Yves Saint Laurent has launched Black Opium Le Parfum, the “most intense and radical interpretation” of 2014’s Black Opium, which was a flanker to 1977’s Opium…
5 perfumes: transitional autumn fragrances 2022
I’m writing this review from my favorite beach or, more accurately, the beachside inn where I’m taking a short breather from the city and soaking up some of the last warm temperatures of the season. It’s been an unpredictable month or so, both in the weather forecast and in my day-to-day activities, and I needed this sunshiny break even more than I realized at first. I also brought along a few fragrances that I’ve been wearing regularly over the past few weeks, since they seem to bridge the various moods of this summer-into-autumn moment.
I bought the Lush Garden box of travel sprays back in August, and initially I was focused on Rose Jam and V, since I already love the Rose Jam shower gel and the discontinued (and similar to V!) Don’t Rain on My Parade shower gel. Lately, though, I’ve been gravitating towards Pansy…
Roger & Gallet Collection d’Eaux Parfumees Bienfaisantes ~ reissues
Roger & Gallet has reorganized and relaunched their fragrance collection. Some fragrances are discontinued. The Collection d’Eaux Parfumées Bienfaisantes / Collection of Wellbeing Fragrant Waters now includes 8 fragrances: Bois d’Orange, Cédrat, Feuille de Thé, Fleur de Figuier, Fleur d’Osmanthus, Gingembre Rouge, Néroli and Rose. In addition, the 4 fragrances for men launched in 2019 are still being made, and the brand is still producing Jean Marie Farina cologne…
Lalique Soleil Vibrant ~ new perfume
Zadig & Voltaire x 3 ~ new fragrances
French ready-to-wear line Zadig & Voltaire has launched three new fragrances. This is Her! Vibes of Freedom, This is Him! Vibes of Freedom, and This is Us! L’Eau for All are flankers to 2016’s This is Her!, This is Him! and 2020’s This is Us! respectively…