Britney Spears will launch Midnight Fantasy in January:
Midnight Fantasy takes on the same bottle shape as the Fantasy fragrance, launched in 2005, but in a midnight blue version.
The fruity, floral blend for women includes notes of black cherries, plum, orchid and freesia with base notes of musk and amber. It was formulated by Givaudan’s Caroline Sabas.
Like the earlier Britney Spears fragrances, Midnight Fantasy was created under arrangements with Elizabeth Arden. (via cosmeticnews)
Update: see a review of Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy.
Ermenegildo Zegna will launch Zegna Intenso next February:
Described as the most sensual and virile Zegna fragrance to date, the juice features light and dark elements – an olfactory chiaroscuro – and is a fragrance of contrasts, according to YSL.
The light side comes courtesy of fresh notes such as green mandarin and Italian lemon, offset by a touch of cardamom and pink peppercorns. The dark side is represented by oriental notes of iris, vetiver, woods and musk. (via moodiereport)
Update: ZegnaIntenso was created by perfumer Daniela Andrier. (via cosmeticnews) It is available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette, and in After Shave Lotion, After Shave Balm, Deodorant and Shower Gel.
Hoping to avoid the perfume snob trap, I tested Britney Spears' other scents, in order to give them a fair try. Both were interesting for what they were, but immensely sweet–I'd say cloyingly, so. I wonder if “Midnight Fantasy” will be a more sophisticated departure from the others.
The notes sound pretty darn sweet, and I think Britney Spears (or I should say, Elizabeth Arden) knows what her fan base likes — sweet. So I rather doubt it will be significantly less so, but you never know.
I cannot WAIT to smell this!!! Love the bottle!! I wish Beyonce would come out with a Third perfume!!
Beyonce fronts the TH True Star, right? Guessing we'll see another one eventually.
Yes, Beyonce does the True Star perfumes. She only has two, and everyone else is on their 3rd or 4th or 8th! She didn't even have one out this year :(. That being said, I can't WAIT to smell this one!!! I hope it smells completely different from Fantasy! That bottle is GORGEOUS! That box is nice too! Britney always has the best Boxes!
Well, presumably she has to wait for Tommy Hilfiger…it isn't her own line as near as I can tell. And he did several other launches this year.
Yeah, she does :(. Thats why she should now do her own. But, True Star was his most successful perfume, so I wonder why he isn't jumping to work with Beyonce! My macy's right now is currently sold out of True Star! Sold out on Black Friday! True Star and True Star Gold are my favorites! Those, and Heiress!! Robin, where did you find out that Midnight Fantasy would be in stores in Jan?? Perfume never comes out in their scheduled times, so does that mean it will be out sometime this month??? :0 I sure hope so!!! I bought a bottle of Fantasy for my grandmother!!!!! She loves it, lol!!
I just report what they say in the press, and you're quite right, things often appear in stores long before they are “officially” launched. No insider information to share with you, unfortunately!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Its on Ebay!! It should be here soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOT IT ROBIN!!! It just came to Macy's today! It may be a little too fruity for you though! I looooooooooooove the bottle! It smells really good! Can't wait for the lotion!
Thanks for letting me know, will see if I can find it this weekend!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Fantasy, and Curious. To me, Curious In Control wasn't quite… right, but it wasn't a bad smell…. just not at all what I would have expected. But this sounds FABULOUS! ANd the bottle is great too. I have high hopes, considering how great Brintey's first two were.
Have a sample of MF on the way, but so far, the reports have been less than glowing
I'm soooooooooo obsessed with this fragrance!! Everyone wants it! I let my family and friends test it, and they love it! Can't WAIT for the lotion!!
Heck, I can't wait for it to have a big release! Nobody around me has it yet, and I'm tired of waiting, lol. Macy*s, Nordstrom, Dillards, Neiman Marcus, and even Sephora didn't have it!
Some Macys stores seem to have it, and they definitely have it online if you're willing to buy unsniffed…
I keep hearing “grape soda”, which doesn't sound like something I'll love.
Fruity sounds different from what I expected, but not bad. In fact, completely different from the other Britney fragrances. I honestly expected a darker, deeper kind of fragrance (a la Obsession Night, or Drakkar Noir or something). But considering I loved the other three, most likely I will buy this one, even if unsniffed. And if Sephora gets it in on their website before I complete my order, I'll buy it there for free shipping ;-).
I don't want to be dismissive of this scent, but I honestly thought that's how they'd interpret a “dark fragrance”; with an amalgam of dark fruit. Pleasant enough for those who love fruity scents, however!
It is on Sephora now!
Have to agree, there hasn't been a dark oriental fragrance from a celebrity for some time now.
Smelled MF tonight at Dillards. It smelled nice on paper, but since I had a little more shopping to do, I decided to test it on my wrist. Later, as I was shopping, I kept noticing this almost cloying scent. I assumed it was the Ralph Rocks that I had obligingly spritzed on the other wrist at the SA's urging. (To my surprise, RR was actually quite bearable, although I won't be purchasing it.) It was the MF that was suffocating me. The sickly sweet aroma was vaguely reminiscent of something I'd worn before, and this irked me. I kept sniffing and trying to place it. Then it dawned on me . . . MF smells like a cheapened, perverted version of one of my favorite scents, Cartier Delices!!
The cherry note is the killer. It smells more like the fermented juice in an old jar of maraschinos (spelling?) or one of those tree-shaped air fresheners that you get a truckstop, rather than fresh black cherries just picked off the tree. Yuck. Needless to say, I won't be purchasing this one.
Oh dear — not sure if I'm looking forward to even testing it, but I'll do it in the name of science
I finally smelled Midnight Fantasy. I didn't think it was too bad at all. It didn't smell as samey or generic, or what have you, as I thought it would. It also didn't smell as midnighty as I thought it would… but it's still a nice night-time component to the original.
Most likely worth buying a smoll bottle, to wear at night after the original Fantasy has faded off.
And I *still* haven't tried it, LOL…but I will soon.