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Anna Sui Thorn of a Rose, Utopia Mist & Mystic Luna ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 7 February 2025 13 Comments

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)…

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Vilhelm Parfumerie Triptych Collection ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 10 January 2025 10 Comments

Vilhelm Parfumerie has launched The Triptych Collection, with three fragrances: Chimilka, Great Lord and Sun Cities…

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Anna Sui Wild Wonder ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 31 October 2024 2 Comments

Anna Sui has launched Wild Wonder, a new collection of five ‘fantasy world’ fragrances marking the brand’s 25th anniversary as a fragrance house. Dew Fields, Electric Whisper, Mystic Luna, Thorn of a Rose and Utopia Mist were developed by perfumer Jérôme Épinette…

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Victoria Beckham 21:50 Reverie ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 September 2024 3 Comments

Victoria Beckham will launch 21:50 Rêverie, the fourth fragrance in her recent unisex collection, in early October. Like Portofino ’97, San Ysidro Drive and Suite 302, 21:50 Rêverie was inspired by an important moment in her life…

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Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina Unica ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 18 April 2024 2 Comments

Salvatore Ferragamo has launched Signorina Unica, a new fragrance for women. Signorina Unica is a flanker to 2012’s Signorina, and follows last year’s Signorina Libera…

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