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Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia ~ fragrance review
When looking for a perfume, many people say they want something “sexy” or something “fresh.” Perfume houses are hip to that, and tend to market their wares with smoldering starlets or oceans and dew-tipped garden flowers. (That is, unless they can play both sides and put the starlet on the beach.)
The popular sexy fragrance is easy to define. Start with a friendly fruit note, add amber, vanilla, and maybe patchouli, toss in a shot of jasmine and the obligatory rare jungle orchid, and presto: sexy perfume. A clean fragrance can take a few different approaches. It can be citrusy (many colognes), ocean-like (Issey Miyake Eau d’Issey), fizzing with steamy aldehydes (Narciso Rodriguez Essence), or soapy (take your pick of the Clean line). It can finish with cool wood or vetiver, or — more likely these days, it seems — a wave of laundry musk.
Giorgio Armani has raked in good money selling fresh fragrances. Acqua di Giò, both the feminine and masculine versions, have been best sellers since the mid-1990s. Acqua di Gioia is the brand’s latest try for the “fresh” vote, and it plays up both the ocean and laundry musk angles of clean…
Armani Prive Cuir Noir ~ new fragrance
Giorgio Armani will launch Cuir Noir in December. The new unisex woody oriental fragrance joins the Armani Privé La Collection des Mille et une Nuits series…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2011, part 14
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 Nina Ricci, their popular Nina fragrance in the Snow Princess edition: “Winter is her favourite season. As the air is filled with snow flakes, trees sprinkled with golden dust and leaves…it’s a magical moment.” £52 for 80 ml Eau de Toilette at John Lewis in the UK…
Emporio Armani Diamonds Black Carat ~ new fragrances
Giorgio Armani’s Emporio Armani line will launch Emporio Armani Diamonds Black Carat fragrances for Her and for Him in October. Both fragrances were developed by perfumer Jacques Cavallier…
