In case you missed it, the story behind Mariah Carey’s new Lollipop Bling trio is that Carey’s husband, Nick Cannon, proposed with a ring hidden in a Ring Pop package. So the three new candy-inspired fragrances — Honey, Ribbon and Mine Again — were made in partnership with Topps, the makers of Ring Pops, and when they appear in mass market stores next year (right now they’re at Macy’s and the like) they’ll be marketed alongside actual Ring Pops.
Honey was my favorite of the three, but that isn’t exactly saying much. It’s supposed to be the “bright and sunny” entry, but it isn’t the light, sparkling and fun summer scent it could have been…
I couldn’t have been Lilly Pulitzer in another life because…she’s still alive, but I’ve always had a soft spot for the preppy “pink-and-green” color combo Pulitzer often uses in her designs. I was initially attracted to Bond no. 9 High Line because of its pink-and-green bottle — not its juice; High Line is a type of fragrance (rather artificial, high-pitched and “Fresh!”) I usually shun, and yet….
Bond no. 9 describes High Line as “the scent of wildflowers, green grasses…and urban renewal” with “a hint of industrial grit.” High Line (perfumer: Laurent Le Guernec) was created to celebrate the “new” High Line* “neighborhood” of New York City which is: “An improbable aerial walkway lined with concrete planks and railroad tracks, landscaped with meadows, wetlands, and wildflowers, the High Line hovers 30 feet above street level as it meanders along its route from the Meatpacking District to the former 34th Street rail yards — sometimes bridging its way through buildings along the way.“
High Line, the fragrance, is categorized as “an androgynous floral-marine” perfume (the “marine” notes reference the nearby Hudson River); it includes notes of bergamot, purple love grass (Eragrostis spectabilis), Indian rhubarb, red-leaf rose, orange flower water, Lady Jane tulips (Tulipa clusiana), grape hyacinth, sea moss, teakwood, bur oak and musk. (I found nary a hint of “industrial grit” in the notes.)
High line starts with a burst of bergamot and a clean and tart “vegetal-fruit” aroma…
Mariah Carey will launch Lollipop Bling, a new trio of candy-inspired fragrances — Honey, Ribbon and Mine Again, each named for a Mariah Carey song — for women made in partnership with Topps, the makers of Ring Pops. Reportedly, Carey’s husband Nick Cannon proposed with a ring hidden inside a Ring Pop package…
Remember that Headspace symposium on “Scent As Design” held at the Parsons School back in March? If not, here’s a reminder. Well, they filmed it. Here’s the first part, and I’ll post the rest over the coming days, or you can go watch them all at YouTube right now. Below the jump you’ll find a brief synopsis.
