French niche line Frédéric Malle has launched Dawn, a new fragrance. Like 2014’s The Night and 2017’s Promise, Dawn is geared towards the Middle East market…
Dunhill Century ~ new fragrance
Proenza Schouler Arizona ~ fragrance review
Proenza Schouler recently launched its debut fragrance, Arizona, a “radiant” scent that conjures “feelings of liberation to find a greater truth. . . a respect and love of nature, and a sense of unbridled freedom.” Arizona was developed by perfumers Loc Dong and Carlos Benaïm and includes notes of white cactus flower, orange flower, orris, jasmine, solar accord, musk and cashmeran.
Designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, the duo behind Proenza Schouler, have said that Arizona was inspired by a trip to the deserts of the American Southwest and some much-needed time away from Wi-Fi…
Frederic Malle Music For A While ~ fragrance review & quick pineapple poll
Allure irrésistible. At a party on Paris’ rive gauche (where the ‘intellectuals’ with black AMEX cards study…party and shop) a woman’s fur coat (SO 80s, SO démodé) is lifted from her bare shoulders, exposing her neck to the candlelight (what about her face?…tiny candle?) Aware of many eyes upon her (“What a NECK!”), she pauses, smiling to herself, before emerging like a conqueror from the shadows. (Doesn’t take much! Sounds like Kim Kardashian, doesn’t it?)
Delete the bold type and this is how Frédéric Malle PR describes Music For A While,* the brand’s latest perfume. I grunt and roll my eyes as I read the fuddy-duddy copy, but as often happens with this brand (its backstories annoy l’enfer out of me), the fragrance makes me smile and present my (non-black) American Express card at Barneys New York…
Not a storybook lavender
Frédéric Malle and Carlos Benaïm talk about Music for a While.