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Anna Dello Russo The Scent of Anna Dello Russo ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2010 42 Comments

Anna Dello Russo Beyond

Vogue Nippon fashion editor-at-large Anna Dello Russo, who has reportedly become a style icon in her own right, will launch her debut fragrance, Beyond The Scent of Anna Dello Russo, in time for Christmas.

The new scent will feature notes of almond and vanilla, and will come in a golden shoe. I will update with details as they're available, or you can read more on her blog. (via wwd)

Update: The fragrance now seems to be called The Scent of Anna Dello Russo, although on Yoox they are just calling it Anna Dello Russo. Here is the description:

Vanilla and almond are combined in a nostalgic scent. Warm and caressing notes, tempting and indulgent. In the air and on your skin, the smell of goodness.

And the new visual (the bottle shown in the image at top was a prototype; the real bottle is much simpler):

The Scent of Anna Dello Russo is $25 for 8 ml Eau de Toilette and can be found now at Yoox, where they note that the bottle is extremely fragile and "could easily break into sharp fragments". (via yoox)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: anna dello russo, celebrity perfumes

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  1. kristinacologne says:
    28 July 2010 at 9:12 am

    Wow, that will be a strong competitor to the new Mugler when it comes to outright weird bottles. Fortunately, I am not tempted at all…

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    • Robin says:
      28 July 2010 at 10:33 am

      It’s up there in the top 10.

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  2. pigoletto says:
    28 July 2010 at 9:15 am

    I can’t imagine the costs involved for a bottle like that.

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    • kaos.geo says:
      28 July 2010 at 9:34 am

      Bottles can be deceptive…
      I can find some middle-eastern inspired perfume bottles for not that much money here in Buenos Aires (and imports here are usually heavily taxed)

      It does look complicated at first look.

      I’m intrigued by this woman.. could she be the next “Nuclear Wintour”?? hehehehhee

      I will google her a bit.
      Almonds and vanilla sounds nice as long as it doesn´t smell sickeningly sweet

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    • Robin says:
      28 July 2010 at 10:31 am

      No idea.

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  3. Daisy says:
    28 July 2010 at 9:29 am

    I suppose if I was a “shoe person” I might find the bottle adorable or some such….but I’m pretty much a white-leather-Nike kinda girl and thus you can understand why I’d find the bottle to be, ummm….OBNOXIOUS. But they’ve used two of the magic words: Almond & Vanilla so maybe I’ll get a chance to sample…and if I like it I guess I’ll have to hope there’s “tester” bottles somewhere!

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    • Robin says:
      28 July 2010 at 10:31 am

      I’d love to know if that’s a real factice, or just a picture of what might possibly some day be the bottle. We’ll see.

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      • Daisy says:
        28 July 2010 at 10:47 am

        Unfortunately, with most bottles I’ve come across all the fancy glittery parts are usually metalized plastic and pretty tacky in person. So if this is a factice for the photo op , then it might not be so bad. Generally I prefer bottles that have a solid feel and the quiet elegance of heavy glass, but that’s just me.

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    • miss kitty v. says:
      28 July 2010 at 2:38 pm

      I *am* a shoe person, and it does nothing for me. I want shoes, not things shaped like shoes.

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      • RusticDove says:
        28 July 2010 at 6:15 pm

        Tell it sistah!

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  4. Rictor07 says:
    28 July 2010 at 9:34 am

    I dont think they should put that chin on an advertisement. Its taking up too much valuable space.

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    • Daisy says:
      28 July 2010 at 9:58 am

      or perhaps they could’ve found a picture that made her look less like she’s having intestinal pain…

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    • Robin says:
      28 July 2010 at 10:30 am

      Ouch.

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    • bjorn says:
      28 July 2010 at 12:19 pm

      Aww come on, she’s a style icon (supposedly), not a model. I like that she is fronting her own product.

      I wonder if this is part of a trend, will we see Eau Anna Wintour before Christmas? And Vogue has 18 editions, we could soon see Vogue Italia,Taiwan and Russia in bottles. Though the only editor-fragrance I would eagerly await would be of US Vogue creative director Grace Coddington, now THAT would be something!

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      • k-scott says:
        28 July 2010 at 1:04 pm

        I’m totally with you on the Eau de Grace Coddington!

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        • fleurdelys says:
          28 July 2010 at 1:57 pm

          She could call it “Grace Notes”! HA! OK, I’ll stop now…

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          • bjorn says:
            28 July 2010 at 3:56 pm

            I think that’s a great name actually. Hmm how about Grace and Le Labo, would that be a good fit? Le Labo Grace Notes 27. You hear us Vogue? Have it ready for launch in September 2011

        • sweetlife (ahtx) says:
          28 July 2010 at 2:42 pm

          Oh, yes PLEASE! Are you listening Etat Libre?

          Excepts. Can’t you see Grace screwing up her face and laughing at the person that suggests this to her?

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      • miss kitty v. says:
        28 July 2010 at 2:41 pm

        OMG, I’m so glad I’m not the only Grace fan! She’s the only reason I subscribe to Vogue. I would admittedly buy a perfume with her name on it.

