Posted by Robin
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4 September 2007
It is silly to want a fragrance just for the bottle, right? And it is even sillier if, like me, you don’t keep your perfume bottles on display anyway. Mine are stored away in a dark cabinet, safe from the ravages of heat and light. You might think I open the cabinet frequently just to admire my collection, but you’d be wrong. I open it as rarely as possible, for as soon as I peek in, they all begin taunting me — HA, you’ll never use me up before I spoil anyway.
So I know how ludicrous it is to be in love with Pucci’s Vivara just for its debonair exterior, but there it is. I*want*that*bottle. Not only that, I keep thinking how lovely it would be to have a whole series from Pucci: same bottle design, a different Pucci print on each cap, and each with its own jewel-colored juice. Wouldn’t a whole row of them be just stunning?
Needless to say, I tried hard to fall in love with Pucci Vivara the perfume and not just Pucci Vivara the bottle, but alas, it was not to be…
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Posted by Robin
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2 September 2007
Yves Rocher is preparing to launch the third fragrance in its luxury Secrets d'Essences line (see Voile d'Ambre and Rose Absolue). Iris Noir is described as a “floriental scent over an iris-chypre base”, and was developed by perfumers Olivier Pescheux (who also developed Voile d'Ambre) and Nathalie Gracia Cetto.
The notes for Iris Noir include bergamot, coriander, ambrette seed, iris, patchouli and tonka bean…
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Posted by Robin
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29 May 2007
The Emilio Pucci brand, currently owned by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, is celebrating its 60th anniversary (see articles in the International Herald Tribune and The Telegraph) and as part of the festivities, is reviving a 1966 Pucci perfume called Vivara. The chypre fragrance has been updated by perfumer Francois Demachy:
But the new Vivara is a more modern chypre, said Demachy…
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Posted by Robin
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4 August 2006
Paul Smith Story, a fragrance for men inspired by the designer’s “passion for books”, will launch this September:
Story’s juice, concocted by Givaudan’s Natalie Gracia Cetto, is based on a vetiver note from Haiti. It also comprises top notes of grapefruit, bergamot and green ivy. At the scent’s heart are jasmine…
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Posted by Marlen
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14 December 2005
Cedar, cedar and — can it be — more cedar? Christian Lacroix’s second foray into men’s fragrance delivers a successful woody aroma in a stunning indigo and silver bottle. With notes listed as Atlas, Virginia, Chinese, and Texas cedar, Tumulte Homme was created by nose Nathalie Gracia-Cetto.
There’s not much to tell about Tumulte, other than I love it. I detect the slightest hint of citrus at the opening and I want to say that the base also reveals a sandalwood note, but alas, I can’t find these listed anywhere. Slightly sweeter and not quite as dry as the Comme des Garçons Incense fragrances (think Kyoto or Avignon), with a nod to Diptyque’s Tam Dao, Tumulte certainly won’t win any awards for originality. But if you’d like to smell like an exotic temple, a carved wooden chest, or for those with less imagination, a shoe tree, Tumulte will make a great choice…
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