New at lacremebeauty: the Abahna bath & body line, with fragrances Cedarwood & Rose Otto, Frankincense & Sweet Orange, and White Grapefruit & May Chang.
News from Susanne Lang at Saks: With any fragrance purchase, get a free 4 ml roll-on in the fragrance of your choice. The Made to Measure Eau de Parfums (Black orchid, Pink grapefruit, Ozone, Green fig, Cashmere, Pashmina, Red ginger, Lotus, and Warm vanilla) are now available in 1 oz bottles for $50 each, as is the latest fragrance in this series: Tamboti wood, with sandalwood, spices, patchouli and amber. A boxed set of the Rich Exotics (Red Ginger, Cashmere & Pashmina) is $120. The Vanilla collection, a boxed set of 4 ml Eau de Parfum roll-ons in Vanilla coconut, Vanilla champagne, White chocolate, Vanilla sugar, Black orchid, Sugar cane, Warm vanilla, Vanilla musk & Vanilla wood is $95. For more information, call Elson Aparicio at 212 940-2422.
Tamboti wood is calling my name – it sounds perfect. I love the SuL's – they are fun to explore and layer. My current fav is Velvet Musk, a generous sample of which was given to me by the charming Elson. I would love to play with the Vanilla set too. Thanks for posting about these, R!
K, I am fooling around with the Green Fig, trying to find something great to layer it with. Still haven't found the right thing. Will leave the Tamboti (patchouli! amber!) to you
$50 for 1 oz of edp? I paid $250 for my Black Orchid edp, don't recall how many ounces it is, but it can't be more than 1.7 – now I really wish I had waited.
Well, in my agony, I called Elson – he is at home due to the transit strike and may not be in tomorrow either for the same reason. The $50 1oz edp deal is only for the holidays, once stock is gone there won't be any more. Regular price for 1.7 oz is still $250, so I don't feel as anguished, but still.
Drat T, I know that feeling of seeing something you bought at full price offered much cheaper!
Glad you called, I didn't know this was a short term deal — thought they were lowering their prices or something. Should have known, LOL!
Further update: Elson is at work today, he said he received an email last night saying the 1 oz edp custom blends you listed WILL be part of the permanent collection, so that's good news. I ordered the 3 Rich Exotics set and he was kind enough to swap out the Pashmina for the Tamboti Wood since I just bought the Pashmina two weeks ago. Woohoo! Got free rollers of Incense and Cassis too. Elson is a doll.
T, do let me know how the Tamboti is, and the incense too for that matter, haven't tried either one!
I tested Incense from a sample vial so didn't get a full spritz, but this one smells to me like a much milder version of Armani Bois d'Encens, something I plan to wear when I want that smell but not in such a strident way (the Armani can be overpowering on me).
Thanks. Will have to try it. Wish Barneys had not discontinued the line, I almost never go to Saks in NY. Guess I'll have to start!