At midnight tonight, many of us will toast the New Year with a glass of Champagne. Fizzy wine goes so well with New Year’s Eve’s party dresses, flashy jewelry, and dance music. Well, so does fizzy perfume.
Here are some of my picks for Champagne-like fragrances:
Yves Saint Laurent Yvresse: There’s a reason Yvresse was named Champagne before the Champagne lobby sued Yves Saint Laurent to change it. This pale, fruity chypre smells like a spill of off-dry Champagne the morning after the party. For me, wine can recall perfume, and the combination of moss and dry peach or apricot often reminds me of white wine. (Rose, violet, and sandalwood, on the other hand, remind me of Cabernet Franc. Leather chypres smell like good Temperanillo. Gosh, I’m getting thirsty.) Yvresse was well named…
