NY-based niche brand Ellis Brooklyn has launched Florist, a new citrus floral for women…
St. Clair Scents Casablanca, Ellis Brooklyn Fawn & Miu Miu Fleur d’Argent ~ fragrance reviews
Describing the inspiration for her latest fragrance, independent perfumer Diane St. Clair writes,
I had been watching the snow fall outside of my window for three months, at times blowing horizontally on winds wailing down from the Polar Vortex. I tried to conjure a way to transport myself to a place far away, a place with warm air and perfumed flowers and fruit—a garden in paradise…
The result of this reverie was Casablanca, a floral chypre fragrance with a lengthy list of notes…
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From Ellis Brooklyn, Myth ("The airy beauty of jasmine petals and tiger orchid meet the sexy, undeniable warmth of liquid musks and white cedarwood") in a 'Hydraparfum' formula ("The alluring white musk now comes in Hydraparfum™, an alcohol-free fragrance formula featuring 100-percent pure fragrance oil droplets suspended in a moisturizing, hyaluronic-acid-water-based gel"). $70 for 27 ml at Sephora.
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The Bibliotheca Fragrance Discovery Set from Ellis Brooklyn: "A gorgeous library of Ellis Brooklyn scents featuring all six of the brand's eau de parfums. Built for playing and experimenting, spritz the fragrances solo or layer to find your own unique scent." Six 2 ml sprays, $20 at Ellis Brooklyn or Sephora.
Ellis Brooklyn Rrose ~ fragrance review
As a New York City local, I’ve enjoyed observing the growing wave of independent fragrance lines based in the borough of Brooklyn. CB I Hate Perfume may have been one of the earlier and better-known names to set up shop, but now there are enough options to suit various tastes. One relative newcomer is Ellis Brooklyn, founded by Bee Shapiro, a former corporate lawyer and current beauty writer for The New York Times. I recently received a sample of Ellis Brooklyn’s Rrose in a Sephora order and gave it a try.
Rrose is a rose-centered “olfactive ode to Rrose Sélavy (a pun of Eros, C’est la Vie), the feminine alter ego of the author, artist and provocateur Marcel Duchamp.” It was developed for Ellis Brooklyn by perfumer Jérôme Epinette…