Italian niche line Acqua di Parma will launch Note di Colonia in September. The trio of opera-inspired fragrances celebrates the 100th anniversary of the brand’s Colonia.
Acqua di Parma Colonia Quercia ~ new fragrance
Italian niche line Acqua di Parma has launched Colonia Quercia (oak), the fifth fragrance in the brand’s Ingredient Collection. Prior entries include Colonia Oud (originally known as Colonia Intensa Oud), Colonia Leather, Colonia Ambra and the recently launched Colonia Sandalo. All are flankers to the brand’s Colonia…
Acqua di Parma Colonia Sandalo ~ new fragrance
Italian niche line Acqua di Parma will launch Colonia Sandalo, the fourth fragrance in the brand’s Ingredient Collection.* See also Colonia Oud (originally known as Colonia Intensa Oud), Colonia Leather and Colonia Ambra. All are flankers to the brand’s Colonia…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2016, part 4
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes summer editions from Jean Paul Gaultier and Issey Miyake; collector editions from Cartier; a new travel size of Acqua di Parma Colonia Club and a new solid perfume compact for Lorenzo Villoresi Teint de Neige.
From Jean Paul Gaultier, the annual summer editions of Classique and Le Male, featuring Betty Boop and Popeye (you can see the summer 2015 versions here). Betty is in 100 ml Eau de Toilette Fraîche, Popeye is in 125 ml Eau de Toilette Fraîche. Both can be found now at Nocibe in France…
5 perfumes: iris fragrances for winter
A light dusting of snow on the ground this morning reminded me that yes, we’re deep in mid-winter. If you love iris, this is when you can wear the richest and darkest irises in your collection. I’ve picked my five favorites for cold weather, and do add your own in the comments! And if you missed them, do see my list of iris picks for summer and iris picks for fall. The spring post is coming up in April, and then I’ll move on to a year of vetiver…