Giorgio Armani has launched the third fragrance in the Les Eaux Armani Privé range. The new fragrance, Oranger Alhambra, joins Rose Alexandrie and Vétiver Babylone.
Oranger Alhambra is intended as “a hymn to [Armani's] childhood memories of freshness and the sunlight of the Mediterranean”:
The art of Persian gardens has lived on in Andalusia…
If my perfume choices were limited to one type of fragrance with one note predominant, chances are I would opt for vetiver colognes. (I’d probably have to flip a coin: Sandalwood vs. Vetiver.) I love vetiver fragrances and have owned too many to list here. Recently, my introduction to Lalique Encre Noir, the reissue of Givenchy Vétyver and the debuts of Giorgio Armani's Vétiver Babylone and Chanel's Sycomore have made me very happy and ready to expand an already-overcrowded perfume collection.
Just as sparkling, fresh water sustained ancient Babylon’s (real or imaginary) fragrant hanging gardens, Vétiver Babylone’s vetiver, likewise sparkling and fresh, supports its other brisk ingredients — bergamot, citron, mandarin, green cardamom, coriander, pink pepper and patchouli…
Rose Alexandrie and Vétiver Babylone have joined Giorgio Armani's Armani Privé line under the name “Les Eaux Armani Privé”.
Armani Privé Rose Alexandrie, shown, “invites you to discover the fragile strength of Alexandrie legendary gardens”. The notes include bergamot, Italian mandarin, neroli, yellow mimosa, rose and benzoin…
When Now Smell This first announced the release of Armani Privé Eclat de Jasmin, the blog quoted the Giorgio Armani website, saying “Eclat de Jasmin was created to represent dawn – the particular time of the day when jasmine flowers are warmed by the sun, releasing their deep, rich scent.” From this description I imagined a dew-like, non-indolic jasmine: fresh, liquid, and quiet.
Maybe because I don’t live where dawn is ever warm enough to draw the scent from jasmine, but Eclat de Jasmin feels like the late afternoon of a summer day to me…
Giorgio Armani has added a 6th fragrance to the Armani Privé line. Éclat de Jasmin joins Bois d'Encens, Eau de Jade, Pierre de Lune, Ambre Soie and Cuir Amethyste:
Éclat de Jasmin was created to represent dawn – the particular time of the day when jasmine flowers are warmed by the sun, releasing their deep, rich scent. Floral scents of rose of bulgary, Egyptian jasmine and plum of damas are perfectly contrasted with the woody strength of patchouli and amber…