New at dillards: Fendi Fan di Fendi Pour Homme Assoluto.
New at escentual (UK): Givenchy Very Irresistible L'Eau en Rose, Marc Jacobs Daisy Delight, Dolce by Dolce & Gabbana.
The Body Shop English Dawn White Gardenia ~ new fragrance
The Body Shop has launched English Dawn White Gardenia, a new addition to their Scents of the World perfume collection…
Nest Indigo ~ new perfume
Laura Slatkin’s Nest Fragrances brand has launched Indigo, a new fragrance for women. Other recent fragrances from Nest include Paradise…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 5
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special editions from Ferragamo, Viktor & Rolf, Estee Lauder and Rochas.
From Salvatore Ferragamo, the Mini Fragrance Collection, featuring 20 ml bottles of Signorina Eau de Parfum, Signorina Eau de Toilette (shown), and the new Signorina Eleganza. The bottle designs were inspired by spinning tops. £30 each at Debenhams or House of Fraser in the UK…
By Kilian Imperial Tea ~ perfume review
Imperial Tea is the latest addition to the Asian Tales collection from niche line By Kilian. It is being launched along with Sacred Wood, and the duo made me sit up and take notice: I’m not always a huge fan of the By Kilian line, and the earlier scents in the Asian Tales series — Bamboo Harmony, Water Calligraphy and Flower of Immortality — pretty much left me cold, but jasmine tea and Mysore sandalwood? Theoretically, at least, I’m in.
I’ll talk about Sacred Wood later (possibly on Thursday); today’s focus is the Imperial Tea, inspired by the Asian tale of “The Big Red Toga Tea” (you can read versions here and here), and promising “the olfactory impression of authentic Jasmin tea”.1 Jasmine tea is one of my favorite smells in the world. I drink a cup of Yin Hao jasmine nearly every morning, and while there are fancier (and more expensive) versions of jasmine tea, few of them can beat a really top quality Yin Hao. The smell from a freshly opened pouch or tin is exquisite, and the taste is about as close to a drinkable perfume as you are likely to get.
The Imperial Tea fragrance was developed by perfumer Calice Becker, and it’s darned close to perfection…