The usual open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the last fragrance you almost bought but didn’t, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
CB I Hate Perfume M6 Do Not Ask Me Why ~ new fragrance
Indie niche line CB I Hate Perfume has launched M6 Do Not Ask Me Why, the latest in the Metamorphosis series and #406 in the general collection…
Amor Amor x 3
Three new adverts for Cacharel Amor Amor, featuring young women chosen by social media campaigns in France, Spain and Latin America. First up, Prescilia for France, followed (below the jump) by Silvia for Spain and Barbara for Latin America.
And the winner is…
...Coumarin, who takes the Atelier Cologne Ecrin Absolu set from our last contest. Congrats!
Friedemodin Vertine, Jardin Mystique, Rosee de Nuit, Feu Follet ~ short perfume reviews
Friedemodin is a relatively new independent perfume brand created by Nina Friede and Elisabeth Modin (get it?), “two friends united in London by [their] fascination and love of perfumery.” The first Friedemodin collection, Jardin Mystique, is designed to evoke the scents of a garden from dawn to dusk. The four fragrances in this collection — Vertine, Jardin Mystique, Rosée de Nuit and Feu Follet — were developed for Friedemodin by perfumer François Robert.
Moving from lightest to deepest: Vertine, a fresh green fragrance, includes notes of peppermint, basil, galbanum, fig leaf, tea rose, cedarwood and musk. For me, at least, it’s hard to see the name “Vertine” and not think of Balmain Vent Vert, the classic green galbanum fragrance…