In case you must know…
Halle Berry! Yes, she's apparently signed with Coty, and will have her own fragrance line in “mid-tier” and mass market stores by spring 2009. Also in the works at Coty: fragrances for men under a new deal with Playboy magazine. (via Women's Wear Daily).
Amy Winehouse? Maybe. It doesn't sound very definite to me…
When I saw the list of ingredients for Juicy Couture’s new men’s fragrance, Dirty English — peppered mandarin, blue cypress, Calabrian bergamot, caraway, cardamom pods, marjoram, black leather, “Santal Fatal” accord (a mix of sandalwood, Atlas cedar and vetiver), agarwood, ebony wood, black moss absolute, and amber musk — my first thought was: “Why this dark, heavy scent now…so close to spring?” By late February, I’m yearning for crisp-bright scents, perfumes with lots of citrus, floral, fruit and ‘green’ accords. I needn’t have worried; though Dirty English’s mix of notes sounds hot’n’heavy, the cologne is light enough to be worn in spring, even summer…
Here are a few of the limited edition collector fragrance bottles that have launched since I posted Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles 2008, part 1 earlier this month. In most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be). Also note that a few of these may not be available in the US.
At Neiman Marcus, an Yves Saint Laurent Elle charm: “This bag accessory features an elle Yves Saint Laurent solid perfume and a fuchsia pearly lip gloss to customize a bag or a belt with absolute glamour”. $56…
New at luckyscent: Monocle x Comme des Garcons Scent One: Hinoki.
New at nordstrom: Michael Kors Island Fiji & Hawaii are back in stock.
Parfumerie Generale has launched No. 19 Louanges Profanes, a new oriental floral fragrance:
An immaculate oriental, luminous and pure. An olfactory prayer written in the ink of six religious symbolism [sic]…
The fragrance notes include neroli, hawthorn, lily infusion, incense smoke, benzoin and lignum vitae (guaiac) wood…