Next month, Azzaro launches Azzaro Pour Homme Elixir, a new variation on 1978’s Azzaro Pour Homme.
The new spicy amber oriental fragrance was developed by perfumer Michel Girard…
Paco Rabanne 1 Million & Omnia Granato ~ fragrance reviews
Paco Rabanne 1 Million
Paco Rabanne 1 Million debuted last August in Europe, but it’s never “officially” launched in the U.S. (though it can be purchased at online discounters here). 1 Million was developed by perfumers Christophe Raynaud, Olivier Pescheux and Michel Girard, and it contains grapefruit, blood orange, peppermint, rose, cinnamon, “spice,” blond leather, white woods, amberketal (synthetic ambergris) and patchouli. It’s difficult to review 1 Million because the fragrance is so well blended. Imagine painting precise squares of color (cool purple, faded pink, creamy green and sunny yellow) side by side onto a white canvas using acrylic pigments, then taking a wet brush and running it thru the middle of all the squares — blurring all the colors with one strong sweep of the brush. The resulting image of this rapid “mixing” is like 1 Million: gray (indistinct) in the center but with traces of residual color (individual notes) around the edges.
1 Million smells like “sugar and spice” with a touch of lavender-orange blossom and vanillic amber. It also smells like an upscale (slightly retro) barbershop…
Pucci Vivara Variazione ~ new fragrances
Coming from Pucci next March will be Vivara Variazioni, a trio of new flankers to last year's Vivara fragrance for women. The three fragrances are meant to represent sea, sand and sky, but the scents themselves are intended to be seasonless.
Vivara Acqua 330 ~ in blue, with violet, jasmine, frangipani and musk…
Wolfgang Joop by Joop! ~ new fragrance
Joop! will launch Wolfgang Joop, a new fragrance for men, this fall. The scent is named for the house's founder, Wolfgang Joop, and was made with his cooperation although he sold the company in the early 2000s and no longer designs for the brand.
The orange-tinted juice, which was mixed by Givaudan's Louise Turner and Michel Girard, has “trusted, familiar notes” like lavender; “upper-class smells” including coriander, vetiver, sandalwood and cinnamon, as well as patchouli.
Yves Rocher Naturelle, Comme une Evidence Le Parfum, Comme une Evidence Homme ~ new fragrances
Yves Rocher has launched three new fragrances for spring:
Naturelle (shown at right) is a green fruity floral developed by perfumer Michel Girard:
The scent of a free spirit, a light carefree fragrance, fresh and sparkling with green, floral and fruity notes to wear the delicate, cheerful scent of spring.
The notes include citron, bergamot, tagete, green apple, jasmine, peach blossom, amber, musk and cedar…