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 David Yurman, David Yurman Eau de Parfum in the Luxury Jewel Case edition…
The David Yurman brand, “arguably the cash cow of American jewelry retailing”, according to Women's Wear Daily (5/2/2005), is launching their first perfume this month. The eponymous fragrance is geared towards the luxury market (no surprise there) and will be in fairly tight distribution, at least at the beginning.
I'll start with the bottle. It's that very rare thing, a fragrance bottle that looks even better in person than it does in pictures. It's gorgeous. I'm not in love with the cap — caps never look better in person, do they? — but the faceted gold “flask” floating inside the outer crystal bottle is really lovely. It looks expensive, and of course, it is.
On to the juice…
Coming in May from Jo Malone, a day-and-night duo of limited edition fragrances under the name The Kohdo Wood Collection. The fragrances were inspired by the Japanese incense ceremony.
Lotus Blossom & Water Lily for day is “designed to energise the body”, and includes notes of aquatic accord, grapefruit, bergamot, mandarin, lotus blossom, freesia, honeysuckle, water lily, jasmine, incense, amber, sandalwood, musk, aloeswood and guaiac wood…
"Reinventing the Rose: Is perception affecting your ability to stop and smell the roses?" article at Cosmetics Mag http://t.co/y6gT43iH Sunday SOTE? I'm wearing Parfums de Nicolai Eau Exotique (mango!) Chocolate: Vosges Pink Salt Caramel (not my favorite) TV: Sherlock Denise Hamilton looks at some recent perfume books (including Alyssa's & Denyse's) in the LA Times http://t.co/FbuPTNrq "Does the perfume industry have it wrong? New tests suggest most seductive scent is our natural one" at Mail Online http://t.co/iUfAzRE7