The flacon was designed by Pierre Hardy © Hermès Jour d'Hermès eau de parfum opens on a delicious mist of flowers punctuated by cedarwood soon seguing into a lusher yet light gardenia heart. The freshness initially is striking and...
May 2015 Archives
Parfum d'Empire Musc Tonkin (2012-2014) {Perfume Review & Musings}
A blurry image of Musc Tonkin to illustrate the fact that this is "the ghost" of the now forbidden material © Parfum d'Empire A Romantic, Historicized Project Musc Tonkin by Parfum d'Empire was initially released in 2012 as a...
Henri Bendel Suite 712 is for the Bendel Girl (2015) {New Fragrance}
New York department store Henri Bendel Est. 1895 has released a new signature perfume called Suite 712 eau de parfum "Inspired by it's [sic] legendary address and landmark townhouse at 712 Fifth Avenue,"......
Marc Jacobs to Launch New Perfume Decadence with Adriana Lima {New Fragrance}
Adriana Lima © 2010 Adam Bielawski via Wikimedias American fashion designer Marc Jacobs will launch a new fragrance for women from Fall 2015 called Decadence, which is presented as the polar opposite to Daisy (2007)......
Kiehl's Original Musk Oil (1920s/1963): How Emancipated Is It? From the Roaring Twenties to the Psychedelic 60s {Perfume Review & Musings}
Our perception of what is perceived as "dirty" or "clean" in fragrances, especially where musk perfumes are concerned, appears to be as pre-coded personally as in the case of the global dress meme of 2014 where roughly 50% of...
Glimpses of May Day 2015 {Paris Photo}
A Security Alert on May Day 2015 © 2015 Chant Wagner The most surprising aspect of this May Day was that there were no muguet sellers in sight in the morning when usually there are plenty. The explanation was...