Esprit will launch Life by Esprit Summer Edition, a new duo of flankers to 2003’s Esprit Life, in February. You can see last year’s Life by Esprit Summer Edition here…
Van Cleef & Arpels Tsar ~ fragrance review
Tsars come in all shapes, sizes and scents — from the gigantic, most likely musky-cumin-y-indolic-smelling Peter the Great (Unwashed) to the diminutive Nicholas II who had a penchant for fine French and English toiletries. Van Cleef & Arpels’ “fancy”-fougère Tsar was developed by perfumer Philippe Bousseton, and released in 1989. When I first smelled it long ago, Tsar was “too much” to bear (or wear); today, not many perfumes are too much for me, so I decided to give Tsar a re-try.
Tsar includes fragrance notes of bergamot, artemisia, rosemary, caraway seed, juniper berry, cinnamon, geranium, jasmine, pine, vetiver, oak moss, sandalwood and amber. Tsar begins with the scents of bergamot, artemisia (wormwood), juniper berry and a droplet of cinnamon oil. Quickly, one smells rosemary, pine and geranium leaf. Tsar’s opening is “green”, but NOT crisp or juicy; it’s smooth and polished. As Tsar segues into its heart notes, I detect creamy “white flowers” in quantity small enough not to annoy, or scare, manly-men. Tsar’s base smells of amber-y wood tinged “green” with moss.
What is Tsar’s overall effect? Imagine a scrubbed-clean gentleman…
Charriol Pour Femme & Charriol Pour Homme ~ new fragrances
Swiss luxury jewelry and watch brand Charriol has launched a new line of perfumes, with two scents for women and one for men.
Charriol Pour Femme Eau de Parfum (shown above left) is an oriental woody gourmand developed by perfumer Guillaume Flavigny. The notes include juniper berry, orange blossom, mango, incense, frangipani, vanilla orchid, amber, tonka bean, woods and patchouli…
Carolina Herrera 212 Summer Splash 2008, Esprit Dynamic Life ~ new fragrances
Carolina Herrera has launched the 2008 versions of her limited edition 212 Splash fragrances for summer. The scents are lighter variations on the original 212 fragrances and were “inspired by the fast pace of the city of New York”. The outer packaging, like last year’s, is designed to evoke soda cans…