French designer Jean Paul Gaultier will launch Classique X L’Eau later this month. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2010’s Classique X, itself a flanker to 1993’s Classique…
A Food-y Trio: Bond no. 9 I Love New York for All, Jean Paul Gaultier Kokorico, Thierry Mugler A*Men Taste of Fragrance ~ fragrance reviews
Several years ago, the Bond no. 9 van skidded off the road and all perfumers onboard suffered minor head traumas that affected their sense of smell.* After the accident, Bond no. 9 perfumes started to smell alike, as if the same perfumes were being released over and over again, but in different bottles. Recent Bond no. 9 perfumes smell like middling-mainstream fragrances (Bond no. 9 pricing has not been affected, mind you). It’s been years since the debut of a Bond no. 9 fragrance excited me. (Of course, the Bond no. 9 “New York” idea is running out of steam. Pretty soon we’ll be getting “Fire Hydrant, South Corner of Central Park W. and W. 81st St.” in bright yellow bottles.)
Bond no. 9 is not the only perfume company that’s gotten lazy and complacent and pumps out the same type of “stuff” over and over again. When was the last launch that made you mad with desire…after you smelled the scent? At the same time I sniffed Bond no. 9’s new I Love New York for All, I received Thierry Mugler A*Men Taste of Fragrance and Jean Paul Gaultier Kokorico.
Today, I have three short and (cocoa) sweet perfume reviews. These perfumes have a lot in common; they are gourmands with coffee, cocoa, pepper, vanilla, patchouli, indistinct “woods” and sheer musk. I could almost write one review that would cover them all…
Kokorico! part the second
The final commercial for Jean Paul Gaultier’s new Kokorico. The model is Jon Kortajarena. If you missed it, here’s the making of.
Below the jump, another making of, in which machines spit out the Kokorico flacons. Kind of fun to watch.
Kokorico!
A "making of" for the upcoming commercial for Jean Paul Gaultier's Kokorico. In French with no subtitles, but it's mostly visual anyway. The model is Jon Kortajarena.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2011, part 10
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.
From Acqua di Parma, a 100 ml bottle of Iris Nobile Eau de Parfum with a handmade 18 carat gold iris flower. Only a few copies were made; they will be sold in the Acqua di Parma boutique in Milan on September 8 (Fashion’s Night Out)…