Fendi will launch seven new fragrances — Casa Grande, Ciao Amore, Dolce Bacio, La Baguette, Perché No, Prima Terra and Sempre Mio — in June. Each of the fragrances were inspired by key people, places and events in the brand’s history…
Soft, enveloping and comfortable to wear
For Frenesia Pink, I created a musky-fruity eau de parfum with a rose-litchi impression. A drop of jasmine adds an impression of strawberry. For the first chapter, [with] Fendifrenesia Yellow, I wanted a bright leather note impression with no darkness nor dirtiness. A musky-leather eau de parfum with a daring twist of iris oil, which is very soft, enveloping and comfortable to wear.
— Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian on the fragrances he created for Fendi's Fendifrenesia scented bags. Read more in How a master French perfumer designed a scent for a Fendi icon at Vogue Australia.
A sumptuously fragranced Fendi handbag
Alas, money can’t buy love. But it can buy a sumptuously fragranced Fendi handbag—a close second, to be sure. In a new collaboration, [perfumer Francis] Kurkdjian has teamed up with the storied Roman luxury house and its creative director, Silvia Venturini Fendi, to infuse the label's famed Baguette (arguably the first true It Bag) with a new scent, FendiFrenesia.
— Read more in Francis Kurkdjian and Fendi Partner to Create Perfumed Leather Handbags: “Scent Hits the Brain with No Filter” at W.
5 perfumes: consider the creamsicle
I’ve never been overly fond of the creamsicle (for the uninitiated, it’s a vanilla popsicle covered with a fruit-flavored ice, usually orange).1 Creamsicle perfumes, on the other hand, are a favorite, and they’re perfect for this time of year, when the sun finally comes out and the bulbs start to peek out of the soil — it feels like winter might finally be over (knock on wood) but it isn’t really spring just yet. Until the temperatures reach at least the high 50s (or preferably, the 60s), your favorite summer citrus might not have enough heft, but add some cream and sugar to the mix, and voilà. Spring is just around the corner.
Anné Pliska ~ Anné Pliska is a three season creamsicle…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2015, part 4
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector items from By Kilian, Aftelier and Fendi; new concentrations of Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire and Cheryl Stormflower; and a new edition of Jimmy Choo Exotic.
From By Kilian, Good Girl Gone Bad, Straight to Heaven and Bamboo Harmony in bottles designed by artist Sophie Matisse (who has done collector bottles for the brand in the past). Due to launch in May, 50 ml for $195 each…