Narciso Rodriguez has launched new limited edition flankers for his Essence and For Her fragrances for women:
Essence In Color (purple, above left) ~ "Each element of this ultra-sophisticated limited edition has been enhanced to sublimate the original Eau de Parfum in a couture way: Vibrating and colorful top notes have been added to the fragrance, the bottle is dressed up with one absolute color purple - and the outer packaging has a wink at Narciso Rodriguez fashion collages."
For Her In Color (fuchsia, above right) ~ "Each element of this ultra-sophisticated limited edition has been enhanced to sublimate the original Eau de Parfum in a couture way: Vibrating and colorful top notes have been added to the fragrance, the bottle is dressed up with one absolute color fuchsia - and the outer packaging has a wink at Narciso Rodriguez fashion collages."
Narciso Rodriguez Essence In Color & For Her In Color are available now at Saks Fifth Avenue, in 50 ($84) and 100 ($108) ml Eau de Parfum. (via saksfifthavenue)
Update: "In Color for her is a musky floral scent with a heart of musc surrounded by notes of rose, peach pulp, patchouli, moss, vanilla and amberlyn. The second version, In Color essence, is an amber floral musk with a heart of white musc surrounded by iris powder, incense and benzoin balm." (via diarydirectory)
I don’t like the bottles anymore; the colouring makes them look cheap. In fact, they’re reminiscent of those Hugo Boss ones.
I’m not loving them either.
vibrating and colorful = most likely fruits and spices?
Beats me. I don’t understand the NR line at all…he seems to just do subtle variations on the same 2 scents over & over.
“to sublimate in a couture way”?
Beats me.
All that copy – and still no clue as to what they night actually smell like…
Yep.
These are pretty vague. Are they different than the Intense versions, which had similar descriptions? I love NR for Her but don’t know if I already own this in a different colored bottle or not… :S
Exactly. You can never tell. I miss announcing a number of his flankers because I can’t even tell if they’re new or not.
They look like summer limited editions to me. …
Probably.
But…nothing about the added notes?
I like his fragrances, and the whole concept of his fragrance line, but I don’t understand this. Don’t like the colors at all. And I do like some of Hugo Boss offerings.
NR specializes in providing as little info as possible, sorry. I don’t know the notes.
Huh?
If it’s any help, I sniffed these yesterday and the fuchsia smelled super-similar to all the other inscrutably-named NRs. My companion noted that the purple, however, was much greener–maybe even more badly in need of a name of its own!
I’m in the midst of trying to decide whether to purchase the EDT or the EDP myself; I can never remember which it is I prefer!