David Jourquin’s eponymous niche line launched in 2011 with two fragrances for men, Cuir Mandarine and Cuir Tabac…
Online fragrance shopping
New at houseoffraser (UK): Ted Baker Pashion & Langley.
New at luckyscent: Comme des Garcons A New Perfume, Mary Greenwell Plum (both pre-order).
Kinski Eau de Toilette ~ new fragrance
New at Colette in Paris is a fragrance in honor of actor Klaus Kinski, Kinski Eau de Toilette…
Lancome Tresor ~ fragrance review
In one of my favorite reviews in Perfumes: The A-Z Guide, Luca Turin tells of seeing a busty woman on the London Underground wearing a tee shirt that read “All this and brains too.” He compares that “vulgar-but-wily combination” to Lancôme Trésor.
Trésor’s apricot-tinged rose is the pulchritude, and the vetiver is the intellect. I get it. But to me the rose is more Dinah Shore than Jayne Mansfield, and the vetiver doesn’t quite rate Mensa. That’s o.k. Trésor is entering its third decade not because it’s a sensual shock, but because it’s a crowd pleaser…
Armand Basi Rose Glacee ~ new perfume
Spanish designer Armand Basi has launched Rose Glacée, a new floral fragrance for women. Rose Glacée aims to evoke the scent of a just-cut rose in the morning dew…