Frédéric Malle talks about his brand and his collaboration with the perfumers at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), including Bruno Jovanovic, who worked on the recent Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle fragrance.
(via press release from Barneys, where you can read more about the video)
I haven’t sniffed all of Malle’s scents. I do really like Lipstick Rose so far. I liked Angeliques but I found it really didn’t have any staying power on me.
I’m still working my way through the 2012 coffret, and I’m wearing Angéliques sous la Pluie today. I’ll have to wear it some more to come to a definite conclusion, but it doesn’t seem to last long on me either. It does smell very nice. A bit like a number 2 pencil that has been rolled in spice- crushed bay leaves maybe? Not something I’d buy a FB of, but I’m happy with the fat sample size.
One of my favorite lines, up in the top 5.
Surrender to Chance just had a discount on some French and Italian perfume lines and I got quite a few drams of Bigarade in the original and Concentree, which is a fragrance I’ve found so uplifting, I can’t be in a bad mood while I wear it. lol I also got a few more samples to try but I realize after watching this video I forgot to include Geranium Pour Homme and Noir Epcies, durnnit! Oh well, there’s always next time – for me, anyway. 😛
I think there is still 1 I have not tried, a newer one, but can’t even remember what it is.