Carolina Herrera will launch 212 Surf, new limited edition flankers to 1997′s Carolina Herrera 212 and 212 Men fragrances, in March. The 212 Surf fragrances were inspired by “summer memories” and the beach. Other recent releases in the 212 series include 212 VIP Rosé…
Bebe Love ~ new perfume
Fashion chain Bebe has launched Bebe Love, a new limited edition fragrance for women. Other recent launches from the brand include Bebe Nouveau…
Xerjoff Join the Club ~ fragrance mini-reviews
Here’s the concept: Each of Xerjoff’s ten Join the Club (or JTC) fragrances is an olfactory homage to a particular hobby. When you buy one of them, you get a code that gives you access to a website with “exclusive initiatives” about the hobby to which your perfume is linked. Golf, sailing, theater, meditation, cigars, jazz, poetry, fashion, horse racing and traveling each has its own JTC fragrance.
Well. A beautiful fragrance doesn’t need a gimmick to sell it, and as soon as I read the description, my snark machine fired up. On the other hand, Xerjoff doesn’t usually skimp on materials, and although many of their fragrances are conservative to my nose, I really like a few of them…
The Monday Mail ~ help Sondra find a new perfume
Sondra wants to find a new perfume with “significant green notes and some floral notes”. She can spend up to $150, and while she doesn’t have great access to perfume shops, buying online and sampling through decants is her usual method of trying fragrances anyway. Here is what we know about Sondra:
She’s a therapist in her early 50s.
She’s an outdoorsy person who would rather spend a day hiking or with a book than at the mall or indoors.
Most of her clothes come second-hand, partially because she likes the aesthetic of gently used things. Her favorite articles of clothing are preppy, but not in a polished, chirpy way, more in a slightly worn and comfortably rumpled way.
Sondra likes galbanum, rose, hawthorn, lilac and heliotrope…
Guess Girl Summer ~ new perfume
Guess will launch Guess Girl Summer, a new fruity floral flanker to 2013’s Guess Girl fragrance (and see also: Guess Girl Belle)…