French house Chopard will launch 1000 Miglia, a new oriental fougere fragrance for men named for the Mille Miglia race and the brand’s watch of the same name…
A Lab On Fire Rose Rebelle Respawn & Almost Transparent Blue ~ new fragrances
A Lab On Fire has launched two new fragrances: Rose Rebelle Respawn and Almost Transparent Blue…
Thirdman Eau Nomade ~ new fragrance
Niche line Thirdman has launched Eau Nomade, the brand’s fourth fragrance…
Dries Van Noten par Frederic Malle ~ fragrance review
Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle is the first entry in a new collection from the Frédéric Malle brand: XXX par Frédéric Malle, in which Mr. Malle promises to “translate the world of people and brands that [he admires] into scents”.1 The Belgian designer Dries Van Noten is up first, and most long time readers could probably guess that I don’t know Dries Van Noten from Adam, but after reading in Wikipedia (where else?) that Mr. Van Noten does not do haute couture because “I’m a little naive but I don’t like the idea of showing things that you don’t sell in a store”, he has already stolen my heart.2
Reportedly, it took 18 months for Malle to translate the Van Noten universe into scent, working with perfumer Bruno Jovanovic:
Then I tried to make Bruno understand the essence of Dries’ world. I spoke about the different themes and recurrent materials that my hero often uses: Indian embroidery, XVIIIth century engravings, or the very graphic and colorful prints that he juxtaposes to create unexpected harmony — just like a perfumer does…
Dries Van Noten par Frederic Malle ~ new fragrance
Next up from Frédéric Malle will be Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle, a new fragrance made in collaboration with the Belgian designer, and the first of “a series of fragrance portraits of highly creative, interesting people”…