Giorgio Armani has launched Armani Code Ultimate, a new woody oriental fragrance for men. Armani Code Ultimate is a flanker to 2004′s Armani Code…
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, late August 2012
The usual open thread poll routine: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you’re saving your pennies for, your last great perfume swap, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Mark Buxton Sleeping With Ghosts, Sexual Healing & Devil In Disguise~ new fragrances
Perfumer Mark Buxton has repackaged and relaunched his eponymous brand. By Mark Buxton is now Mark Buxton Perfumes. Wood & Absinth and Black Angel have been retained; the other fragrances have been discontinued. There are three new fragrances: Sleeping With Ghosts, Sexual Healing and Devil In Disguise…
Houbigant Orangers en Fleurs ~ fragrance review
We tend to complain that many fragrance houses offer a surfeit of new releases, season after season, without any apparent concern for quality or aesthetic consistency. Houbigant is one house we can’t blame for taking that approach: although it certainly has a “heritage” that would turn newcomer niche lines green with envy, its complicated recent history has resulted in a pared-down catalogue of offerings, which is somehow refreshing these days.
I do remember Chantilly from my teen years, but it’s now owned by Dana Classic Fragrances (and probably doesn’t smell much like it used to in my Seventeen-reading era). And, just a few years ago, I had a co-worker who wore the venerable Quelques Fleurs (1912!) as her signature scent; I loved catching a whiff of it when she passed me in the corridor. On the other hand, I’ve cordially loathed Quelques Fleurs Royales since its release in 2004 — the last news I’d heard about Houbigant until this summer’s launch of Orangers en Fleurs….
Dangerously sophisticated
A short video for the new James Bond 007 fragrance for men.