Les Parfums de Rosine has launched Rose Nue, a new powdery rose soliflore fragrance for women…
Les Parfums de Rosine Cologne Rose Ocean ~ new fragrance
Les Parfums de Rosine has launched Cologne Rose Océan, the second fragrance in the brand’s cologne series that began with 2015’s La Cologne de Rosine…
Acqua di Parma Rosa Nobile and Les Parfums de Rosine Ballerina No. 1 ~ perfume reviews
My last review of a rose-centered fragrance was posted way back in June, if you can believe it or not. (It was a review of Maria Candida Gentile’s Cinabre, which would actually make an excellent fall fragrance.) What’s become of me? To remedy this situation, here’s a double review of two newish rose fragrances from brands that have been around for a while.
The Italian house Acqua di Parma has just released Rosa Nobile, “a tribute to the ‘Queen of flowers'” that includes top notes of Sicilian mandarin, Calabrian bergamot and pepper; peony, violet, lily of the valley and Centifolia rose in the heart; and base notes of cedarwood, ambergris and musk. The Acqua di Parma website features an entire page focusing on Rosa Nobile’s story. It mentions Rosa Nobile’s “brand new and modern personality,” because — of course — the consumer must be assured that there’s nothing dowdy about roses…
Fendi L’Acquarossa ~ perfume review
A very long time ago, March over at Perfume Posse wrote a line about perfumes that fill your head “with a deep, profound, Zen-like nothingness”, and despite the fact that I can hardly remember my own phone number these days, that line stuck in my head. I quoted it at least once, also a very long time ago, and I think of it whenever I smell a new fragrance and my only reaction is well, yes, smells like perfume.
So you can probably already see where we’re headed with Fendi’s new L’Acquarossa, aka the “red elixir of passion”. I had sort-of-middling hopes for L’Acquarossa — I do keep waiting for Fendi to do something as gorgeous as Theorema, and then put it in a bottle as lovely as Palazzo. But no, all we’ve had lately is Fan di Fendi, a fragrance that so thoroughly filled my head with a deep, profound, Zen-like nothingness that I cannot remember it at all, although I know I’ve smelled it more than once…
Mauboussin à la Folie & Lovely à la Folie ~ new fragrances
French jeweler Mauboussin will launch two new fragrances for women, à la Folie and Lovely à la Folie, this month. Both fragrances were developed by perfumers Delphine Lebeau and Benoist Lapouza…