This summer, Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo introduced two new fragrances, Nun and MyLO. Later this year, they will launch Nerotic, the first fragrance in the Laboratorio in Nero collection…
Puredistance Sheiduna ~ new perfume
Niche line Puredistance has launched Sheiduna, a new fragrance for women…
Parfums MDCI Fetes Persanes ~ fragrance review
Parfums MDCI Fêtes Persanes was inspired by the Fête Persane portion of Les Indes Galantes, an 18th-century opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau. I looked up the music before I started in on the review, and, my goodness, I dare you to listen to it without your heart cracking open. (Here’s a link. It’s not quite six minutes long, and the really good stuff kicks in at just after two minutes and fifteen seconds.)
But we’re here to talk about perfume, not music. Is Fêtes Persanes Eau de Parfum as moving as its muse…
Fath’s Essentials by Jacques Fath ~ four fragrance reviews
Jacques Fath just launched Fath’s Essentials, a collection of four fragrances developed by perfumer Cécile Zarokian, and representing “a sensory voyage through new olfactory territories and rare emotions.” New anything is a hard assignment, especially in perfume, and what’s a rare emotion? One that’s bloody on the inside (fury? sorrow?), or an emotion experienced once in a blue moon, if we’re lucky —something like elation? And how does “new” and “rare” relate to essentials — things like socks, eggs, toothpaste? Let’s see!
Green Water (reissue): neroli, bergamot, lemon, mandarin, orange, basil, tarragon, vetiver, clove, mint, cumin, oak moss, musks, ambergris. (Wears like an Eau de Cologne.)
Green Water goes on with delicious-smelling (and vibrant) neroli front and center; it’s quickly joined by the scent of fresh/oily citrus peels. Then, Green Water focuses on orange blossom (tinged with almost-not-there cumin for a hint of dirtiness). Today’s Green Water smells good, if not as complex as versions past…
Fath’s Essentials by Jacques Fath ~ new fragrances
Jacques Fath has launched Fath’s Essentials, a collection of four fragrances representing “a sensory voyage through new olfactory territories and rare emotions.” The scents, including a reissue of the brand’s Green Water, were developed by perfumer Cécile Zarokian…