Niche line Bond no. 9 will launch I Love New York for Fathers in June and I Love New York for Marriage Equality in July. They are the sixth and seventh fragrances respectively in the I Love New York series created in collaboration with the state tourism agency of the same name…
In May, Bond no. 9 will launch I Love New York for Mothers, the fifth fragrance in the I Love New York series (see prior launches I Love New York for Her, I Love New York for Him, I Love New York for All and I Love New York for Earth Day)…
In April, Bond no. 9 will launch the fourth fragrance in the I Love New York series (see prior launches I Love New York for Her, I Love New York for Him and I Love New York for All). The new fragrance, I Love New York for Earth Day, celebrates the Earth Day holiday, to be held this year on April 22, and is described as “fresh, green, metro-sophisticated”…
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.
From MAC, a solid perfume necklace in the Air of Style fragrance: “An indulgence—but not when you consider the sensual delights of M·A·C’s solid Air of Style perfume and the coveted appeal of this exquisite Marcel Wanders multifaceted chrome compact.” $40 at Nordstrom…
This winter has been an unpredictable one, so far, in the Mid-Atlantic region: no snow, mild temperatures, weirdly fluctuating humidity. It happens to suit my current state of mind: for me, the year opened on several notes of personal and professional disappointment, when nothing turned out quite as I expected it to.
However, wearing (and writing about!) perfume is always a reassurance to me. And over the past week or two, the temperature has finally dropped (and stayed low); we even received a light (if fleeting) layer of snow one night. Maybe something, even if it’s just the weather, will get back on track. Here, then, is my highly subjective list of ten fragrances that have been keeping me company during this season.
In the past I’ve thought of Guerlain Après l’Ondée as a springtime fragrance, but this year I realized that it’s also a good fit for where-is-winter days that alternate between chilly rain and pale sunlight…