Reminiscence has launched Sol La and Si Do, the second two fragrances in a projected series exploring musical and gourmand themes, Les Notes Gourmandes (see Do Ré and Mi Fa). Sol La and Si Do were developed by perfumer Jacques Flori.
Sol La ~ a citrus gourmand with notes of citron, bergamot, orange, bigarade, eucalyptus, lavender, pine, rosemary, heliotrope, almond, cedar, sandalwood, patchouli, tonka bean, benzoin and musk.
Si Do (shown) ~ a woody gourmand featuring orange, citron, bergamot, ambrette, iris, carrot, cedar, clove, ylang ylang, peach, pear, vanilla and musk.
Reminiscence Sol La and Si Do are available in 100 ml Eau de Parfum. (via aufeminin, reminiscence.fr)
Other recent launches from Reminiscence: Etoile de Rem.
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Aren't they fast with launching their new frags? They just launched Dore and Mifa not too long ago… Why can't Reminiscence be available for everyone…
That was last year, and agree it is fast, but not nearly so fast as what some of the niche brands are doing lately!
Boadicea is launching 43(!) fragrances plus a bespoke range (whatever that means). Two a year is positively stately!
I guess I should smell these–I really like Flori's two Etros.
Bespoke is custom made for a client. Now I'm interested in how that works–of if it simply means “we chose some special ones for you.” Which is not bespoke, cause I didn't do the spoking.
Nope, they've got a private collection, where you don't do the spoking, and a custom service, where you do.
I do too!
Um, not to get off topic here, and maybe this varies by country/language/method, but shouldn't the last one be “Ti Do” if they're going to follow a traditional (Kodaly?) major scale in solfege? I'm not even sure I remember learning a “Si”…unless it's “sol” raised a half-step? Someone please chime in here….tell me I'm not the only musically trained person bothered by that…
Sol La sounds pretty interesting – I'm going to make a note to look for it in Sephora next time I am in France. Come to think of it I can't think of too many citrus gourmands – Eclix, Fruits & Passion's Lemon Vanille, Shalimar Light maybe due to the heavy vanilla. But when I look at the notes I also think of Dior's twist-on-an-eau Cologne Blanche, with the citrus-rosemary-almond combo. I actually found Escale a Portofino in the same vein (not powdery though), a sweet take on an eau – reminded me of a refined Fresh Sugar, slgihtly effervescent (must be aldehydes?).
No musical training here, sorry — I'm no help!
It does sound interesting. Wish they'd relaunch Eclix
Don't have my musical encyclopedia with me here, but I do recall learning that the original syllables for the major scale– from the Middle Ages?– were “ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do”. The initial syllables from some Latin piece. I know that some European traditions still use “si” instead of “ti”. Apparently no one found “ut” very euphonious.