Celine Dion will launch her next fragrance, Celine Dion Enchanting, in August.
Enchanting was developed by James Krivda of Givaudan and includes notes of osmanthus, red berries, gardenia, orchid, freesia, amber, sandalwood and tonka bean. (via cosmoty.de)
Giorgio Armani will introduce Emporio Remix Elle & Lui in late summer…
Oscar de la Renta has launched Oscar Island Flowers (bottle shown at right), a fragrance with notes of orange, mandarin, dewdrops, hibiscus flower, freesia, vanilla, musk and cedar. It is available now at nordstrom.
Salvador Dali will launch Purplelips this September:
The perfumers for this latest venture were Antoine Lie and Guillaume Flavigny of Givaudan and notes include…
Coming this month from Comptoir Sud Pacifique: Vanille Citrus, with notes of candied lemon peel, Brazilian Orange, blackcurrant syrup, Tahitian vanilla, pink hibiscus flower, sweet rose jam, chocolate, vanilla cream and sugared milk. (via comptoirsudpacifique)
Emporio Armani Red, a collection to benefit the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, will launch a fragrance this fall. The brand was created in collaboration with Giorgio Armani, U2's Bono, the Gap, Converse and American Express (via W, 4/1/2006 and weforum.org)
Armani Code is the latest perfume for women from the Giorgio Armani line, and is meant to be the female counterpart to their best selling fragrance Armani Code for men (originally released as Armani Black Code). It was created by perfumers Carlos Benaim, Dominique Ropion, and Olivier Polge of International Flavors & Fragrances, and has notes of of orange, orange blossom, ginger, pear sorbet, jasmine, vanilla, woods and lavender honey.
Armani Code opens with fresh orange and ginger, and the top notes have a nice zing…
Today I’m trying two more fragrances in the Armani Privé quartet by Giorgio Armani (see yesterday’s review of Pierre de Lune and Ambre Soie).
Bois d’Encens, also known as Onyx, is the fragrance that Armani reportedly had developed for his own personal use:
“This is my favourite of the four scents and smells strongly of incense,” says Armani as he covers himself in a fine mist of Bois d’Encens from a little bottle he keeps in his pocket. “I used to go to church with my grandmother and the services were pretty long. The thing that kept me going was the smell of the incense. This fragrance reminds me of that time. It reminds me of my childhood.” (quoted in The Independent, 1/22/05)
Bois d’Encens is said to contain only 5 ingredients…