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 Acqua di Parma, a limited edition of Magnolia Nobile in an art deco style. £100 for 100 ml Eau de Parfum at Harrods in the UK…
This winter has been an unpredictable one, so far, in the Mid-Atlantic region: no snow, mild temperatures, weirdly fluctuating humidity. It happens to suit my current state of mind: for me, the year opened on several notes of personal and professional disappointment, when nothing turned out quite as I expected it to.
However, wearing (and writing about!) perfume is always a reassurance to me. And over the past week or two, the temperature has finally dropped (and stayed low); we even received a light (if fleeting) layer of snow one night. Maybe something, even if it’s just the weather, will get back on track. Here, then, is my highly subjective list of ten fragrances that have been keeping me company during this season.
In the past I’ve thought of Guerlain Après l’Ondée as a springtime fragrance, but this year I realized that it’s also a good fit for where-is-winter days that alternate between chilly rain and pale sunlight…
Oscar Pistorius, in a 2011 commercial for Thierry Mugler A*Men. Below the jump, le making of. The making of is no longer available, sorry!
Thierry Mugler will launch A*Men Pure Shot in March. The new fragrance for men is a limited edition flanker to 1997’s A*Men, and was reportedly inspired by double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who is the current face of the A*Men range…
Thierry Mugler will launch Womanity Eau Pour Elles in May. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2010’s Womanity, and is said to be a sparkling, fruity and playful version of the original…