Happy Holidays from Lanvin.
Online fragrance shopping
New at bloomingdales: Clinique Aromatics in White.
New at nordstrom: Thierry Mugler Angel Passion Star.
New at sephora: Tory Burch Jolie Fleur trio.
New at twistedlily: Imaginary Authors Every Storm a Serenade.
Sonoma Scent Studio Pacific Forest ~ new fragrance
Indie line Sonoma Scent Studio will launch Pacific Forest, a new mostly-natural alternative to the brand’s Forest Walk fragrance…
Tuesday scent of the day 12/22
It’s Tuesday, and it’s the Winter Solstice. What fragrance are you wearing?
I layered Hermès Cuir d’Ange with Hermès Eau Claire des Merveilles.
Reminder: this coming Friday we will not have a community project…
Prism Parfums Moon Drops ~ fragrance review
They say that smelling a fragrance you associate with someone practically summons her spectre. With that in mind, I waited impatiently for Moon Drops to show up in my mailbox. My beloved grandmother wore Moon Drops. Over the years I’ve smelled fragrances that brought her back — Miller Harris La Pluie was one — but I was never sure. Was it Moon Drops I was smelling or simply nostalgia? And if I did smell Moon Drops, would Grandma return in all her glorious polyester-clad, pickle-making, sweet-tempered, stubborn glory?
Revlon Moon Drops came out in 19701 and eventually dropped off the market. Prism Parfums relaunched Moon Drops this year in both Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum. This review is of the Eau de Parfum. (Prism Parfums also resurrected a few other discontinued fragrances, including the floral leather Geminesse, which I’ll review soon.) Prism Parfums lists the notes of Moon Drops as including lily of the valley, ylang ylang, balsamic notes, woods, jasmine, and “honeyed ripe fruit…”