Portuguese brand Claus Porto has launched a new Agua de Colonia collection (the 2014 Agua de Colonia collection appears to be discontinued). The five new fragrances — Agua Vetiver, Agua Geranium, Agua Fougère, Agua Clementine and Agua Porto — were developed by perfumer Lyn Harris…
Lyn Harris is in hot pursuit of lilacs. On a recent spring morning, the revered British perfumer makes her way through a sea of wild grass and cow parsley in an untamed quarter of London’s Regent’s Park. “It’s so idyllic,” she says of the springtime scene: In this quiet corner, the incessant hum of central London traffic is eclipsed — almost — by birdsong and bell chimes from St. Marylebone Church.
— Read more at Foraging for Spring Scents, With a British Perfumer at The New York Times.
Portuguese brand Claus Porto has launched Claus Porto Le Parfum, a new limited edition fragrance celebrating the brand’s 130th anniversary…
I’m a Francophile when it comes to candles. Cire Trudon is part of my Candle Triumvirate; Astier de Villatte and Diptyque make up the others. (I’ve always been afraid to try Frédéric Malle candles…I have a feeling they’d expand my candle obsession and budget to an even crazier level.)
I was interested (that’s about the best I can muster these days in Perfumeland, no longer am I “thrilled” or “excited” about new launches) when I heard Cire Trudon had developed a personal fragrance line called Trudon (how many times did I wish one of Cire Trudon’s wonderfully scented room sprays or candles was a perfume?) I’m happy to report three of the first five perfumes pleased me, and today I’m reviewing two: Olim1 and Mortel2. Robin Here at NST beat me to my other favorite: Deux (II)…
Quick reviews of two niche variations on green: Nomenclature Shi_so and Cire Trudon Deux (II).
I am rather late with this one — Shi_so is exactly the sort of crisp and light fragrance that comes in handiest in high summer. Like the others in the Nomenclature line, it’s highlighting a synthetic aromachemical, in this case, glycolierral, which is meant to capture crushed ivy leaves…