L’Artisan Parfumeur is reissuing two fragrances that were formerly in the “Harvest fragrances” series, Iris Pallida (shown above) and Fleur d’Oranger. Both will be limited edition for spring/summer 2011, but they are no longer tied to particular floral harvests, and they are now in the usual L’Artisan packaging at usual L’Artisan prices…
Lancôme will launch Trésor Midnight Rose, a new fragrance for women, in September. Trésor Midnight Rose is a flanker to the 1990 version of Trésor (there is also a 1952 version), and will be fronted by actress Emma Watson…
Lanvin will launch Jeanne La Plume, a new limited edition fruity floral for women. Jeanne La Plume is a flanker to 2008’s Jeanne Lanvin, and follows last year’s Jeanne La Rose…
Lady Million is Paco Rabanne’s newish feminine counterpart to 1 Million, a fragrance that I liked even less than Kevin did — in fact, the only thing I liked about 1 Million was the fun commercial.
The commercial for Lady Million was a little less fun — it was so much like the 1 Million commercial that it seemed like an afterthought — but I like the fragrance a little better. The start is rocky: mega-sweet neon fruit punch over a darkish base, and for a moment or two I thought we were going down the same candied road as Black XS, or any number of the loud fruitcholi perfumes of the past couple years. But it dries down reasonably quickly into your basic ambery-musky woods…
UK designer Orla Kiely will launch her debut perfume in August. According to Kiely, “I’m used to working with colour and pattern but here we have tried to capture the essence of us in a bottle”…