Comme des Garçons has launched a new fragrance in conjunction with their recent fashion collection for H&M, the Swedish clothing retailer.
The woody unisex fragrance was developed by perfumer Shyamala Maisondieu…
Ralph Lauren Polo Modern Reserve ~ fragrance review
The Ralph Lauren Polo fragrance is 30 years old this year, so don’t complain about how popular it was in your high school years or we’ll all start calculating your age. Polo Modern Reserve, a new, ‘updated’ edition of the 1978 Polo fragrance, was created to: 1) celebrate Polo’s birthday (it is an accomplishment to make it to age 30 in the crazy, fickle world of perfume) and 2) appeal to original Polo wearers’ male offspring — men between the ages of 25-30. Polo is still one of the top 15 men’s fragrances in the U.S.* so WHY imply it’s “dated” and for ‘old’ guys?
Polo contains artemisia, basil, bergamot, chamomile, cumin, juniper berry, geranium, carnation, jasmine, ‘pine needle,’ rose, thyme, tobacco, amber, cedar, leather, musk, moss, patchouli and frankincense. That list of WHAM! BAM! POW! ingredients does not read (or smell) “old” to me; Polo is vibrant and interesting and blows most mainstream, and niche, male fragrances out of the eau (de Toilette).
Polo Modern Reserve takes Polo’s formula, erases the tingly, bursting-with-life green notes, replaces chamomile with cardamom, tobacco with vetiver-leather, juniper berries with pimento berries, and frankincense with myrrh incense…
New perfumes from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched a trio of limited edition fragrances, Viridian, Quinacridone Violet and Prince, as the Chroma: color series 2 collection, which joins the Parfums des Beaux Arts range.
This new collection is a continuation of the color exploration that I began in 2007, but with a twist: this time around I chose two distinct “artist colors”…
Bond no. 9 Saks Boca ~ new perfume
As previously reported, Bond no. 9 has launched a new limited edition fragrance exclusively for the Boca Raton Saks. According to Laurice Rahme of Bond, Boca is “like New York on the beach”. Her description of the Saks Boca scent:
It had to be something fresh, but something rich enough that it says something…