London-based niche line Gallivant has launched Naples, the latest in their series of “urban exploration” fragrances…
Gallivant Bukhara & Une Nuit Nomade Nothing But Sea and Sky ~ fragrance reviews
As I’m writing this review, it’s the day after Election Day in the United States.* We don’t discuss politics here at Now Smell This, so I’ll just say that it’s been a stressful week (and month and year) so far. The current suspense is making me wish I were somewhere other than here, somewhere other than now, although I’m not usually much of traveler.
Come to think of it, I first expressed my non-wanderlust in a review of two fragrances from Une Nuit Nomade, Rose America and Memory Motel. The description for Nothing But Sea and Sky, the latest in Une Nuit Nomade’s tribute to the beaches of New York’s Montauk, caught my eye…
Perfumed escapism
A spot for Gallivant Bukhara.
Gallivant Bukhara ~ new fragrance
London-based niche line Gallivant will launch Bukhara, the latest in their series of “urban exploration” fragrances, later this month…
Gallivant Los Angeles ~ fragrance review
This week I’ve been “traveling” cross-country with the niche line Gallivant, from Brooklyn (where I spend much of my time in real life) to Los Angeles (a place I’ve never actually visited). Los Angeles is the latest “urban exploration” fragrance from Gallivant and it’s described as “a hot and sensual woody floral, cooled with a marine breeze.” It was developed by perfumer Karine Chevallier and features notes of eucalyptus, clary sage, mandarin, pineapple, narcissus, tuberose, cade, guaiac, nagarmotha, musks and heliotrope.
I like Gallivant’s note about Los Angeles being “a neon floral fragrance,” since it feels fabulously artificial…