Van Cleef & Arpels has launched Rose Velours, the latest addition to 2009′s Collection Extraordinaire…
Van Cleef & Arpels Reve ~ new fragrance
Van Cleef & Arpels will launch Rêve, a new fruity floral fragrance for women, in May…
Van Cleef & Arpels Feerie Spring Blossom ~ new fragrance
Van Cleef & Arpels has launched Féerie Spring Blossom, a new limited edition flanker to 2008′s Féerie. Féerie Spring Blossom follows 2011’s Féerie Rose des Neiges…
Van Cleef & Arpels First Eau de Parfum Intense ~ new fragrance
Van Cleef & Arpels has launched First Eau de Parfum Intense, a new limited edition variation on their well-known First fragrance for women, originally introduced in 1976…
Van Cleef & Arpels Precious Oud ~ fragrance review
Van Cleef & Arpels launched Precious Oud last year; it’s part of the Collection Extraordinaire and was created to honor the “legendary ingredient, oud wood.” If I had been advising Van Cleef & Arpels on this fragrance, I would have suggested two alternate names for the perfume. Alternate Name No. 1: “Semi-Precious Oud.” Alternate Name No. 2: “Precious Little Oud.” My thought progression as I sniffed Precious Oud was: ‘So this is Precious Oud…Really?…No way!’
Though it bears the name “oud,” I don’t detect any oud in Precious Oud. Has the oud perfume trend degenerated to the point of simply including the word “oud” in a fragrance name and no longer worrying about having oud in the perfume? That’s pretty amusing…