A (lovely!) short film for Amouage Fate Woman and Fate Man.
Below the jump, the film for Amouage Interlude.
Online fragrance shopping
New at escentual (UK): Etat Libre d'Orange Fin du Monde.
New at indiescents: Tauer Perfumes line.
New at selfridges (UK): Burberry Body Gold limited edition.
Smell Bent Holiday 2013 ~ new fragrances
Indie line Smell Bent has launched their holiday collection for 2013, including several reissues from past collections. This year’s limited edition fragrances are Gimel A Break, Winter Vixen, Père Noël Coward, Ice Station Zebra and Snobirds…
Parfums de Nicolai Rose Oud & Amber Oud ~ new fragrances
French niche brand Parfums de Nicolaï will launch Rose Oud & Amber Oud this month…
Hermes Epice Marine ~ fragrance review
A new fragrance in the upscale Hermessence range from French house Hermès always makes me happy, even when I don’t love the juice — it’s pretty rare that one has bored me, although it has happened. The new Épice Marine is number 11 in the series, and it falls squarely in the very-interesting-but-don’t-adore-it category, which makes me even happier; as I pointed out in my review of Jour d’Hermès, the brand has taken the lion’s share of my perfume spending already. I will be perfectly happy with the 15 ml travel size I have already purchased, and presumably Hermès will continue to prosper even if I don’t shell out for the full-sized bottle.
So, Épice Marine. The fragrance is about spices and the ocean: it was developed in a collaborative process between Hermès house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena and Breton “pirate chef” Olivier Roellinger, and was inspired by their mutual love of spices and the smell of the sea…