Britney Spears will launch Radiance, her latest perfume for women, in August.
Radiance is a white floral fragrance…
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Jennifer Lopez Love and Glamour ~ new perfume
Jennifer Lopez will introduce Love and Glamour in October. The new fragrance for women was developed…
…right after the babies and was when I was getting back to work and getting back to what I do again…
Celine Dion Pure Brilliance ~ new perfume
Celine Dion will launch Pure Brilliance, a new fragrance for women, in September.
The “warm, optimistic” fruity floral…
Vera Wang Glam Princess ~ brief perfume review
I do hope the person at Vera Wang who came up with the idea of Princess has been given a hefty raise, and maybe some extra vacation time.1 The original Princess — born to rule! — launched in 2006, and we’ve since seen Flower Princess, Rock Princess, and now the new(ish) Glam Princess. The first two flankers were pretty much as advertised: Flower Princess was more floral than the original, and Rock Princess was that clean fruitchouli that you usually get from a mainstream flanker with “rock” in the name.
Glam Princess is pretty close to the original Princess, close enough that it’s hard to see why you’d need both…
Bath & Body Works Twilight Woods ~ perfume review
When I heard that Bath & Body Works would be releasing a fragrance called “Twilight Woods,” and that this fragrance would evoke “a romantic walk in enchanted woods,” I imagined a blend of pine and cedar, a few drops of resin, and an ozonic note hinting at an oncoming snowstorm. When I later saw the list of notes, I realized that it would actually be a woodsy-fruity gourmand, with “top notes of Juicy Berry, Sparkling Mandarin, and hint of Coconut, heart notes of Creamy Frangipani, Soft Mimosa, Wet Honeysuckle, Wild Freesia, and Apricot Nectar, and basenotes of Oud Wood, Skin Musk Captive, Vanilla Milk, and Warm Woods.”
Twilight Woods is the newest addition to Bath & Body Works’ Signature Collection line, in keeping with the recent string of more complex, “abstract” fragrances (such as P.S. I Love You, as opposed to yet another Cucumber Melon type). It was developed by perfumers Harry Fremont, Jane Konnyu, and Honorine Blanc. This fragrance could just as easily have been named “Twilight Orchard,” because a ripe apricot note runs throughout its development…
