Lancôme has launched Absolue Les Parfums, a new collection of 11 rose perfumes dedicated to the rose centifolia grown at Lancôme’s horticultural site in Grasse, Le Domaine de la Rose. The fragrances are 1001 Roses, 6 AM Rose, Hell Of A Rose, Hot As Rose, I Flamed A Rose, Le Parfum, Not Your Rose, Oud Bouquet, Rose On The Moon, Rose Or Die and Storm & Roses…
I’ve had trouble deciding what to wear lately, in these weeks when the weather around New York City keeps tilting between blustery and balmy, soggy and sunny — what clothing to wear, that is. I’ve had an easier time choosing fragrances that suit this season-shift. Some of them are old favorites, like Frédéric Malle L’Eau D’Hiver (the classic “eau chaude” scent). Others are perfumes that I’ve only encountered over the past year or even the past few months. Here are five of the latter.
Travel is always a good reason to buy a new perfume, and my recent trip to London included a visit to Liberty, just in time for the launch of their new LBTY fragrance collection. Each scent is inspired by, and packaged in, a textile design from Liberty’s archives…
French niche line Liquides Imaginaires has launched Âme du Coeur, the second fragrance in the Eaux de l’âme trilogy (see Beauté du Diable)…
It might just be my imagination, and a feeling of tentative hope that my city has come through the worst of the pandemic, but the roses in my neighbors’ front yards and the local parks seem lusher than ever this year. I’ve also been wearing some new-ish and new-to-me rose fragrances to mark the May/June transition, so here are my thoughts on five of them.
Back in the early spring, I finally got myself over to the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship to sniff my way though Dries van Noten’s year-old fragrance collection. I admired a few of them, but my personal favorite of the group was Raving Rose…
Carolina Herrera has launched Bad Boy Extreme, a new fragrance for men. Bad Boy Extreme is a flanker to 2019’s Bad Boy and follows 2022’s Bad Boy Cobalt…