As previously reported, Christina Aguilera’s first scent will debut this October. The fragrance is a “playful & sexy” oriental floral; the tag line is “Sometimes, its all you need to wear”.
The notes for Christina Aguilera include mandarin, blackcurrant, peony, stephanotis, jasmine, ripe plums, amber, vanilla and musk. According to Aguilera, the jasmine was included to evoke movie-star glamour; the blackcurrant was inspired by her honeymoon on Bali…
My first attempt at buying perfume unsniffed — Carthusia Mediterraneo — was a resounding success and led, inevitably, to more buying unsniffed. Not all of my purchases were as happy as the first. The straw that broke the camel’s back was Caron Violette Précieuse (sincere apologies to its fans), which was so unlike the ethereal violet fragrance I had imagined it to be that I vowed never to buy unsniffed again.
I have held to this vow fairly well, but I tend to break down in TJ Maxx…