Next month, Esteban will introduce Collection Chypres, comprising two new fragrances in the chypre fragrance category.
Classic Chypre (shown) is “like an intense presence of rare elegance…”
L'Occitane Notre Flore (Myrte, Iris, Cedre & Neroli) ~ new fragrances
Coming in October, a new quartet of Eaux de Parfum from L’Occitane, inspired by the company’s Provencal roots and using ingredients from around the Mediterranean region. The Notre Flore collection includes:
Myrte (shown) takes its cues from the myrtle plant of Corsica, and includes notes of mandarin leaf, bilberry, sea spray, myrtle, rockrose and patchouli…
Diptyque Eau de Lierre fragrance review
Diptyque’s Eau de Lierre, conceived as an homage to the ivy growing around the country homes of the line’s founders, launches this week. The fragrance features fresh notes, pepper, ivy, water notes, musk and wood.
Eau de Lierre starts with ivy, heavily peppered. It is green and slightly bitter, but nothing like the explosion of green that opens L’Ombre dans L’Eau: this is considerably lighter and airier, and much less astringent. Although I prefer the more concentrated approach of L’Ombre, the Lierre is probably the more wearable of the two fragrances, at least in the early stages, and I rather liked the breezy quality of the top notes…
Diptyque Do Son ~ perfume review
Do Son was released by Diptyque this year, and is their first new fragrance for women since 2003’s Jardin Clos. Like Tam Dao, it was inspired by the childhood memories of Yves Coueslant, one of Diptyque’s founders, who…
…grew up in Haiphong, a vast harbour in northern Indochina where his father, a lawyer in love with China, was established. His mother, hardly bearing the heat and damp monsoon weather, used to rest for hours in the fresh and quiet half-light of her sitting room. She loved the bitter sweet fragrance of tuberoses and the great department store in town where she used to buy whatever was fashionable from Paris. (via Diptyque website)
The fragrance notes are tuberose, orange tree leaves, rose, benzoin, iris, and white musk…
Perfume review ~ Hermes Caleche eau Delicate
Calèche Eau Délicate was launched by Hermès in 2003. It was intended to target a younger consumer that might not find the original 1961 Calèche appealing, and who for that matter, might find even the 1992 Soie de Parfum too old-fashioned. It was created by nose Fabrice Pellegrin, and has notes of rose, jasmine, mandarin, pink pepper, black currant bud, and white cedar…