The 2013 fragrance awards season is over, and we have a winner: Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb, which took 6 awards.* This is the first time in years that the “big winner” was a fragrance I actually liked.
The second place winner is Tom Ford Noir, with four awards, and we have a four way tie for third place — Marc Jacobs Dot, Balenciaga Florabotanica, Chanel Coco Noir and Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire took 3 awards each.
A quick run down of past winners…
Our standard issue open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfumes on your buy list, the perfume you wish you had never bought, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
The sea and lemon trees.
I remember a day by the sea and waking up early and the sharp scent of lemon trees and the wind that brought salt and olives into the bedroom like a fairy story where the feast is invisible.
— From Days Like This, a short story by Jeanette Winterson, inspired by Oscar de la Renta's Granada fragrance. You can read the rest, and find links to three other stories inspired by recent fragrances, at Stylist.
L’Occitane has launched Verveine Menthe / Mint Verbena, the brand’s yearly limited edition summer version of their popular unisex Verbena fragrance. It follows last year’s Verbena Sorbet…
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New at harrods (UK): Roberto Cavalli Oud, Dior Addict Eau Delice.
New at luckyscent: L'Artisan Parfumeur Caligna.
New at selfridges (UK): Dior Addict Eau Delice.
New at sephora: Marc Jacobs Honey, Dior Addict Eau Delice.