A short video for the new Baccarat Rouge 540 fragrance, including a brief appearance by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian.
Friday scent of the day 11/21
It’s Friday! Unsniffed Friday, no less. Our community project: wear a perfume you bought before you’d smelled it, and tell us how it worked out for you.
If you’ve never bought anything unsniffed, congratulations, and do chime in with your scent of the day anyway.
I’m wearing Carthusia Mediterraneo, the first fragrance I ever bought unsniffed. I loved it right away, and I still love it (I’ve had to replace the original bottle), but I’ve since learned the hard way that I’m really not very good at buying unsniffed (the first unsniffed bottle I laid my eyes on when I went searching through my cabinet was the barely touched 100 ml bottle of Hermès Un Jardin après la Mousson)…
Penhaligon’s Ostara ~ new fragrance
Penhaligon’s will launch Ostara, a new solar floral fragrance, in Spring 2015…
Versace Eros Pour Femme ~ new fragrance
Versace will launch Eros Pour Femme, the feminine counterpart to 2012’s Versace Eros. Eros Pour Femme is due to launch next month in Italy, elsewhere in 2015, and will be fronted by Brian Shimansky (who starred in the Eros campaign) and Lara Stone. Per Donatella Versace…
5 perfumes: citrus for cold weather
Longtime readers know I am not a fan of cold weather. Early fall, when it’s crisp and sunny, is ok I guess, but I can do without the rest of it. So, naturally, I live in Pennsylvania. Supposedly, this year we’re in for a particularly harsh winter, and if the temperature the last few days is any indication, the doomsday warnings might be turn out to be true.
Of course, you can combat cold weather in the traditional way, with woods and spices and vanilla, but sometimes, a blast of citrus, with its reminder of warmer days, seems a better way to thumb your nose at the ice crystals forming on the windows. So in the spirit of denial, here are five citrus fragrances you can wear to stay cheerful as you struggle to get the snow blower going…and of course, do add your own favorites in the comments!
Guerlain Shalimar
Let’s start right off with the big guns, shall we…