Bill Blass will launch a fifth fragrance in the Bill Blass Couture series (see Couture 1, 3. 6 & 7) this coming February. The fragrances were all inspired by designs from the Blass fashion line, which is currently undergoing a change in ownership.
The newest fragrance was inspired by a colorful red floral-print dress shown in Blass’ fall 2008 presentation.
[...] ...Couture 8 mixes a “sophisticated floral green note with a bouquet of white flowers like hyacinth, poppy [a key note in the fragrance] and cosmos flower,” explained Drom perfumer Pierre Guéros. He worked on the scent with along with [sic] noses Valerie Garnuch-Mentzel and Delphine Jelk.
Bill Blass Couture 8 will be available in 75 ml Eau de Parfum, and like the earlier scents in the series will be exclusive to Saks. (via wwd)
Oh goodness! I haven't even sampled the previous four. Oh well, better for my finances I guess 😉
LOVE the bottle though!
I haven't smelled them either!
This doesn't really interest me, but Couture 3 kind of does.
One of them sounded good to me but now I can't remember which one. These haven't gotten much perfumista attention as near as I can tell.
Gorgeous bottle though. I wonder what the base notes are?
Was rather disappointed by 'Nude', which is highly rated by many, so I don't think I'd break a leg seeking this one out. And I don't like the bottle. And I hate hyacinth. Ooooh, am I a grouch, or what?
Ah, so his fragrances continue, even though the clothing line is folding? Interesting.
LOL — I was grouching w/ you til you got to hyacinth 😉
Well, some other company has the license for the scents…and they wouldn't be the first to keep making fragrances long after the clothing is gone.
Ah…like…Norell. 🙂 (I for one didn't even know that was a clothing designer until I researched the fragrance.)
I quite like the Blass fragrances I've sampled so far. I'm particularly fond of the syrupy rose and classic citrus, and number 3 is a very nice middle-eastern rice pudding accord to my nose. They are all nicely done, with an unusual stewed prune/rasin/boozy note running through all of them. Nothing too avante garde, but the art direction around printed fabric is a cool concept, and the scents really do bring on a world of vivid notes splayed out like a bold chintz.
I feel bad for the brand that is in such disarray. (Yes, my heart bleeds borscht for a brand.)
And Piguet, & Rosine, and dozens of others.
I'm sort of surprised they've kept these in such tight distribution in the US — I'll probably never get to try them if they stay at Saks. Glad they're nicely done.