Niche line Nomenclature has introduced Night Serum, a new fragrance in the brand’s Modern Eclectics collection…
Nomenclature Aloeae ~ new fragrance
Niche line Nomenclature has introduced Aloeae, a new fragrance in the brand’s Modern Eclectics collection…
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…
Nomenclature Minted ~ fragrance review
I recently purchased a few small plants to create a summer “container garden” — basil, dill, peppermint. I’ve done this before, although not last summer or the year before (I must have had something else on my mind?) and I’m looking forward to having a supply of fresh-picked herbs again. And, of course, there’s the smell factor. The mint plant, in particular, had me burying my nose in its leaves on the walk home.
Right around the same time, I was happy to hear that the first release from Nomenclature’s new Modern Eclectics collection is Minted, an “aromatic woody scent” with notes of mint, maté, jasmine, papyrus, Atlas cedar, violet, lemongrass, bergamot and brown sugar for “the fragrance equivalent of a deep breath.” This collection is playful, but in a different way from the original Nomenclature collection, with its aroma-chemical “molecule” inspirations and its lab flask bottles: the Modern Eclectics presentation includes collages by visual artist Rafael Santiago as well as short, whimsical poems, and the descriptions of its scents refer to nature, to flavors, even to internet culture. Minted (created for Nomenclature by perfumer Jérôme Epinette) takes “Moroccan mint tea on ice” as one reference point, but also plays with multiple readings of “mint” as taste, as currency (hence the dollar sign in its visuals) and as the condition of newness…
Nomenclature Neo Rose, Palmetto, Pink Ivory & Wood Dew ~ new fragrances
Niche line Nomenclature has introduced Neo Rose, Palmetto, Pink Ivory and Wood Dew. The four new fragrances join Minted in the brand’s Modern Eclectics collection…