More on the upcoming Dianthus fragrance from Etro, which launches in Europe this month: the notes will include orange, bourbon geranium, centifolia rose, pink pepper, ginger, carnation, woods, musk, cedar and vanilla. Dianthus is an Eau de Toilette, and will be sold in 100 ml bottles. (via cosmoty.de) As previously reported, Dianthus will be the first Etro fragrance specifically designated for women. Update: see a review of Etro Dianthus…
Perfume reading in the Times
Arielle Dombasle, the French actress and singer described as "perhaps the Frenchest person alive"...
...is not content just to dab on a bit of store-bought stuff, a 20th-century practice she derides as lacking in imagination. Rather, she concocts her own mixture from Cuir de Russie by Chanel, Aromatic Elixir by Clinique and a cheap off-brand white musk she stockpiles from a shop on the Lower East Side.
Read the rest in the New York Times (and thanks to Ruth for the link!), and also check out Chandler Burr's latest fragrance reviews in Scent Strip.
Profumum: new line of fragrances at Luckyscent
Profumum is a line of fragrances established in Rome in 1996, and available now at luckyscent:
Antico Caruso (see bottle at right) was “inspired by the scent and atmosphere of a classic, old fashioned barbershop” and has notes of citrus, almond, and sandalwood.
Acqua di Sale is an ocean scent…
Online fragrance shopping
New at b-glowing: the YOSH Luxury Elements line.
New at beautyhabit: the Le Petit Prince line and Agraria Petit Essence home fragrance. And get free shipping within the USA with your order of $50 or more using coupon code FREESHIP9, good through 9/30.
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): L'Artisan Fleur de Narcisse, Bond no. 9 Scent of Peace & Fire Island.
New at imaginationperfumery: Lanvin Rumeur, ck one electric, Hermes Elixir des Merveilles, Guerlain Insolence, Prada Tendre, Vera Wang Princess.
Deal from kiehls: get free shipping with any purchase of $40 or more using code VILLAGE, good through 9/25.
New at lafcony: Lorenzo Villoresi Alamut.
New at nordstrom: Viktor & Rolf Antidote.
New at scentiments: Escada Into The Blue, Prada Tendre.
On vacation…
I am off on vacation again. As always, will try to post fragrance news if I can get wireless access, otherwise, look for another perfume review a week from Thursday (9/21).
Wishing everyone a good week, and if you haven't been fragrance shopping lately: get thee to the perfume counters. There is so much new stuff out I can hardly keep up. Over the weekend I managed very quick sniffs of Bvlgari Pour Homme Soir, Desperate Housewives, With Love Hilary Duff, Betsey Johnson, Escada Into The Blue. I also got samples of the new Banana Republic scents, but haven't even opened them yet. Too many fragrances, too little time...