Givenchy just released their new perfume EauDemoiselle, which after "reading" in-between the lines of the scent story seems to want to do for young women's skins and perfumed trails what Chanel is currently attempting to do for young women's...
Perfume Review & Musings Archives
Oriens by Van Cleef & Arpels (2010): Not Just Another Light Perfume {Perfume Review and Musings}
Oriens is the latest feminine fragrance launch this spring 2010 by Van Cleef and Arpels who stress that they were the first jewelry house to associate their name with a perfume named First, introduced in 1976. The brand is...
Like This, Tilda Swinton by Etat Libre d'Orange (2010): Aphrodisiacal Pumpkin {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Actress Tilda Swinton just launched her debut signature perfume called Like This, Tilda Swinton last weekend in Paris. The event took place at the boutique of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs on Saturday March 13th, 2010. The Background Story:...
Voyage by Hermès (2010): Creativity Pause or A Voyage along Traditional Trails {Perfume Review & Musings}
My first impression smelling it on someone else: spaceMy impression upon smelling it on my skin: a crystalline white citrus with a dirty undertone of sea-floated gray amber. If it is about a voyage, it is certainly not a disembodied...
Balenciaga Paris Eau de Parfum (2010): The Story of Balenciaga in 3 Acts or The Pure White Violets of the Future {Fragrance Review} {Violet Notebook}
Balenciaga Paris is the new perfume of the renascent perfume house of Balenciaga, a project which was first announced in October 2008. The scent was launched for the press in December 2009 and released this spring 2010. Developed under the...
Sarah Jessica Parker SJP NYC (2010): The Big Apple Becomes The Big Strawberry {Perfume Review and Musings} {Celebrity Fragrance}
The Big Apple Becomes The Big Strawberry SJP NYC eau de toilette was developed following the resounding success of the 2008 Sex in the City feature movie which brought in earnings of $500 million globally, and to fill a...
Bath and Body Works Twilight Woods (2009) {Perfume Review and Musings}
Twilight Woods by Bath and Body Works was launched last fall and since then it has become a bestseller of the brand. The new practical-minded Scent Sampler by the chain store showcases it as one of their top ten fragrances....
Guerlain Flora Nymphea (2010): A Return to the Roots of Guerlain: Anglomania, Spleen, Belle Epoque and the Poetry of the Seasons {Perfume Review}
Flora Nymphéa is the latest annual addition to the Aqua Allegoria line by Guerlain, due to launch on March the 8th, 2010 in France. The perfume's inspiration rests on the scent of mock orange (seringa). It also benefited from an...
Lanvin Jeanne (2008) and Jeanne La Rose (2010): Part 1 - The Scent of High Fashion, Suavissime Soap and Back {Perfume Reviews} {New Fragrance}
Jeanne can offer a beautiful, simple connotation as a first name. It is the feminine pendant of "Jean" which like Pierre and Paul are de facto household given names in (Christian) Europe. Jeanne is the name of historical French heroine,...
Les Parfums de Rosine Secrets de Rose (2010): Dinner with Chamade, with Notes on Patrimonial Perfumes {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
Secrets de Rose (Rose Secrets) is the 16th rose composition by Les Parfums de Rosine which specialize in sculpturing the different facets and interpretations of the queen of flowers. It was created in 2009 based on particular qualities of...
Maison Martin Margiela Line 3 (Untitled) (2010): Dark Galbanum & Dirty Green Musk {Perfume Review}
(Untitled) by Maison Martin Margiela is the debut perfume of a fashion label known for its creativity. If you think that an interesting mind, that of designer Martin Margiela, can apply itself to an unfamiliar medium and still be...
Michael Kors Eau de Parfum (2000): Chinese Spice Box Folded into a White Bouquet {Perfume Review}
Michael Kors starts as a big tuberose perfume with a carnal, fleshy and gasoline character sweetened by light amber and attenuated further by a soft velvety iris impression that the brand likes to call "blue orris".......
Kim Kardashian Eau de Parfum (2010): Bombshell White Floral with a Touch of Sorrow {Perfume Review} (Celebrity Fragrance}
Kim Kardashian Eau de Parfum Review: Clowns and BellesKim Kardashian EDP opens on a white gardenia note with airy nuances and transparent orange-y overtones which evolves into a creamier and more powdery white floral accord including tuberose and jasmine. These...
Les Parfums de Rosine Rose d'Amour (2005): Uncompromising Constructivist Rose {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
Rose d'Amour (Rose of Love) is a rose composition inspired by Chanel No5 and its original dwarfing overdose of aldehydes. What I like about this perfume is that perfumer Camille Latron managed to convey the modernist, daring and revolutionary sides...
Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio (2010): Dual Spiritual and Gourmand Fig {Perfume Review & Musings}
Ninfeo Mio is named after a masterpiece of garden art, the latter the happenstance result of the Italian Duke Onorato Caetani having married an English woman, Ada, with a passion for greenery. The Giardino di Ninfa located in the vicinity...