For fans of Lorenzo Villoresi Teint de Neige, a sparkling body gel: "Wear your favourite Lorenzo Villoresi fragrance day in and day out with this dreamy Teint de Neige body gel, infused with sparkling pigments to give skin an ethereal glow. A distinctive fragrance of romantic flower petals and delicate powdery notes, Lorenzo Villoresi's iconic Teint de Neige recalls the aromatic lushness of a warm summer's night. Smooth this unique body gel onto skin after bathing for fast-absorbing hydration that leaves a delicate scent behind." On markdown at Liberty of London, £80.75 for 100 ml.
Don’t get this at all – the name translates as ‘colour of snow’, so where does the description ‘lushness of a warm summer’s night’ come in?!
The regular fragrance (I don’t know about the gel) is an absolute powder bomb, so beats me!
When the perfume was first released, there was a discussion along these lines. Somebody (I don’t recall who) commented that “teint” in French means (or can mean) “complexion”, so the translation of the name is actually “snow-white complexion”, referring to the pale, milky white skin that was fashionable a century or so ago. No doubt, many of the pale complexions were produced with the help of much white powder.
Thank you!