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Masque Milano Times Square & Mandala ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 9 August 2017 12 Comments

Masque Milano Times Square and Mandala

Italian niche brand Masque Milano has launched two new fragrances, Times Square and Mandala.

Times Square ~ developed by perfumer Bruno Jovanovic. "New York stinks. It stinks of cheap harsh tobacco and dense exhaust gas. The traffic jam seems endless.And stinks of hot rubber and stale steam. People are weird. The fashionista lady with the glowing-green stilettos orders a huge pretzel. And stinks of lurid street-food of any sort. Cinnamon and fries. Mustard and caramel. The cherry of the whore's bloody-red lipstick melts with the strawberry of her chewing-gum. The side alleys are just garbage and urine. But find your way through the crowd of bachelorettes waiting for the male-strip show, and it will be a flood of tuberose and carnation. I feel like having a walk tonight. Go get my crab cakes and a burger. And breathe the city miasmas while reaching the place. Oh I love this city. How do I love it." With hazelnut accord, glossy lipstick accord, osmanthus, tuberose, sandalwood, gaiacwood and styrax.

Mandala ~ developed by perfumer Christian Carbonnel. "Light, rarefied air. Utter silence. Cows lazily lying on the grass stare at you, while you start spinning the prayer wheels. From the monastery comes the monks’ overtone singing - two notes chanting in perfect, peaceful harmony. A myrrh and incense fragrance - light and delicate. A contemplative atmosphere. Vibrating at two levels at the same time." With frankincense, nutmeg, angelica, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, cistus, cedar, incense, myrrh, sandalwood, oakmoss and natural ambergris.

Masque Milano Times Square and Mandala can be found now at Luckyscent, $165 each for 35 ml Eau de Parfum.

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Tagged With: bruno jovanovic, christian carbonnel, masque milano

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  1. Tara says:
    9 August 2017 at 3:15 pm

    I think Bruno Jovanovic is referring to the 1970s and 1980s Time Square. Nowadays, its New York’s version of Disneyland.

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    • sullapelle says:
      9 August 2017 at 3:31 pm

      Right? I live in NYC and I’m telling you, Times Square is not this description. It’s full of tourists (no judgements) with fanny packs (some judgements). So I’m not sure if they’re describing Times Square from another era or they’re just really out of touch with the city and using cliches. There aren’t really any alleys!

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      • Robin says:
        9 August 2017 at 3:44 pm

        Yeah, that description struck me right away, and I don’t even live in NYC. But whatever, it’s just a perfume 🙂

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        • sullapelle says:
          9 August 2017 at 7:19 pm

          Lol. True. And the line is good so all is forgiven.

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          • She-ra says:
            9 August 2017 at 10:06 pm

            The descriptions of Times Square on Luckyscent says it’s supposed to be the 90’s…

            “Times Square sets out to capture the cacophony of smells that defined Times Square during the 1990’s, before Giuliani cleaned it all up – the red lipstick of streetwalkers mingling with cigarette smoke, car exhaust, the squeal of tires, street food, neon lights, and the garbagey smell of fruit left to rot on hot pavements. That might sound like a terrifying collection of smells, but Times Square is anything but a freak show. It’s actually kind of freakishly beautiful.”

          • Robin says:
            9 August 2017 at 10:14 pm

            Interesting, thanks!

    • des esseintes says:
      10 August 2017 at 12:08 pm

      I blame Guiliani! Never been to NYC but I keep hearing a lot of how he killed off night life and so on.

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  2. lucasai says:
    9 August 2017 at 4:45 pm

    I have samples of both since April. I recently got around Times Square to review it. It’s one funny scent.

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    • Nancyleandros says:
      9 August 2017 at 9:20 pm

      Lucas, what did you think of Mandala, if you don’t mind?

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      • lucasai says:
        10 August 2017 at 9:16 am

        It’s nicely warm & spicy, but not my style

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  3. Jiji says:
    10 August 2017 at 5:06 am

    I think Masque is an interesting brand. And imo Romanza and l’Attessa (probably spelled it wrong..sorry) were among the better releases of last year.
    Though for me the somewhat ‘dramatic and romantic’ ad copy with these releases is not necessary 😉

    Times Square and Mandala both sound interesting, but Mandala is probably more to my liking.

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  4. cazaubon says:
    10 August 2017 at 6:28 am

    Times Square sounds horrendous, Mandala probably more my style, perhaps too quiet, which won’t work with only 35mls (can’t really spritz with wild abandon.) Will give them a sniff if I run across a tester.

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