London-based niche line Gallivant will launch Buenos Aires, the latest in their series of unisex “urban exploration” fragrances, this week…
Gallivant Los Angeles ~ fragrance review
This week I’ve been “traveling” cross-country with the niche line Gallivant, from Brooklyn (where I spend much of my time in real life) to Los Angeles (a place I’ve never actually visited). Los Angeles is the latest “urban exploration” fragrance from Gallivant and it’s described as “a hot and sensual woody floral, cooled with a marine breeze.” It was developed by perfumer Karine Chevallier and features notes of eucalyptus, clary sage, mandarin, pineapple, narcissus, tuberose, cade, guaiac, nagarmotha, musks and heliotrope.
I like Gallivant’s note about Los Angeles being “a neon floral fragrance,” since it feels fabulously artificial…
Gallivant Los Angeles ~ new fragrance
London-based niche line Gallivant has launched Los Angeles, a new addition to their series of “urban exploration” fragrances…
Gallivant Amsterdam & Berlin ~ new fragrances
London-based niche line Gallivant will launch Amsterdam and Berlin, two new “urban exploration” fragrances…
Gallivant London & Brooklyn ~ fragrance reviews
I recently had the chance to experience the new Gallivant fragrance line, and after admiring its packaging and display (city maps! 30 ml bottles! tiny paper airplanes instead of blotters!), I had to decide which of the four fragrances to try on my skin. Where to “gallivant” first? I chose the two cities that have personal meaning for me: London (which I’ve visited twice) and Brooklyn (where I work).
London was developed by perfumer Karine Chevallier and its notes include cucumber, violet leaves, rose, orris root, leather, sandalwood, patchouli and cedar. The Gallivant website outlines it in a sequence of sensory imagery: “East end boys and west end girls. Second-hand leather jackets. . . .Roses from Columbia Road. Georgian architecture. A hint of dustiness. An earthy lush wetness you can almost taste.”
Well, I’d have to try London just for that Pet Shop Boys reference, if for nothing else…