Yves Rocher has launched three new fragrances for spring:
Naturelle (shown at right) is a green fruity floral developed by perfumer Michel Girard:
The scent of a free spirit, a light carefree fragrance, fresh and sparkling with green, floral and fruity notes to wear the delicate, cheerful scent of spring.
The notes include citron, bergamot, tagete, green apple, jasmine, peach blossom, amber, musk and cedar…
It’s that time of year again! Some suggestions for holiday fragrance gifts, big and small…
If Santa is bringing me my heart’s desire, this is it: the Annick Goutal Les Orientalistes coffret. Ambre Fétiche, Myrrhe Ardente and Encens Flamboyant, each in 50 ml, in a white leather box. €500. I haven’t smelled them yet, but at the moment, that just adds to their charm. No idea where you can buy it, but the elves will figure it out…
Yves Rocher has launched Néonatura Souffle, a new fragrance inspired by the warm sun and sand of holidays at the seaside:
A vibrant mix of mandarin, jasmine, ylang-ylang – sensual, radiant notes, as airy as they are warm…
Voile d’Ambre, the first entry in Yves Rocher’s Secrets D’Essences line, was so nicely done (even to this amber-hater) that I was tempted by their new Rose Absolue fragrance as soon as I heard about it. Adding to my “why I should buy Rose Absolue” list: it was developed by perfumer Christine Nagel, who also did the lovely 2000 et Une Rose / Mille et Une Roses for Lancome, and best of all, 5 ml miniatures of the Eau de Parfum can be had for $3.
When I purchased Rose Absolue last month, Yves Rocher was running a 2-for-1 special, so I got 10 ml for my $3 investment. I won’t be at all surprised if that turns out to be the biggest perfume bargain I manage to score in 2007, as the fragrance itself turns out to be lovely. It starts out creamy and dewy-sweet, with a hint of spice (the notes: cinnamon, apple, Turkish, Bulgarian and Morrocan rose, cedar, patchouli and tonka bean). The rose is slightly fruity, but I don’t smell apple, and it is just as well — I was a bit worried that with the apple and cinnamon, this might end up smelling like a rose-apple pie. Rose Absolue does have a bit of a gourmand feel, but it isn’t overwhelmingly foody by any means, nor is it cloyingly sweet…
Aroma M has launched an Eau de Parfum version of their popular Geisha Noire fragrance, which debuted as a perfume oil in 2000:
While this formulation still recalls a Far Eastern bazaar, and retains all of its musky, deeply sensual amber and tropical, vanilla-esque tonka bean flavors in their original proportions…