Niche line Byredo has launched Oboro, a new unisex fragrance. Oboro is exclusive to Japan…
Frapin The Last Fight ~ new fragrance
Niche line Frapin has launched Orchid Man: The Last Fight, a new followup to 2015’s The Orchid Man…
Essential Parfums Neroli Botanica, Regime des Fleurs Nitesurf Neroli & Donna Karan Cashmere & Tunisian Neroli ~ fragrance reviews
In spring and early summer, neroli feels particularly right to me. Lightly floral, just a touch citrusy, bright and never too heavy, it’s a perfect accompaniment to unpredictable weather and my current variable daily schedule of work and play. When someone asks me what my favorite perfume notes are, I always mention rose, and often add violet, iris and carnation, but I somehow tend to forget about neroli — but when I look at my perfume shelves, I realize I have quite a few neroli-centered favorites. Here are my thoughts on three launched in 2024, which was practically yesterday (in my mind, at least) so they all still feel “new” to me.
On a recent scent-browsing expedition, for example, I came across Essential Parfums Néroli Botanica (shown above). I have to admit I’m not familiar with Essential Parfums (too many brands, so little time), although it was founded in 2018 “to democratize access to fine perfumery while honoring the artistry of perfumers.” Néroli Botanica, Essential Parfums’ tenth release, is credited to perfumer Anne Flipo…
Anna Sui Thorn of a Rose, Utopia Mist & Mystic Luna ~ fragrance reviews
If you were to travel back in time twenty years or so and see what I was doing on a random weekday afternoon, you might find me browsing at Parfumerie Douglas in West Philadelphia. I might have been buying a nail file or a sparkly hair clip, and I was certainly sniffing my way through the perfume section, especially a shelf holding Sui Dreams, Sui Love and, best of all, Anna Sui’s eponymous debut fragrance from 1999. That powdery rose scent in its black-and-purple, rose-embellished bottle is still a favorite of mine.
Anna Sui recently celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of her brand’s foray into fine fragrance by launching a quintet of new scents: the Wild Wonder collection. All five were developed by perfumer Jérôme Épinette, who has worked on Sui’s fragrances since 2017’s Fantasia, and the face of the collection is Scarlett White, the daughter of model and singer-songwriter Karen Elson. Elson herself is a longtime Sui “muse,” and there’s a feeling of generational continuity with the packaging for Wild Wonder, as well: the gilt rosebud cap is shaped just like the black rosebud cap of the original Anna Sui perfume (now known as Anna Sui Classic)…
Vilhelm Parfumerie Triptych Collection ~ new fragrances
Vilhelm Parfumerie has launched The Triptych Collection, with three fragrances: Chimilka, Great Lord and Sun Cities…