Rochas has launched L’Homme Rochas, the masculine counterpart to 2017’s Mademoiselle Rochas…
Hugo Boss The Scent Absolute ~ new fragrances
Hugo Boss has launched The Scent Absolute For Him and The Scent Absolute For Her, new flankers to 2015’s Boss The Scent and 2016’s Boss The Scent for Her, respectively…
5 perfumes: A Summer Vetiver-fest
What’s more wonderful than the scent of vetiver? Of the “Fragrance Notes I Cannot Live Without”, vetiver is in the top five. I started my vetiver love affair with one of the best vetiver colognes: vintage Guerlain Vetiver (to my nose, the contemporary version is wimpy and less vetiver-y than its old self). Other vetiver fragrances that won my heart were Etro Vetiver (discontinued), Frédéric Malle Vétiver Extraordinaire, Chanel Sycomore and Maître Parfumeur et Gantier Route du Vetiver (ummm ummmm ummmmmmm). But that list is skimpy; my vetiver beaus are too numerous to list here.
In June I ordered samples of some new(ish) vetiver perfumes, hoping that one or two might inspire lust…
Roger & Gallet L’Homme Menthe, L’Homme Cedre, L’Homme Vetyver & L’Homme Patchouli ~ new fragrances
Roger & Gallet has launched a new quartet of fragrances for men: L’Homme Menthe, L’Homme Cèdre, L’Homme Vétyver and L’Homme Patchouli…
My secret garden
A spot from a Paris event featuring IFF's last Speed Smelling set. About 7 1/2 minutes long, including brief appearances by perfumers Bruno Jovanovic, Domitille Michalon-Bertier, Delphine Lebeau, Caroline Dumur, Nicolas Beaulieu, Sophie Labbe, Anne Flipo, Juliette Karagueuzoglou, Dominique Ropion, Julien Rasquinet, Alexis Dadier, Fanny Bal, Jean-Christophe Herault and Nelly Hachem-Ruiz.