Etat Libre d’Orange has launched 2 more fragrances, bringing the line's total offerings to 15.
Delicious Closet Queen is the creation of perfumer Nathalie Feisthauer and includes notes of violet leaf, citrus, geranium, iris butter, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, dynamone, framboise irisée, rose, sandalwood, leather, tonka bean, benzoin and opoponax…
Hermès launched Eau des Merveilles in 2004. The fragrance was created by perfumers Ralf Schwieger and Nathalie Feisthauer, and has notes of elemi, bitter orange, Italian lemon, Indonesian pepper, pink pepper, ambergris accord, oak, cedar, vetiver, balsam of Peru and tears of Siam. Eau des Merveilles, or Water of Wonders, was said to have been inspired by ambergris:
“For me, ambergris is a magical material,” said Givaudan’s perfumer Ralf Schwieger…He explained that it reminds him of the biblical tale of Jonah and the whale, where the prophet was swallowed alive.
“Ambergris has so many facets — ambery, woody, dark, a salty-sweet concoction with [notes of] ink and tobacco. My idea was to re-create it in my way,” he said. (Women’s Wear Daily, 12/12/2003)
Fittingly, the finished product has a definite undertone of salty seawater…
As previously reported, Etat Libre d’Orange is a new niche line that will launch in France this September with six unisex fragrances. Here are more detailed descriptions of the scents:
Jasmin et Cigarette is by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu, and features notes of jasmine absolute, tobacco, hay, apricot, tonka bean…
Comme des Garçons has launched their latest fragrance series. Series 8* takes as its theme the Guerilla store concept, in which the company opens stores in “dead” areas of major cities, spends little or nothing on decorating, and “occupies” the premises for a limited time:
Don’t expect any to turn up in style capitals such as New York, Tokyo, Paris and Milan, for the idea is to set up shop in areas which appear to be off the fashion map. Once the city is chosen, the search is on for a place which has something to say about the city’s history. At Bios, for instance, the Parthenon acts as a backdrop (the monument is also featured on the Greek campaign’s poster, which is written in Greek).
Without any fanfare and publicity, each opening is announced only a few days before (“It drops like a bomb,” according to Papadopoulos), while no outlet advertises. (via kathimerini)
Guerrilla 1, the first of the two fragrances in the series, was inspired by a Comme des Garçons Guerilla store in Berlin which took over the premises of a former butcher shop…
Michael Kors has launched Island Fiji, a limited edition variation on last year’s Island fragrance.
The new perfume features Kauai waterfalls accord, oxygenated water accord, cactus pear, mango, kiwi, honeysuckle, parrot tulip, tiare flower, jasmin sambac, ginger lilies, Bulgarian rose, plumeria, stephanotis, driftwood, rice fields accord, birch and white bark accord…
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