Five perfumers, one from each of the major fragrance and flavor companies, were named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres last week by the French Minister of Culture…
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A Lab on Fire What We Do In Paris Is Secret ~ new fragrance
S-Perfume’s A Lab on Fire brand has launched What We Do In Paris Is Secret, a new fragrance developed by perfumer Dominique Ropion…
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…
Thierry Mugler Angel Aqua Chic & Alien Aqua Chic ~ new fragrances
Thierry Mugler will launch Angel Aqua Chic and Alien Aqua Chic in March…
Lancome Tresor L’Absolu Desir ~ new fragrance
Lancôme has launched Trésor L’Absolu Desir, a new ‘sensual and intense’ flanker to the 1990 version of Trésor…
