Victoria’s Secret has launched Bombshell Gold, a new warm floral flanker to 2010’s Bombshell fragrance for women…
Powell’s by Powell’s Books ~ new fragrance
Portland, Oregon independent bookstore Powell’s Books will launch a limited edition fragrance, Powell’s. The fragrance is packaged in a faux book and aims to capture the scent of a bookstore…
Thursday scent of the day 10/29
It’s Almost-Friday and National Cat Day. Birthdays: Fanny Brice, Niki de Saint Phalle, Bob Ross. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in the uber-wistful Guerlain Après L’Ondée, just right for a rainy day when you’re not quite awake just yet.
Reminder: on 10/30, we’re doing Emotionally scented…
Call all the ladies out
Marion Cotillard and Jérémie Bélingard, directed by Johan Renck, for Chanel No. 5. The song is Team by Lorde.
Bvlgari Eau Parfumee Au The Noir ~ fragrance review
The scent of black tea makes me smile; it can reset my mood from blah to cheerful. Any flavored version of black tea I enjoy tasting, I enjoy smelling, too, even in perfumes. Black tea mixes well with citrus (bergamot, orange, grapefruit, the “classic” lemon), spices, flowers (jasmine, rose), fruits (plum, apricot, peach, berries). Black tea can be sweet, bitter, fresh, or rich and smoky. In Eau Parfumée Au Thé Noir, Bvlgari mixes a black tea accord with bergamot, rose, leather, oud, patchouli and vanilla.
Though I’ve tried Bvlgari’s other Eau Parfumée perfumes — Eau Parfumée Au Thé Vert, Eau Parfumée Au Thé Blanc, Eau Parfumée Au Thé Rouge, Eau Parfumée Au Thé Bleu — until recently, Eau Parfumée Au Thé Noir was a stranger. I’m glad I discovered it…