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        • LaMaroc says:
          29 July 2010 at 11:09 am

          I love how Grace handles Nulcear Wintour (see “The September Issue”). She is one of my idols. I love her style (yup, even the hair… *especially* the hair!) and I would jump all over an ELd’O scent from her. Le Labo…I like their fragrances, but not their attitude so much. And she loves cats. :) I’d also like to see what kinda of fragrance Hamish Bowles would put his name behind.

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  5. Absolute Scentualist says:
    28 July 2010 at 10:12 am

    Almond and vanilla are two of my fave notes, especially when blended i.e. Lea, Alessandro, Lady Evangeline, Strenesse etc. The bottle doesn’t sound very appealing, so if the price is ridiculous, I’ll simply go back to my old stand-by almond frags. But if it isn’t, I’ll definitely try it.

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    • Robin says:
      28 July 2010 at 10:30 am

      Too soon to tell…I don’t know who is making or distributing it. If anyone.

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  6. sweetlife (ahtx) says:
    28 July 2010 at 10:20 am

    Oh, Robin: “has reportedly become a style icon in her own right”

    That “has reportedly” cracks me up!

    You can see lots of pictures of her in her new favorite see-through lace dresses over on The Sartorialist., whether or not she is an icon.

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    • Robin says:
      28 July 2010 at 10:29 am

      Well, many of the articles I read on this subject seemed to assume she was a household name. I don’t think so. Probably more accurate to say she is a household name among fashion bloggers.

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      • sweetlife (ahtx) says:
        28 July 2010 at 11:58 am

        Oh I totally agree! What cracked me up was your deft skewering of the hype with a single, accurate phrase. It’s the kind of thing I never would have noticed when I started reading, but now it makes me laugh out loud…

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        • boojum says:
          28 July 2010 at 12:09 pm

          Just one more reason we all keep coming back. :D

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  7. devilbunnies says:
    28 July 2010 at 10:38 am

    I’ve no idea who this is really, but I like the shoe bottle.

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  8. lisa says:
    28 July 2010 at 10:54 am

    For a fashion guru she seems to have a rather dainty taste…except in dogs. Why is it I wonder that the more exuberant people always own the most timid, depressed looking pets?

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    • AnnS says:
      28 July 2010 at 11:35 am

      Lisa – I was thinking the same thing (not really knowing anything about her) – if she is so wicked good at fashion, then why is her fragrance so boring? A golden slipper with vanilla in it. Woo – hoo.

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  9. krokodilgena says:
    28 July 2010 at 11:24 am

    My friend looovves her.
    I actually started reading NST again waiting for this to be posted so I could pass more information on to her.
    but she reads her blog so I suppose she’s already seen this and I won’t get to be the ~*messenger*~ :(

    That bottle reminds me of a Christmas ornament.

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    • kaos.geo says:
      28 July 2010 at 1:28 pm

      Krokodilegena, I am glad you returned! I like your posts as I find them brutally honest, funny and acid (in a good way).

      What is life without some spice?? ;-)

      Welcome back.

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      • LaMaroc says:
        29 July 2010 at 11:12 am

        Hear, hear! Welcome back, krokodilgena. I, too, missed your spikiness! :D We all need a break from the blogs though, right? Lest we go a-koo-koo!

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  10. AnnS says:
    28 July 2010 at 11:33 am

    My fav almond vanilla powder fragrnace in Montale’s Powder Flowers – pretty nice stuff if you like almonds, etc. I don’t know who this woman is, but that is not saying much. These days I’d recognized TIgger Sport or Eau d’Elmo or Zoe Eau Fraiche…… I can take or leave bottles (except Chamade extrait), so I don’t really care about the bottle. I’m with Daisy above: give me a nice easily stored glass brick. Nothing but empty vintage bottles sit on top my dresser.

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    • k-scott says:
      28 July 2010 at 1:06 pm

      I vote for Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum L’Eau Poudree for almond vanilla powder. I like that stuff much more that I ever thought possible!

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      • AnnS says:
        28 July 2010 at 1:49 pm

        That’s super pretty too! I have a decant of that somewhere in my gi-normous pile! I’ll have to fish it out!

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  11. krokodilgena says:
    28 July 2010 at 11:40 am

    I like the smell of vanilla and almonds, but it isn’t the kind of thing I like to wear…so maybe I could use this as a room spray and then when its all gone I can attach a hook to the bottle and use it as a Christmas tree ornament.

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    • AnnS says:
      28 July 2010 at 11:44 am

      Sounds like a good but expensive plan to me!

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  12. maggiecat says:
    28 July 2010 at 2:36 pm

    Hmmm…I love shoes (almost as much as I love scents) and I’m partial to gourmand scents in winter…I might have to look into this!

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  13. Joe says:
    29 July 2010 at 12:12 am

    I think that bottle has a place on the fantasy vanity of every professional drag queen in the universe.

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    • LaMaroc says:
      29 July 2010 at 11:16 am

      Doh! There I was looking for the “like” button again. lol

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    • AnnS says:
      29 July 2010 at 11:38 am

      Nice! :-)

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    • rlikestosmell says:
      30 July 2010 at 4:40 am

      It’s confirmed–i’m a drag queen!

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