The Nasomatto line from Amsterdam is now available in the United States at Barneys. The line includes five fragrances…
3600 new perfumes a year?
“More than 300 perfumes are released each month,” says scents wizard Pierre-Constantin Guéros. How does he know? “I try to smell each one.” As one of a trio of Tribeca-based noses for Drom, a multinational to-the-trade fragrance house, Guéros and fellow French natives Valérie Garnuch-Mentzel and Delphine Jelk keep tabs on their competition.
— From Smelling Points, an article in Time Out New York about how to pick a signature scent. Thanks to Jessica for the link!
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at b-glowing: markdowns on Coquette Tropique (35%), Clean Fresh Laundry (30%), selected Demeters (50%), selected Comptoir Sud Pacifique (30%).
Deal at bathandbodyworks: get $10 off a purchase of $30 or more with coupon code VELVET10. If your order totals $65 or more, you'll also get free shipping. Coupon good through 12/2.
New at fourseasonsproducts: Parfums M Micallef line.
Deal at luckyscent: $30 off on Comptoir Sud Pacifique Ecume de The, Mazzolari Zagara & Carolina.
Ferragamo F for Fascinating & Incanto Heaven, Salvador Dali Purplelips Sensual ~ new fragrances
In January, Salvatore Ferragamo will launch two new fragrances for women: F for Fascinating and Incanto Heaven.
F for Fascinating is a new Eau de Toilette variation on 2006's F by Ferragamo. The fragrance was developed by perfumer Olivier Polge, and is described as…
…a woody floral that opens on a top note of mandarin sorbet, progressing to a heart of sambac jasmine and a patchouli base. The identity is described as chic, fresh and young…
Storia di un naso, by Laura Tonatto and Alessandra Montrucchio ~ perfume books
I’m always interested in learning more about the personal background of a perfumer. Why did they choose their profession? What did it take to fulfill their ambition? Storia di un naso (“the story of a nose”) gives a first-hand insight in the life and works of Laura Tonatto, who is perhaps best known as the nose behind the Carthusia line. Since most Now Smell This readers don’t read Italian, I’ll give you a short biographical sketch of her life as narrated in this book.
Laura’s story starts in her native city of Turin, right after high school graduation. It was the summer of 1982, and Italy was a struggling nation. Social tensions, a languishing economy, the long arm of organized crime, and the fear of domestic terrorism were the recipe for a dreadful reality that even the World Cup Football tournament couldn’t erase. Laura’s only wish was to escape from her depressing hometown. She wanted to travel abroad, to a warm place with friendly people. The Tonatto family had relatives in Cairo, so Egypt was a sensible choice. With her parents’ consent, and the promise to be back in time for her first semester in law school, young Laura took off…