Italian niche line Eau d’Italie will launch Jardin du Poète, a unisex fragrance inspired by Sicily, next month…
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Eau d’Italie Au Lac ~ new perfume
The latest from Italian niche line Eau d’Italie is Au Lac, a feminine floral developed by perfumer Alberto Morillas.
The inspiration: the secret 1916 love affair between Vittoria Colonna, Princess di Teano, and futurist artist Umberto Boccioni…
Eau d’Italie Baume du Doge ~ fragrance review
Every time I pick a vacation spot, I brace myself; I can count on friends, acquaintances, or strangers who overhear me discussing my trip, telling me what’s wrong with my choice: too dangerous, too expensive, too hot/too cold, too dirty, too far away — ‘You’re going that far for only two weeks!?’ When I announced my decision to visit Venice for the first time, a cautionary chorus began to chant: “It’s smelly!” “You should have seen it 20 years ago….” “Ah…the canals are full of floating trash!” “It floods!” and, my favorite: “It’s sinking!” (said as if Venice, and yours truly, might disappear into the Venetian lagoon during my trip). I’m an open-minded traveler but I’ll admit when I boarded the plane to Venice, I was apprehensive — could Venice live up to my high expectations?
After reading many lukewarm reviews of Eau d’Italie’s new Baume du Doge, I braced myself for disappointment as I opened my sample vial of the perfume…
Eau d'Italie Baume du Doge ~ new perfume
Eau d’Italie has launched their latest fragrance, Baume du Doge, named for the doges who ruled the Republic of Venice until its fall in the late 18th century:
Known as La Repubblica Serenissima, “the Most Serene Republic”, Venice was the Merchant Queen…
Eau d’Italie Magnolia Romana, Ellie D Ellie Nuit, By Kilian Beyond Love ~ fragrance reviews
Bertrand Duchaufour might be my second favorite (living) perfumer at the moment (you regular readers know that Jean-Claude Ellena is still at the top of the list), so Magnolia Romana by Eau d'Italie was one of my “most looked forward to” fragrances this year. I was a little worried about the “summer ozone” and “water” notes (other notes include purple basil, lemon leaves, neroli, nutmeg, cypress, magnolia, Bulgarian rose, tuberose, lotus, cedar, hay extract and white musk), and I was right to be: I don't like synthetic “fresh” notes, and while Magnolia Romana isn't overwhelmingly “fresh”, it's just fresh enough to bother me.
Despite the fascinating list of notes, it reads as very nearly bland on my skin…
