Model Emily DiDonato in the new ad for Armani Acqua Di Gioia Eau de Toilette. The music is Pilgrim by Mø.
Bunch o’ fragrance ads 2014, part 3
A slideshow round up of new fragrance advertising, print and digital, plus a few older ads (30 slides in all) — most of these are for fragrances recently released in stores or just about to be released…
Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gioia Eau de Toilette ~ new fragrance
Giorgio Armani has launched Acqua Di Gioia Eau de Toilette, a new lighter concentration of 2010′s Acqua Di Gioia for women, inspired by the heart of nature. See also: Acqua Di Gioia Eau Fraîche…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 3
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 special editions from Roberto Cavalli, Acqua di Parma, Guerlain, Hermès and Giorgio Armani.
From Roberto Cavalli, the Nero Assoluto Exclusive Edition celebrating the opening of the brand’s new boutique in Milan, “a luminous treasure thanks to the application of 2.500 gold and black Swarovski crystals which cover the surface of the bottle.”
Best Men’s Fragrances of 2011-2012-2013 (Better Late Than Never)
Did I really skip 2011 and 2012 when it came to writing my annual best-of-men’s-perfumes post? (Wow…and the world kept turning — imagine that!) I’m two years behind so today I’ll catch up by picking my favorite men’s fragrances from 2011, 2012 and 2013 (you can see my picks for 2009 and 2010 here). Some of these perfumes are unisex, but with a masculine edge (to my nose anyway). Though I missed my fair share of fragrance releases, I’ve still smelled tons of perfume product in the last three years. I don’t feel that a masterpiece escaped my attention.
Every year, I tend to write about men’s fragrances that I either “love” or “hate” (using those verbs with feather-weight intent since I don’t cry over favorite perfumes gone missing or reformulated, and I don’t gnaw on my fingers when I encounter awful perfumes). I’m still, I believe, a Perfumista, but I’ve put perfume in its proper place…