Bottega Veneta will launch the Parco Palladiano collection in May. The six luxury unisex fragrances are designed to trace a walk in the gardens of the Villa Capra La Rotonda (designed by Andrea Palladio), near Vicenza. The fragrances were developed by perfumers Michel Almairac, Daniela Andrier and Alexis Dadier…
Lalique for Bentley Blue Crystal Edition ~ new fragrance
British car manufacturer Bentley has launched a new limited edition luxury fragrance, Lalique for Bentley Blue Crystal Edition. Lalique for Bentley Blue Crystal Edition is the second in the series that started last year with Lalique for Bentley Crystal Edition…
Olfactive Studio Ombre Indigo ~ fragrance review
Paris-based niche brand Olfactive Studio just launched Ombre Indigo,1 a shadow fragrance — an evocative and romantic idea.
Ombre Indigo opens with sweet, syrupy (and smoky) petitgrain; notes of saffron, woody vetiver and papyrus waft strongly at first, too. Ombre Indigo’s head notes conjure a dry, summery atmosphere of glare and heat: think Egypt or Morocco, stone or earth buildings baking in the sun, incense burning in the background…on the wind…
Olfactive Studio Ombre Indigo ~ new fragrance
French niche line Olfactive Studio will launch Ombre Indigo next month. It is the brand’s first fragrance since 2013’s Flash Back…
Roses de Chloe ~ fragrance review
Chloé is one of those brands that just makes me feel old. Old enough, at least, to remember a time when Karl Lagerfeld was the house designer and when the signature Chloé fragrance was a powerful white jasmine-tuberose perfume in a bottle topped with beautifully sculpted, frosted-glass floral forms. Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember that today’s Chloé is a ribbed-glass square bottle containing a sheer peony-lily-magnolia scent. Just yesterday, Robin posted a quick poll asking everyone to “recommend a perfumista-worthy inoffensive, ‘light & fresh’ office-friendly floral.” I’d nominate Chloé.
And now we have a pink-tinted flanker, Roses de Chloé…