Laura Mercier has launched Nuits Enchantées, a UK-only limited edition fragrance for women inspired by the stories from the One Thousand and One Nights.
Nuits Enchantées was developed by perfumer James Krivda, and is described as “the perfect sensual scent for evening”. The fragrance notes feature mocha, mace, cardamom, mandarin, ginger, rose, cedar leaf and amber…
Jennifer Lopez will follow up on her most recent fragrance releases, Deseo and Deseo Forever, with her first masculine fragrance, Deseo for Men. According to Lopez…
I wanted to capture the intimate and personal nature of a man who is sexy, yet strong. Deseo means desire. […] I wanted to take this meaning and put it behind the idea of one desiring another. The smell is warming and creates a provocative and sensual texture…
Deseo is the latest fragrance from the Jennifer Lopez franchise at Coty, and the floral woody scent reportedly takes its inspiration from a “midnight walk in Lopez’s garden moments before a thunderstorm set in”*. Deseo is that rare thing, a fragrance geared towards an older (well, what they actually said was “intended to appeal to a more sophisticated and mature demographic”**) audience than the earlier fragrances in the line. Given that most celebrity fragrances are geared towards a very young crowd (i.e., ‘tweens), that doesn’t mean they’re reaching for middle-aged women, mind you, but still, it’s nice to see a line reach for more sophistication instead of less.
Deseo starts out with a big diffusive fresh note — and anyone who reads here regularly knows there’s nothing I hate like a big diffusive fresh note…
Another year, another Ralph. Ralph Wild is the fifth in the Ralph by Ralph Lauren franchise, and the tag line goes like this…
Welcome to the wild state, where the air is fresh and juicy, skin is warm and alluring, and you can let your true self run free…Go Ralph Wild.
The Ralph series, like the Ralph by Ralph Lauren sportswear line from which it takes its name, aims for a younger demographic than the regular Ralph Lauren line; the fragrances, geared towards 15-25 year olds, are generally pleasant if not startlingly original…
Jennifer Lopez will launch her next fragrance, Deseo, this coming February.
Deseo is geared towards a “more sophisticated and mature” audience than her prior scents, and was created in collaboration with perfumers Ellen Molner and Jim Krivda…