Laura Mercier has launched Ambre Vanillé, the latest addition to the brand’s Eau Gourmande collection…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2012, part 7
Our second-to-last holiday gift post focuses on budget options and stocking stuffers. Next up: luxury.
If you missed them, check out part 1 (scented body products), part 2 (travel sizes & coffrets), part 3 (home fragrance), part 4 (gifts for men), part 5 (solid perfumes) and part 6: (more travel sizes & coffrets).
From Nordstrom, empty travel atomizers in black, gold, purple, red, silver and pink. $5 each…
Laura Mercier Fresh Fig ~ new fragrance
Laura Mercier has launched Fresh Fig, the latest addition to the brand’s Eau Gourmande collection:
Fresh Fig Eau de Toilette is a rich, intoxicating fragrance that is reminiscent of a fresh, clean linen experience…
Laura Mercier Ambre Passion Velvet & Ambre Passion Elixir ~ fragrance review
Amber fragrances can pose a conundrum. On one hand, amber is warm, easy, and seductive — a crowd pleaser. When it’s cold out, a spritz of an amber-based perfume or burning an amber-scented candle are almost as good as pulling up a thickly knit blanket. When I wear amber, I get compliments. Everyone should have an amber in his fragrance collection.
On the other hand, amber is sweet and can cloy, making for suffocating, cilia-searing juice. After a few hours of wearing some ambers I feel like I’m clamped in a trap in a cheap candle shop and the ventilation has shut down. I have to gnaw off my arm to escape. Plus, amber can be boring. (Vanilla fragrances can have these same advantages and drawbacks.)
In my opinion, with Ambre Passion Velvet Eau de Parfum (shown above right) and Ambre Passion Elixir (shown above left), Laura Mercier does a great job highlighting the best parts of an amber-based perfume while minimizing potential shortcomings…
Laura Mercier Creme de Pistache ~ new fragrance
Laura Mercier will launch Creme de Pistache, a new fragrance in the Eau Gourmande collection, in October…