A week of reviews of drugstore fragrances wouldn’t be complete without a rundown of a few inexpensive musks, and reviews of drugstore musks wouldn’t be complete without Jovan and Coty. Lucky for me, a nearby Walmart stocks a gift box with 11 ml bottles of Jovan Musk for women, Jovan White Musk, and Coty Vanilla Musk Eaux de Cologne.
Jovan Musk for women has been a drugstore staple since it was introduced in 1972…
Coty will launch La Voce by Renee Fleming, a limited edition fragrance created in honor of opera star Renee Fleming. Proceeds from the perfume's sales will go to the Metropolitan Opera, and the scent will debut at their Opening Night Gala on September 22 before going into wider distribution.
The floriental fragrance features notes of passion fruit, white truffle accord…
Michael Kors has launched Island Fiji, a limited edition variation on last year’s Island fragrance.
The new perfume features Kauai waterfalls accord, oxygenated water accord, cactus pear, mango, kiwi, honeysuckle, parrot tulip, tiare flower, jasmin sambac, ginger lilies, Bulgarian rose, plumeria, stephanotis, driftwood, rice fields accord, birch and white bark accord…
Thank you to Tania and Marcello for forwarding the news that Coty has purchased Unilever's fragrance business, which will be folded into Coty's Lancaster Group Worldwide. Included in the deal are Unilever fragrance brands Calvin Klein, Cerruti, Vera Wang, Chloe, and Lagerfeld.
Coty's existing brands include Davidoff, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Kenneth Cole, Marc Jacobs, Jovan, Vivienne Westwood, Nautica, Joop, and The Healing Garden, among others, and new fragrances are coming soon from Sarah Jessica Parker and David Beckham. The purchase price was $800 million. Read more about it in The Financial Times or The Los Angeles Times (link no longer working).
If you are looking for a lily of the valley fragrance and don’t care for Diorissimo, Muguet des Bois by Coty is worth a try. I have not been able to find a list of the notes online, but this is a soliflore and I don’t smell any notes other than lily of the valley with a touch of green. It is a sweeter, cleaner, less sparkling fragrance than Diorissimo, and has a slight hint of soap…