Indie line Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched two new florals for spring, Peony and White Lilac, and a new fragrance for men, Metropolis.
Peony (shown) ~ "Peony is as classic a Spring scent as there is. Plus, I love fresh peonies when they blossom in my garden…their elegant presence speaks of utter beauty and femininity. This new Peony design is more than just the scent of the flower. I wanted to give the wearer a sense of experience. Peony starts at dawn with the dew still on the bud that hasn’t yet opened. The deep green leaves of the plant and a bit of grass are present. Then the peony opens and releases it’s delicate yet definite aroma and we experience the fullness of a fresh blossom. As the perfume dries down it is dusk, and the peony has turned a bit more rose-like as the sun sets and a shadow covers the blossom as night falls." In 1 dram, 10 or 30 ml Eau de Parfum.
White Lilac ~ "The essence of Spring…a lovely and soft, moist yet airy, fruit nuanced lilac with the classic honey-floral drydown." In 10 or 30 ml Eau de Parfum, 10 ml Essence Oil, body products.
Metropolis ~ "Modernism. Minimalism. Urban chic. An abstract masculine design with notes of brushed steel, glass, concrete and motor oil." In 1 dram, 10 or 30 ml Eau de Parfum.
(via dshperfumes)
I have some White Lilac (from the Essense Collection, a couple of years ago) – wonder if it’s just back again. It’s really lovely, not a hint of air freshener.
Mals, do you have any thoughts on how it compares with En Passant?
Lessee… basing this comparison on my remembrance of a small sample of En Passant, which is gone.
White Lilac is “thicker” – more definitively floral. There is a greenish cast, but it is faint. It is sweeter than En Passant as well, and does not carry the wheat and cucumber notes. En Passant I remember being very ethereal, a very light veil of scent. White Lilac I only have in oil format, so there is a difference there too; it is more a skin scent and sticks around much longer.
There is a hint of rose, I think, in White Lilac, and I could wish for more leafy green notes – if it had more green, it would be very much like sticking one’s nose right into a lilac bush.
Ooh, intriguing! Thanks so much for this! Sounds like they might be different enough to justify having both
Oh, could well be!
Love lilac, want to sniff.
notes of brushed steel, glass, concrete and motor oil – really? ugh.
Could be fun though! I was wondering if it was related to this one:
https://nstperfume.com/2013/12/12/rude-parfum-one-new-fragrance/
Ya, it could be fun, kinda wanna sniff it:)
I remember there was a men’s fragrance called Metropolis in the 1980’s or early 90’s…it was an Estee Lauder fragrance. It had a loud screaming smell…not only did it enter a room a minute before the wearer, it cleared the room of anyone in an unsuitable socio-economic status. Not sure what happened to it.
I was really hoping Metropolis was based on the Fritz Lang film.
That would be too awesome!
I really, really need to try those florals, two of my favorite flower scents and of course DSH does them so well.