As previously reported, Lanvin will launch Rumeur this fall. It will debut in September, and in the US will be exclusive to Saks. The fragrance was created by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian:
Rumeur is a woody floral musk fragrance with top notes of magnolia, a heart of white rose, jasmine and orange tree blossom…
Laura Biagiotti will launch Due, twin fragrances for men & women, later this month. Due Donna (for women, bottle shown at right) has notes of green mandarin, orange blossom, magnolia, jasmine, rose, amber, peru balsam and sandalwood. Due Uomo (for men) features limette, anise, incense, coconut milk, sage, galangal, vetiver, patchouli and opoponax…
Elisabeth de Feydeau, author of A Scented Palace, on Marie Antoinette's daily bathing habits:
Each day, she dipped in a tub laced with a confection of blanched sweet almonds, pine nuts, linseed, marshmallow root and lily bulb, then rubbed her body clean with a sachet of bran.
A Scented Palace is about Marie Antoinette’s perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon. You may remember that last year Francis Kurkdjian recreated Sillage de la Reine, one of the perfumes Fargeon developed for the Queen, after Feydeau discovered the recipe in the French National Archives…
Ferragamo will launch F by Ferragamo (see bottle at right), a “floral formula created by Francis Kurkdjian“, this September.
The fragrance will replace Ferragamo Incanto, although new Incanto flankers, like Incanto Dream and Incanto Charms, will continue to launch every year. (via cosmeticnews)
Ferragamo F is available in Eau de Parfum…
L’Art et la Matière is a trio of fragrances released earlier this year to coincide with the opening of Guerlain’s newly refurbished flagship boutique. The perfumes were “curated” by Sylvaine Delacourte, Guerlain’s director of fragrance development. Three noses were asked to create fragrances, or, to quote the press release, to “freely express passion for an original, precious raw material”.
Olivier Polge has taken on leather, and the result is Cuir Beluga, with notes of mandarin orange, immortelle flower, leather, amber, heliotrope and vanilla…