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Michael Storer Stephanie, Yvette & Genvieve~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 7 June 2007 13 Comments

Michael Storer Stephanie perfumerMichael Storer has launched three new fragrances for women, Stephanie, Yvette & Genviève:

Stephanie (shown) "is a highly realistic (the finest we’ve smelled) recreation of the headspace of the gardenia flower and is not for the faint-hearted". Additional notes include pink pepper, black pepper, galbanum, angelica root, sambac jasmine, tuberose, and chrysanthemum.

Yvette is a "complex fantasy floral/gourmand fragrance with a butterscotch, plummy aspect". Notes include vanilla, ivy leaf, plum, genet flower, everlasting absolute, orchid, heliotrope, nutmeg, ambergris, cedar, sandalwood, mousse de chine, vanilla, styrax and tolu.

Genviève is a "classy, unabashedly feminine rose-family floral fantasy". The notes feature Damask rose, green tea, muguet, rhubarb, ambrette seed, Bulgarian rose, raspberry, peach, ylang ylang, mimosa, jasmine, violet leaf, angelica root, tolu, ambergris, musk, tonka bean, sandalwood and civet.

Michael Storer Stephanie, Yvette & Genviève are available in 18 ml Parfum ($92) or 10 ml Eu de Toilette Purse Spray ($30) at michaelstorer.

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  1. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 10:28 am

    Have to report I'm hooked on Stephanie. Yvette and Genvieve I didn't care for at all, but then others at Basenotes.net were raving, especially about Genvieve. (The range in perfumistas' tastes never ceases to amaze me.)
    You HAVE to be a floral lover who doesn't mind some sweetness in order to embrace “Steph.” The good news is that it really does smell fresh and alive, not syrupy or artificial. Nice sillage in my immediate vicinity (so I can appreciate wearing it), but doesn't throw so far as to affect others at a little distance. I sampled and am getting the parfum form. Not a little girl's scent — a beautiful flower for a woman.

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  2. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 10:40 am

    I love gardenia so look forward to trying it. Was your sample the parfum or EdT?

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  3. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 11:52 am

    That looks like the Jalaine bottle, doesn't it?

    Michael Storer? Why does that name sound familiar?

    Anyway, I love the smell of a real gardenia, so if Stephanie lives up the hype, it must be very beautiful. So far, most gardenia fragrances leave me very disappointed.

    Hugs!

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  4. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 12:03 pm

    Same bottle, R, and I saw it used by another brand recently as well (now of course, can't remember which one).

    His name might sound familiar because he got lots of interest on the boards (mostly basenotes & MUA) last year when he launched his men's scents. I think for a time he offered free samples (?) to everyone on both boards.

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  5. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 4:02 pm

    The samples come as pure parfum, and that's the concentration I'm getting, courtesy of a swapping arrangement (glee!). I have to get around to asking Mr. Storer if he will sell refills of the parfum to put in that wonderful ice-block of a bottle.

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  6. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 4:14 pm

    I know I'm boring: there is no such name as Genviève; the name is Geneviève. If you don't bother to add a correctly accented letter, fine, but if you do…

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  7. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 4:22 pm

    I humbly beg to differ. Genviève was my mother's name and that's how her mother spelled it. So what's right and wrong? ;-

    …Michael Storer

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  8. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 4:51 pm

    So now that we know Genvieve's identity. Who are Stephanie and Yvette, Mr. Storer? And what does a girl need to do to get you to use her name? I don't qualify, Ms. Patou already used mine. ~ Joy

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  9. Anonymous says:
    7 June 2007 at 5:06 pm

    What nationality was your mother, if you don't mind telling us? I am French and I maintain that Genviève is not a French name. I assumed that it was supposed to be. There are lots of quirky spellings of common names out there. Hope I didn't offend you.

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  10. Anonymous says:
    9 June 2007 at 12:03 pm

    Nice to hear his female scents are very good ones.
    I hated his men's scents. They are way too blah for my tastes. The men's scents have NO “Oomph” to them as one would hope for. I had received a few in a few swaps and immediately swapped them away.

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  11. Anonymous says:
    10 June 2007 at 7:27 pm

    There is now a free sample offer for the women's too, so give them a try and see if they're any better :-)

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  12. cleopatrasboudoir says:
    23 March 2010 at 6:28 am

    Genvieve—Meaning: Its source is an Ancient Germanic expression meaning “Woman of the people.”

    Narrative: This meaning is an educated guess by scholars, who trace the elements of this name to Celtic sources only with great difficulty. Another interpretation could be ”Mother of the race.”

    This is the name of the patron saint of Paris, France, and its use in modern times can be seen as a tribute to that city

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    • Robin says:
      23 March 2010 at 10:16 am

      Thanks.

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