Later this month, Prada will launch No. 11 Cuir Styrax, a new addition to the Prada Exclusives line. Cuir Styrax was developed by perfumer Daniela Andrier; the notes include leather, styrax (benzoin), orange blossom, white musk, vanilla and incense…
Indie niche line Tauer Perfumes will launch Zeta, the first fragrance in a proposed series of vintage (specific harvest) fragrances built around fine or rare natural materials, next month. The series will be called the Collectibles. Zeta will feature linden blossom and is described as a “bright ode to summer”…
Givenchy has launched this year’s Harvest Collection (aka “Les Millésimes de Givenchy”), including limited edition versions of Amarige, Organza, Very Irrésistible and Ange ou Démon, each enriched with a specific floral harvest from 2009…
Demeter has launched the Demeter Vintage Naturals Collection, a new series of fragrances highlighting particular harvests of natural materials and featuring all-natural ingredients. For this first set, the fragrances include Geranium, Rosebush, Mimosa, Patchouli and Lavender. Future sets will depend on the availability of suitable materials:
The production run was limited to 25,000 of each of the scents, for a total of 125,000 bottles, but Mark D. Crames, chief executive officer of Demeter, asserted the Vintage Naturals brand is not a limited edition concept. But — in the event there may not be particularly suitable crops next year — certain scents will not be recreated…
Givenchy has introduced this year's harvest fragrances, aka “Les Millésimes de Givenchy”. As in past years, there are limited edition versions of Amarige, Organza and Very Irrésistible, each enriched with a specific floral harvest from 2008; this year Ange ou Démon is added to the collection as well.
Ange ou Démon Jasmin Sambac 2008 (above left) ~ “Harvest Ange ou Démon features Sambac jasmine harvested in Madurai, India. This luminous note awakens and compliments the other majestic accents of the original Ange ou Démon fragrance to sparkling effect…”
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