of Allure attends a Scent Dinner hosted by Chandler Burr and inspired by Thierry Mugler Alien and its flankers. Read more at Here's What Happens When Chefs Reimagine Perfume as Food.