Kate Spade will launch Kate Spade Twirl, a new fragrance for women and the brand’s first scent under licensing arrangements with Elizabeth Arden, in September. Twirl is meant to be “equally at ease at an afternoon lawn party or a night on the town”.
Twirl was developed by perfumer Claude Dir. Notes include watermelon, blackberry, red currant, orange blossom, star jasmine, tiare, magnolia, musk and French macaroon.
Kate Spade Twirl will be available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum and in a travel-sized roll-on; matching body products will also be sold. (via wwd)
Update: see a brief review of Kate Spade Twirl.
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Will sample this, definitely.
I’m sure I will too!
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watermelon? that’s iffy……but French Macaroon….ok, that’s a yummy confection. But I still wonder if we’ve got a jolly rancher in a bottle here. It does not sound like a night on the town….afternoon lawnparty–maybe.
It does sound more day than night. And that cap is iffy too. Will be interesting to see it in person…
The bottle is so cute! The cap does concern me, though. I feel like it could be like David Yurman, where the bottle was gorgeous and then had this horrible cheap plastic cap.
That’s so often how it turns out — the cap is usually the weak link.
The bottle reminds me a lot of Arpege. In fact I thought it was an Arpege flanker when I first saw the picture on my iPhone screen before I enlarged the article.
The cap most definitely does seem odd to me, but the bottle itself reminds me of a Christmas ornament (and not in a bad way). The notes aren’t my style, but I would be interested to see what this smells like on the skin. The watermelon is a bit off-putting, but then again I do like Laila for a summer’s day, which has a predominant watermelon note.
I love the perfectly round glass-bubble of a bottle, but, yeah, the cap has cheap-seeming potentiality. Sounds a bit cloying to me… and macaroon: scent of almonds? ganache? meringue powder?
Who knows! Just hope it isn’t too sweet.
I’d comment on not finding the notes enticing, but I’m… distracted by… the… sparkly thingies…
Yeah. Hope we’ll get a better photo soon, maybe a nice white background would be better.
Fruity-floral alert with a dash of pastry…doesn’t sound like anything I’ll be interested in. The bottle looks pretty, though if it’s cheaply made then it will probably end up being tacky in person.
Could be, you never know. I’ll give it a shot, although watermelon probably isn’t what I’m after.
The watermelon note will probably make this one a no-go for me, but that bottle sure is cute. Hopefully it doesn’t look cheap in person.
I have to admit that when I was an undergrad I wore something called “Watermelon Musk.” I know. I have a lot of repenting to do for that.
Well, that does sound pretty awful, but your supremely good taste now absolves you of any blame.
Look, a disco ball.
No wonder I like it. haha
LOL!
The bottle looks a bit like Dolce Vita by Dior.
Could be.
That was my first thought!
With the exception of the watermelon, the notes seem promising and the bottle is cute enough. Cap looks exactly like the one on the YSL’s Baby Doll bottle. Worth a sniff at any rate. Have a nice weekend everyone!
You too!
If watermelon, blackberry and redcurrant – together!- weren’t enough to turn me off the French macaroon would have…until I smelled Marc Jacobs Biscotti splash yesterday. I thought I was over any sweet treat notes but Biscotti was so refreshing as well as soothing. Such a pleasantly unexpected shock. So maybe this will appeal as well??? It’s true, you cannot judge a fragrance, even by a list of it’s notes.
So, so true!
The reference to “French macaroon” in the notes cracks me up a little. So, we can smell not only macaroons, but their nationality? Wow! Quite a feat of perfumery! I know they’re probably trying to invoke the trendiness of Ladurée or something similar, but it still seems a bit silly. I’m iffy on the name, too. All in all, not something I need to rush out and sniff.
LOL…but in the US, macaroons often refer to an entirely different animal (those coconut thingies instead of the true French macaron). And since the true French macaron is heaven, I’ll forgive the trendiness!
To complicate matters even more, those ‘coconut thingies’ are also called ‘macarons’ in French so we can’t automatically tell which kind we’re talking about when we say ‘macaron’. At least you can say ‘French macaron’ to indicate the Ladurée type.
Oh, I did not know that! Thanks J.
LOVING THIS! LOVE The Name, How Fancifully perfect a name for a fragrance! and the Notes, Oh Heaven Help Me… WATERMELON, ABSOLUTE LOVE!!!! Tiare, Star Jasmine AND Magnolia! How Heavenly this sounds! The Bottle is Tres Adorable! Am Hoping to get a whiff of this very soon, sounds like one of those you buy immediately!
I’m afraid you have to wait until the fall! But who knows, maybe it will start appearing in August, they so often come out early.
Hi, Miss Crankypants is back! This doesn’t sound especially enticing. Am I the only person who remembers the original Kate Spade, a Big White Flower thang (LOTV, gardenia?) that used to be stocked locally at places like Macy’s, and which I liked, although a little went a very long way?
Hey Miss Crankypants, welcome home!!
I do remember it, but not very well at all. I know I hated it, but I would have hated any big white floral thang back then. My guess is that today, I’d like it miles better than I’m gonna like Twirl.
No it was Honeysuckle…..
I not only remember it, I’ve got a half-used bottle of it on my bathroom counter. Only half-used after all this time because, as you said, a little goes a looooooooooong way.
You can get the rollerball now at Nordies
Thanks!
Twirl is available on elizabetharden.com. I like the bottle! : )
Thanks, will check!
Love this even more than I thought I would. It’s powdery & it stays. I may have to upgrade from the rollerball to the 1.7.