Philosophy has launched Amazing Grace Eau de Parfum Intense, a new flanker to Amazing Grace…
Arielle Shoshana Friday ~ new fragrance
Arielle Shoshana Sunday & Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Hot Masala ~ fragrance reviews
Lately, when I pick my perfume for the day, I’ve been choosing comfort scents that soothe me just enough to get some necessary work done but not so much that I want to cocoon myself in bed. Over the past two weeks I’ve kept returning to two particular fragrances that fit that description, and both happen to be inspired by beverages: Sunday from Arielle Shoshana and Hot Masala by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.1
Arielle Shoshana Sunday is a “sweet, green, undefinable” scent promising “Sunday serenity, any day of the week.” It was inspired by Ari’s favorite Sunday-morning beverage, matcha horchata, and was developed by perfumer Cécile Hua. It includes notes of matcha tea, rice milk, cinnamon, maté absolute, cardamom, coconut, amber, sandalwood and vanilla.
I’ve tasted matcha (a beverage made from Japanese powdered green tea) and horchata (a drink of sweetened rice milk with cinnamon) separately, but not together…
Arielle Shoshana Sunday ~ new fragrance
Virginia-based niche boutique Arielle Shoshana will launch their second fragrance, Sunday, tomorrow. The first fragrance, Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum, has been repackaged and renamed Saturday…
Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum ~ fragrance review & quick poll
The first time I saw a passion fruit opened, I screamed. It’s such a bizarre-looking fruit. Totally unexpected. I wanted the fragrance to capture the experience of that first passion fruit: the shock of the unexpected, closely followed by delight. — Arielle Weinberg
And, bingo. The top notes of Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum, developed in collaboration with perfumer Cécile Hua, are unexpected, and like a few other shockingly fruity openings — Byredo Pulp comes to mind — they’re likely to elicit a reaction. Whether that reaction is delight or horror, of course, will depend (some people love Pulp, some people think it’s a hot mess). Me, I laughed, and then I added it to my buy list in case it ever comes out in a travel size…