The Diana Vreeland line has launched Staggeringly Beautiful, a new fragrance.
An ode to Diana Vreeland's broad vision of beauty. She redefined beauty and found it where it never existed beforeit could be a unique attribute like a gap between front teeth or the length of a woman's neck; a shade of crimson that reminded her of a Balenciaga cape; the vibrant sound of Notre Dame's bells, or the unforgettable golden light of the sun setting on a hot summer day.
Vibrant, sparkling and transportive, Staggeringly Beautiful perfectly captures the cool breezes, sparkling clear water, and lush, rich foliage of the summer aromas along the Mediterranean.
The amazing aura of Staggeringly Beautiful comes from the rarely combined earthy fig leaf with the delicious fig fruit. The beautiful bouquet is then induced with citrus elements from Sicilian bergamot and paired with the rarely used jonquil (daffodil), a flower native to France, the heart exudes rich, green, floral characteristics.
Diana Vreeland Staggeringly Beautiful is available now at Neiman Marcus, in 100 ml Eau de Parfum, $250.
(via neimanmarcus)
So, I get that she has tried to make this not smell like anything else, but that name is a lot to live up to. Anyone had a chance to try it yet?
Plus the bottle certainly has nothing to do with the name. I find this sort of hyperbolic marketing intensely off-putting….
All the names are like that…when DV was alive, she was fond of hyperbole, shall we say.
I have not tried this one, and the few I smelled did not interest me. They have done far more of them then I would have expected, so they must be selling?
Agree the name is absurd. But I’d blind-buy it if not for the fig. Jonquil fragrnces are my favorite, but fig is a dealbreaker for me.
The name is fitting for DV, it is how she talked 🙂
I wasn’t aware of that, but it’s the name that made me click ???? I’m a fan of OTT hyperbole. It makes me think of TF Fcking Fabulous, which I also think is a great name – though it ought to have been reserved for his last & final fragrance. A perfume mic drop, as it were 😉
I agree with that, not least because I don’t want to think of what name he’ll come up with to top that!
I have to agree with meredifay above. I find the hyperbolic names a turn-off. I want to decide if the perfume is amazing, not be told by the manufacturer in the name. And I prefer either a descriptive or elegant name or a clever one, and this type is neither. But each to his own.
What jonquil fragrances do you like? I got a Dame Narcissus roller ball to try, but I don’t like it much.
Ah, so many! Narcisse Noir (pre IFRA) Prima T (oil) Ostara, Au Dela Narcisse, Les Temps de Fete….
No one before her ever noticed the beauty of the golden light of the sun setting on a hot summer day? Or of Notre Dame’s bells? Huh? That’s downright offensive.
Agree. Offensive. But although I like those wrap dresses, I have no interest in anything else DVF so whatever.
Oops and i have the wrong Diana/Diane – I was thinking of Diane Von Furstenburg!! However, I’m still not interested. 😉
…or even gapped teeth? Chaucer maybe got there just a few years earlier, with the gat-toothed and lusty Wife of Bath!
Ha ha, good one!!
I also dislike OTT names but at least this one reflects DV’s personality. The ones I can’t stand are the Penhaligon’s characters. It was a good gimmick for the first few but it now sounds like slapstick gone wrong.
Has anyone tried the DV Body Cream? It is EXCELLENT! I loaded up when BG had its gift card event several months ago.
I looked up the body cream and it sounds wonderful! Want…
Did Diana Vreeland have any eponymous products while she was alive? I think that’s what bugs me. I keep thinking that surely Vreeland would have come up with something so much cooler–for lack of a better word. That woman was deeply cool.
IIRC the fragrance line was debuted as an homage by one of her descendants. I want to say her grandson, maybe? But I could be totally off – I read an article about the original line years ago.