Paco Rabanne will launch Olympéa, a new fragrance for the ‘modern day Cleopatra’. Olympea is the feminine counterpart to the brand’s Invictus, and will be fronted by model Luma Grothe…
Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto Le Parfum ~ new fragrance
Yves Saint Laurent will launch Manifesto Le Parfum in March. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2012’s Manifesto, and follows Manifesto L’Elixir and Manifesto L’Eclat…
Issey Miyake Expeditions ~ new fragrances
Issey Miyake will launch Expeditions, a new trio of limited edition flankers for men: L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Oceanic Expedition (shown), L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme Sport Polar Expedition and Nuit d’Issey Austral Expedition…
Yves Saint Laurent Paris Rebel Collector ~ new perfume
Yves Saint Laurent has launched Paris Rebel Collector, a new fragrance for women. Paris Rebel is a flanker to 1983’s Paris…
Issey Miyake Nuit d’Issey ~ fragrance review
Of the Big 3 Japanese design houses with perfume lines — Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake — it’s Miyake’s fragrances that have interested me the least (with one big exception, Feu d’Issey, and a smaller exception, a scent by issey miyake). Miyake’s most famous perfumes, L’Eau d’Issey and L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme, spawned almost-countless imitators, and the two “origin” perfumes today smell like caricatures of “fresh” fragrances (plenty of cleaning products smell like them, cleaning products you can buy at Target). Still, I approached the new Nuit d’Issey1 with an open mind (and nostrils).
Nuit d’Issey starts with greenish citrus (I smell mostly grapefruit) with a sweet-spice accord…