Lancôme has launched La Nuit Trésor Musc Diamant, a new fragrance for women. La Nuit Trésor Musc Diamant is a flanker to 2015’s La Nuit Trésor (which was a flanker to 1990’s Trésor) and follows last year’s La Nuit Trésor À La Folie…
The holy grail
Perfumers Amandine Clerc Marie, Christophe Raynaud and Marie Salamagne talk about the development of Mugler Aura.
Lancome Oranges Bigarades, Iris Dragees & Santal Kardamon ~ new fragrances
Lancôme has launched Eaux Grands Crus, a new trio of fresh fragrances in the Les Parfums Grands Crus collection: Oranges Bigarades, Iris Dragées and Santal Kardamon…
Thierry Mugler Aura ~ fragrance review
Aura is the latest pillar from Thierry Mugler (I know, I know, it’s Mugler now, not Thierry Mugler, but my brain is not quite ready to make the switch). I have an ambivalent relationship with the brand’s feminine pillar fragrances. Their debut fragrance, 1992’s Angel, was a masterpiece, but not one I want to wear. I really like a few of the flankers, though, and have almost bought Angel Liqueur de Parfum any number of times. I thought Angel Eau Sucrée was fun and I thought Angel Muse was fantastic, but I didn’t buy either of those either.
The success of Angel is often attributed to its unusual (at the time) overdose of patchouli and candy; Alien followed in Angel’s footsteps with an overdose of jasmine, vanilla and cashmeran. I did not love Alien but I didn’t really hate it either. If I had found it more appealing than I did, I probably would have tried more of the flankers…
Thierry Mugler Aura ~ new fragrance
Thierry Mugler will launch Aura, a new oriental fragrance for women, later this month. Aura is the brand’s first pillar for women since 2010’s Womanity, and will be fronted by model Zhenya Katava…