Remember Crazylibellule and The Poppies? They’re back: brand founder Isabelle Masson-Mandonnaud introduced Le Soft Perfume earlier this year. The debut collection is Le Petit Fou, with 10 fragrances in solid twist-up form…
L’Artisan Parfumeur Jour de Fete ~ fragrance reissue
L’Artisan Parfumeur will relaunch Jour de Fête, the 2003 fragrance by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti, in March of 2014. Jour de Fête will be available as a limited edition…
George Takei Eau My ~ new fragrance
Actor George Takei, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, will launch his debut fragrance, Eau My, in December. Eau My was made under licensing arrangements with Tru Fragrance & Beauty, and follows other Star Trek-related fragrances made by Genki Wear, including Shirtless Kirk and Sulu…*
Marni Rose ~ perfume review & quick flanker poll
Marni Rose is the first flanker to Marni, the brand’s debut fragrance. It was announced as a “more intense” scent geared towards the Asian market. Now, a more intense scent geared towards the Asian market is a rare bird indeed, insofar as nearly everything geared towards the Asian market is made as light and inoffensive and clean as possible, but the claims turn out to be reasonably true. The original Marni, of course, was not exactly a powerhouse, so we are talking degrees of intense here.
Still, Marni was one of my favorite fragrance releases of 2013, and Marni Rose now joins the “best of” list as one of my favorite flankers of the year.1 It does exactly what a flanker ought to do: explores facets of the original fragrance whilst still being similar enough to justify keeping the name and the packaging (they’ve tinted the bottle in shades of pink, and switched the red cap for a black one). You could very reasonably want to own both, and you could just as easily find that you liked Marni Rose even if you didn’t quite love Marni…
Black rose
A pop-up book for the new Marni Rose fragrance.