Comme des Garçons has launched Series 8: Energy C, comprising three new fragrances with a “vitamin rush based on citrus fruit” to “wake up, feel positive, be positive”.
Energy C Lemon features notes of bergamot, citron, lemon, cardamom, angelica, incense, musk and vetiver…
One of the interesting discussions that came out of my recent post about perfume snobbery was the inevitability of brand influence. We most of us have our favorite perfume brands, and we get excited when they launch something new (and, of course, we are disappointed if the something new turns out to be dull and unexciting). It is nice to be surprised once in awhile, but then, life is just easier and simpler when Burberry's The Beat turns out to be appropriately Burberry-ish, and so on and so forth. It might be interesting if you picked up Ralph Wild and found a weird little milky wood pudding with incense and Costume National 21 turned out to be a strawberry soda, but it certainly wouldn't help you navigate the overcrowded fragrance market, would it?
So I expect certain things from certain brands, and if I'm disappointed, I grumble…
Comme des Garçons will launch 888, a new scent designed to capture the fragrance of gold, next March:
“We started with the concept that we wanted to find if gold has an odour and we looked for an olfactive expression…
I used to make a point of getting all my holiday shopping done by Thanksgiving, but lately I’ve been slipping. I’ve only bought 3 gifts so far this year. Here are a few more gift suggestions for anyone else who still has a long way to go before they rest:
A set after my own heart, the Comme des Garçons Incense coffret. Full sized bottles (50 ml) of all five scents in the series: Kyoto, Avignon, Jaisalmer, Ouarzazate and Zagorsk. Admittedly, I’d like this better if they were in 30 ml, but oh well! And if you’re looking to buy for yourself and don’t need all five, do what I’m doing and find some like-minded friends to split the set. $310 at Luckyscent…
Still more limited edition collector fragrance bottles for holiday 2007 (if you missed the first posts, see Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles and Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles, part 2). Please note that a few of these may not be available in the US.
Pretty in leather: Prada's eponymous Eau de Parfum in a pink leather sheath. 80 ml for $250 at Nordstrom. If you want something even more so, Neiman Marcus has a version in purple crocodile for $550…