The Italian niche line Memento debuted last year from Eurocosmesi. There are two fragrances so far in the Italian Olfactive Landscapes series, both developed by perfumer Marie Salagmagne and meant to “reflect an Italian location at a specific day, time and month”…
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Figue Iris & Laurier Reglisse, Laura Mercier Neroli ~ new perfumes
The 2008 Aqua Allegoria fragrances from Guerlain will be Figue Iris and Laurier Réglisse…
Michel Germain Sexual Fresh Pour Homme, Gres Hommage a Marlene Dietrich ~ new fragrances
Sexual Fresh is the latest fragrance for men from Michel Germain:
Séxual fresh, Michel Germain’s crisp new men’s fragrance, is undeniably clean, masculine, and sexy, making it completely irresistible. The only fragrance to blend cool and warm notes together to create a crisp, cool sexiness, séxual fresh is the first of its kind – a revolutionary fragrance.
The notes include mandarin, grapefruit, bergamot, lavender, green oak moss and “a blend of aphrodisiacs so complex, that it is never to be revealed”…
Tokyo by Kenzo ~ fragrance review
Tokyo at night, especially on a rainy night, can be a nightmare for an astigmatic like me: lights everywhere, lights reflecting off metal, slick roads, sidewalks and glass. Everything is a blur. Perhaps Kenzo Parfums believes only a YOUNG man can navigate the sprawling, complex landscape of Tokyo, because Tokyo by Kenzo, their latest fragrance release, was created for men 18 to 25 years old.
Tokyo by Kenzo’s ingredients were chosen to conjure the colors of nighttime Tokyo: yellow and red lights, the green of trees and plants tucked away in parks and small private gardens, and dark sky and looming empty skyscrapers. Tokyo by Kenzo’s fragrance notes are: (yellow) ginger, lemon, grapefuit; (red) pink pepper, bitter orange; (green) shiso, maté absolute, green tea; and (darkness) guaiac wood, cedar, clove and nutmeg.
Tokyo by Kenzo opens with ginger, lemon and a fragrance note that smells like brewed green tea…
Vivienne Westwood Let It Rock ~ new fragrance
Vivienne Westwood will launch Let It Rock in August. The fragrance is named for Westwood’s first boutique on Kings Road in London. The store was later renamed Sex and was known as the location for Johnny Rotten’s audition for the Sex Pistols.
Let it Rock is an oriental which opens with top notes of bergamot and freesia…