I managed very little perfume shopping in New York this past weekend, but I did get in a quick trip to the new L'Artisan boutique in Soho. It is a very small shop — 10 people would just about fill it to capacity. The fragrance testers are displayed on a bar running the length of the shop; shelves on the walls hold the room fragrances and sachets.
They do have the new La Chasse Extreme, and they will have the 2005 summer limited edition, Extrait de Songe, in April. Emmanuelle, the sales agent, describes it as “cottony”…