Kenzo has launched Jeu d’Amour Félin, a new ‘wilder’ flanker to 2014’s Jeu d’Amour…
Penhaligons Clandestine Clara & Roaring Radcliff ~ new fragrances
Penhaligon’s will launch Clandestine Clara and Roaring Radcliff, two new fragrances in Chapter 2 of the Portraits collection, in February…
Starck Paris Peau de Pierre ~ fragrance review
French designer Philippe Starck introduced three fragrances (his first) earlier this year: Peau de Soie, Peau d’Ailleurs and Peau de Pierre. They are “for intelligent people” (oh, that’s me, right?) and they represent “the opposite of marketing” (something intelligent perfumistas have perhaps heard once or twice before). The three fragrances vaguely1 align as feminine (Peau de Soie), unisex (Peau d’Ailleurs)2 and masculine (Peau de Pierre) but Starck has made it clear he was not looking for traditional interpretations of masculinity and feminity. On men and Peau de Pierre specifically…
He admitted that in his 67 years, he’s never liked or respected men, and called them “stupid” and “useless.” As a heterosexual man himself, he has a “beautiful wife” and five children. Starck professed that the only other male friends he has are “very feminine.”3…
#BeTheDrop
Use your mouse to move around the 360º view in these two spots (one is below the jump) for Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Essence de Parfum and Classique Essence de Parfum. Below, two more films (both in French with English subtitles) with the fragrances’ perfumers, Quentin Bisch and Daphné Bugey.
Penhaligon’s Portraits The Revenge of Lady Blanche & The Coveted Duchess Rose ~ fragrance reviews
Penhaligon’s big fall launch is a quartet of fragrances called Portraits: Chapter 1. Two of them are feminine scents, two are masculine, and they’ve been given names and characters that evoke British mystery novels and period soap operas like “Upstairs, Downstairs.” Penhaligon’s tells us that the Portraits collection captures the brand’s “ultimately British, slightly eccentric, traditional, adventurous and aristocratic character.”
Yesterday Kevin reviewed the two “men” of the group, The Tragedy of Lord George and Much Ado About the Duke, and in another “his-and-hers” follow-up, I’m here to cover the women…