Italian niche line Acqua di Biella has launched Kid Mohair, the second fragrance in their La Vie della Lana range:
The latest fragrance in Acqua di Biella’s La Vie della Lana Collection is Kid Mohair, an Eau de Parfum for women inspired by the unforgettable Audrey Hepburn. Chiara Cantono, leading up the fourth generation at Acqua di Biella dedicated this fragrance to her grandmother Maria Rivetti, a lady of great sensitivity and charisma and descendent of one of the greatest Italian wool dynasties of the nineteenth century.
The Eau de Parfum is a wrapped embrace in the softest and most precious wool from which this fragrance gets its name. Its gentle and harmonious fragrance evokes the sensual femininity of a woman who enchants with her sophistication, elegance and unparalleled class.
A soft and very sophisticated scent with notes of Bulgarian rose, osmanthus and pink pepper combined with sensuous shades of silk underline the extremely delicate nature of the fragrance while mango and tangerine exude a distinct exoticness. The composition is rounded off by amber notes with a hint of musk and patchouly.
Acqua di Biella Kid Mohair is available now at First in Fragrance in Germany, and is 150€ for 125 ml Eau de Parfum. (via first-in-fragrance)
Something about this from concept to name is just not working for me. Kid Mohair sounds like a superhero’s sidekick gone awry. It would surely sound better in Italian. I also understand “cozy sweater scents” but mention wool in the copy and I can’t help but think of the smell of wet wool. It may very well be beautiful, and the notes are promising if I think of something like MDCI Rivage des Syrtes.
I keep thinking of Kid Rock for some reason.
The offspring of Kid Rock and a goat? Kid Mohair? I wouldn’t put it past him.
Agree re the name: my first thought was baby goat!
well… they do mean baby goat, given that’s what mohair is… but making us think about the animal instead of the luxurious soft sweater was maybe not their intent.
Agree on all counts: the concept isn’t doing anything for me (Audrey Hepburn + wool?) and the name is not attractive in English.
The notes do sound lovely. I am intrigued enough to make sure I try it if I come across it.
It does sound nice! Cashmere Twill, the first in the series, was nice but did not excite me.
I thought the first one sounded nicer, but still haven’t even managed to sniff that one.
It was nice…but did not make me drool or anything 😉
That was my thought as well. What does Audrey Hepburn have to do with sheep? And where does the fragrance creator’s grandmother fit in? *scratches head* Ah well. Sounds like a decent enough fragrance at least.
Too many components!
The name of this fragrance is just not doing it for me… can you imagine telling someone you are wearing “Kid Mohair”? All I can think of is the smell of wet wool…
I do think they misjudged how it would sound in English. But maybe English speakers are not their primary market?
I am a professional knitter and spinner (and most people look at me as if I just said I churn butter for a living). Kid mohair is NOT the softest thing ever, and it isn’t even the nicest mohair. It comes from Angora goats, and while the roving from the first shear of a baby goat is pretty soft, what you generally get is rather coarse. Mohair made from merino and silk is MUCH nicer. Baby llama is very nice, but for my money, baby alpaca and cashmere are the softest. For someone else’s money, quiviet is the best. Followed by yak, bunny angora, bison, cormo, and camel. I love the smell of wool, but it does have a distinctly earthy, sheepy scent that I don’t think transfers well to perfume. The thought of a kid mohair perfume makes me itchy.
Itchy, oh no! Not what they’d had in mind, I’d think.
I was wondering when someone was going to point that out. . . .I’ve got a lovely, white handwoven kid mohair scarf that I can never wear because it scratches like crazy. Not to mention sheds like crazy on my black winter coat. So not scoring any points with me on the name, either. With the notes it could go either way, a too-sharp citrus over a kind of flat base, or it could be a well-blended elegant scent.