There are perfume legends, there are perfumer legends, and then there are perfumes that become obsessions. Fracas is all three, which is a hat trick less common that you’d think.
— Columnist Chandler Burr of the New York Times writes about the glory that is Robert Piguet Fracas.
Basenotes has announced the winners of the 8th Annual Basenotes Awards. The winners were chosen by the members of the Basenotes fragrance forums visitors to the Basenotes website*. And the winners are…
Best Fragrance
Women: Guerlain Shalimar
Men: Hermès Terre d'Hermès
Best New Fragrance
Women: Prada Infusion d'Iris
Men: Narciso Rodriguez for Him…
I thought 2006 was a great year for niche fragrance, maybe not so wonderful for mainstream perfumes. In 2007, the pendulum swung: I thought it was a fabulous year for mainstream fragrances; the niche showings were perhaps not so interesting. This year is not even half over so perhaps it is too early to start kvetching, but other than a few isolated bright spots, it seems like a dull year all around. I was looking this morning at the (considerable) list of fragrances we're expecting to launch between now and the end of the year, and there are really only a few I'm excited about…
Italian niche house Acqua di Biella has launched Cashmere Twill, the first in a projected series of fragrances and skincare products under the name La Vie della Lana:
With Cashmere Twill the Acqua di Biella brand inaugurates a new line of fragrances “Le Vie della Lana”, a new unparalleled range of products of the highest quality, based on the old recipes of the Reale Manifattura…
Melissa Flagg has launched three new fragrances:
Daisies (shown) ~ “Inspired by the scents of orange blossom groves in Southern California…. Daisies perfume was named after the heady blossoms of Daisy Mandarin Oranges. Notes of orange blossoms, jasmine and orchid.”
Laulena ~ “Captures the aroma of Hawaiian flower blossoms… Inspired by the tropical fragrances of Oahu…”