Anna Sui has launched Cosmic Sky, a new fruity floral fragrance for women. Cosmic Sky is a flanker to 2020’s Sky…
Nomenclature Minted ~ fragrance review
I recently purchased a few small plants to create a summer “container garden” — basil, dill, peppermint. I’ve done this before, although not last summer or the year before (I must have had something else on my mind?) and I’m looking forward to having a supply of fresh-picked herbs again. And, of course, there’s the smell factor. The mint plant, in particular, had me burying my nose in its leaves on the walk home.
Right around the same time, I was happy to hear that the first release from Nomenclature’s new Modern Eclectics collection is Minted, an “aromatic woody scent” with notes of mint, maté, jasmine, papyrus, Atlas cedar, violet, lemongrass, bergamot and brown sugar for “the fragrance equivalent of a deep breath.” This collection is playful, but in a different way from the original Nomenclature collection, with its aroma-chemical “molecule” inspirations and its lab flask bottles: the Modern Eclectics presentation includes collages by visual artist Rafael Santiago as well as short, whimsical poems, and the descriptions of its scents refer to nature, to flavors, even to internet culture. Minted (created for Nomenclature by perfumer Jérôme Epinette) takes “Moroccan mint tea on ice” as one reference point, but also plays with multiple readings of “mint” as taste, as currency (hence the dollar sign in its visuals) and as the condition of newness…
Off-White Paperwork Solution ~ new fragrances
Virgil Abloh’s Off-White brand has launched Paperwork, a new beauty line including four unisex fragrances: Solution No. 1, Solution No. 2, Solution No. 3 and Solution No. 4. Abloh reportedly worked on the fragrances before his death in 2021…
Van Cleef & Arpels Patchouli Blanc ~ new fragrance
Van Cleef & Arpels has launched Patchouli Blanc, a new addition to the brand′s Collection Extraordinaire…
A confidant that makes you feel safe
Vanilla, a comforting smell. When I think of friendship, I think of being close to each other; not just physically, but emotionally, and that’s vanilla for me. It’s like a confidant that makes you feel safe.
— Perfumer Jérôme Epinette on what friendship smells like. Read more in The Perfumer Who Created a New Way to Wear Rose Gold at The Cut.