We are heading to Vermont for a wedding this weekend, and as always, I'm running behind...so no review today, sorry! If it turns out that we have wireless internet access, I'll post the latest fragrance news on Saturday, but otherwise, come back next Tuesday for a new perfume review.
Meanwhile, do comment if you've tried anything fabulous from the new fall releases. I'm behind on testing as well, and haven't even seen the new Betsey Johnson or Viktor & Rolf Antidote, or scores of others.
New at hamptonct: Rance Next Age Emotions.
New at macys: Escada Into The Blue, Baby Phat Golden Goddess, Givenchy Amarige Mariage, Vintage Soul for Women.
New at mybeautifulplace: the Sebastian Signs and Fresh Scents by Terri lines.
New at nordstrom: Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely Liquid Satin, in spray and rollerball, and Jean Paul Gaultier Gaultier2.
New at saks: Viktor & Rolf Antidote for men, Lacoste Inspiration.
Chypre Rouge is the latest fragrance release from Serge Lutens, and happily for those of us in the United States, it is in the export line so you won’t have to jump through hoops to get your hands on it. It was created by perfumer Christopher Sheldrake, and the notes include thyme, pine needles, pecans, fruit gums, honey, beeswax, jasmine, patchouli, amber, vanilla, moss and musks.
Like so many other Serge Lutens compositions, Chypre Rouge starts with something like stewed spiced fruit, here underscored with pine needles, toasted nuts, and something that smells like a sweet dessert wine. It is both sweet and heavy, and while the notes list only thyme, the curry spices that so frequently appear in the Serge Lutens line are very much present in Chypre Rouge; if, as advertised, it “was inspired by Serge Lutens’s memories of fall in his native Vendée region of western France” (via osmoz), the memories would seem to be filtered through his more recent experiences in Marrakech…
As previously reported, Clinique has commissioned two songs to advertise their best-selling Happy fragrance, created in 1997 by perfumers Jean Claude Delville and Rodgrigo Flores-Roux. Listen to the Rihanna version here (look on the right under downloads; link found via washingtonpost). The lyrics are by Ne-Yo, and you can find them on his website....Just as long as it makes you happy, if it makes you happy, just be happy...
Bvlgari is relaunching Pour Femme, a 1994 fragrance created by perfumer Sophia Grojsman, with a new bottle design and advertising featuring model Kate Moss. The juice remains the same.
Advertising is to begin in August; the new bottle design should be on shelves in September. (via Women's Wear Daily, 7/7/2006).
Watch the Kate Moss television ad for Pour Femme at Marionnaud.