• About
  • Login to comment
    • Facebook
    • RSS
    • Twitter

Now Smell This

a blog about perfume

Menu ▼
  • Perfume Reviews
  • New Perfumes
  • Perfumers
  • Perfume Houses
  • Shop for perfume
  • Resources
2013 / Browsing by date: September 2013

Jean Patou Joy Forever ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 30 September 2013 41 Comments

Jean Patou Joy Forever advert

On my desk, in thick bond paper of the slightly elongated size standard in France, lays a press release from Jean Patou. Below the image of a perfume bottle are the words “Joy Hier, Joy Aujourd’hui, Joy Forever.”

However, the press release isn’t for Joy, but for a new fragrance, Joy Forever, intended to update the classic. Creating a contemporary companion to Joy is a tall order. Audacious, even. For one thing, it assumes that Joy is out of fashion. For another — well, Joy is an icon.

Jean Patou’s house perfumer, Thomas Fontaine, explained it this way: “Women today have difficulty ‘reading’ Joy.” He said that classic Joy is a wall of scent with just a hint of a bright prelude before settling into its signature interplay of rose and indolic jasmine. He said when someone on the street is wearing Joy, her wrapping (Fontaine, in English, repeatedly used “wrapping” instead of “sillage,” and it was so charming and evocative that I want to adopt it myself) is “lush and thick.” But as he points out, it’s not a style people are used to smelling anymore…

Read the rest of this article »

The Monday Mail ~ help Jennifer find a new perfume

Posted by Robin on 30 September 2013 36 Comments

Post box, Bologna

Today we’re helping Jennifer, who “jumped into” perfume obsession about 2 years ago. She’s willing to pay any amount for a perfume she loves, but doesn’t own many full bottles as she is selective about purchases. She has good access to stores and is happy to order samples online.

Jennifer would like recommendations for both daily wear and special occasion scents. She’d especially love to find an incense scent with light feminine touches; she’s also interested in light gourmand scents, or anything else you really think she should try. Here is what we know about Jennifer:

She’s in her late 30s and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She’s a veterinarian by trade but an artist at heart.

She loves to see (or smell!) the beauty in all things. She loves to paint, draw, hike, listen to music, or just create with her friends and family.

She has been described as “elegant with an edge” and would like to to smell like that description.

Jennifer likes well-blended, strong, long-lasting scents that are creamy, milky, sandalwood-y, but with some “dirt” (tobacco, leather, incense) or soft woods/spicy notes and a touch of femininity or softness…

Read the rest of this article »

Il me dit des mots d’amour

Posted by Robin on 30 September 2013 2 Comments

A little bottle porn from Dior, for Miss Dior Le Parfum.

Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 30 September 2013 Leave a Comment

New at harveynichols (UK): Tom Ford Noir Eau de Toilette.

Deal at luckyscent: get free shipping on orders of $75 or more with coupon code fall13, good through 10/31. New items include Olivier Durbano Lapis Philosophorum.

New at nordstrom: Burberry Brit Rhythm.

New at selfridges (UK): Juliette Has A Gun Anyway.

Profumi del Forte Vaiana Dea ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 September 2013 4 Comments

Profumi del Forte Vaiana Dea

Italian niche line Profumi del Forte has launched Vaiana Dea, a new floral gourmand fragrance…

Read the rest of this article »

Older articles »

Advertisement

Search

From NST at Twitter

  • "Eau de Animale: An ecosystem of scents from Zoologist Perfumes" (orion nature quarterly) https://t.co/wEguKm493W, 23 mins ago
  • "Coty Raises Profit Forecast on Resilient Demand, Price Hikes" (business of fashion) https://t.co/coHIajwCqI, 33 mins ago
  • "Revisiting the late Paco Rabanne’s journey from fashion spaceman to fragrance king" (prestige singapore) https://t.co/Rwb7YXLb1B,
  • "This Perfume Trend Is Dividing Opinion — But I’m Obsessed" (refinery29 on rose fragrances) https://t.co/4AruKSXnDw,
  • "The Biggest Fragrance Trends for 2023, According to Experts" (marieclaire) https://t.co/tVmxnyMEXX,

Browse by...

Topic

Perfume talk New fragrances
Shopping Books :: News
Body products Home fragrance
Polls Another subject

Date

January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022

Prior months

Author

Robin Jessica
Angela Kevin
Erin Guest Author

Tag

Celebrity perfumes
Cheap thrills
Collector bottles
Perfumista tip series
Video
The complete tag index

Recent reviews

Atelier Cologne Love Osmanthus
Moschino Toy Boy
Arquiste Misfit
Diptyque Eau Capitale
Zoologist Bee
Parfum d’Empire Immortelle Corse
Comme des Garcons Series 10 Clash
Frédéric Malle Rose & Cuir
L’Artisan Parfumeur Le Chant de Camargue
Yves Saint Laurent Grain de Poudre
Régime des Fleurs Chloë Sevigny Little Flower
Chanel 1957
Gallivant Los Angeles
Amouage Portrayal Woman

Blogroll

Bois de Jasmin
Grain de Musc
Perfume Posse
The Non-Blonde
More blogs...

Perfumista lists

100 fragrances every perfumista should try
And 25 more fragrances every perfumista should smell
50 masculine fragrances every perfumista should try
26 vintage fragrances every perfumista should try
25 rose fragrances every perfumista should try
11 Cheap Perfumes Beauty Outsiders Love

Favorite posts

The Great Perfume Reduction Plan
Why I Love Old School Chypres
New to perfume and want to learn more?
How to make fragrance last through the day
Fragrance concentrations: sorting it all out
On reformulations, or why your favorite perfume doesn’t smell like it used to
How to get fragrance samples
Perfume for Life: How Long Will Your Fragrance Collection Last?

Upcoming

List of upcoming Friday projects

4 January ~ damage poll
4 February ~ winter reading poll

TBA April ~ swap meet

Back to Top

Home
About Now Smell This :: Privacy Policy

Shop for Perfume Online
Perfume Shopping in New York
Perfume Shopping in London
Perfume Reviews
New Perfumes
General Perfume Articles
The Monday Mail

Glossary of Perfume Terms
Perfume FAQ
Perfume Links
Perfume Books
Fragrance Awards

Noses ~ Perfumers A-E :: F-K :: L-S :: T-Z

Perfume Houses A-B :: C :: D-E :: F-G
H-J :: K-L :: M :: N-O :: P :: Q-R :: S
T :: U-Z

Copyright © 2005-2023 Now Smell This. All rights reserved.