In honor of their 80th anniversary, Fragonard has launched Billet Doux, a new version of a fragrance from their back catalog, presumably inspired by the painting by Jean Honoré Fragonard…
New fragrances: Tommy 10 & Tommy Girl 10, Fragonard Eclat & F!
Tommy Hilfiger will launch Tommy 10 and Tommy Girl 10 in September. The scents are updated variations of the original Tommy and Tommy Girl fragrances:
Tommy Girl 10 has top notes of tart Nantucket cranberry, luscious Marion pear, sweet Pixie tangerine and Indian River grapefruit; a heart of Mississippi magnolia, California honeysuckle and Virginia water lily, and a drydown of Vermont cream, butterscotch and Rocky Mountain birch.
Tommy 10, for men, opens with notes of Seattle rain…
Fragrance review: Fragonard Soudain
Fragonard launched the Confidentiel line this year with four fragrances, all created by perfumers at Givaudan: Mensonge, Cette Nuit La, Apres Tout, and Soudain. The fragrances are priced higher than usual for Fragonard and the packaging has a more modern aesthetic; this would appear to be an effort to capture some of the upscale niche fragrance market. Today I am trying Soudain, which has notes of Italian green mandarin, lemon, Guatamalan cardamom, jasmine, orange blossom, Paraguayan gaiac wood and musk…
Guerlain Shalimar Anniversary Edition, Fragonard Confidentiel ~ new fragrances
To honor the 80th anniversary of Shalimar, Guerlain has launched this limited edition 75 ml bottle of the Eau de Parfum.
The bottle and label have been gilded in gold; the outer packaging features a short history of the legendary fragrance…
Aramis Always For Her & For Him, Fragonard Diamant ~ new fragrances
Aramis will launch Always for her and for him, a fragrance duo fronted by tennis players Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf, next February.
The Always for him fragrance features lime, ginger, lemon, mandarin, marigold, cardamom, cedar and vetiver. It will be in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette and in matching grooming products…