Prada welcomes the Year of the Monkey (with handbags, basically).
5 perfumes: flankers I like better than the original fragrance
We all complain about flankers, and they’re an easy mark: there are too many of them (really, WAY too many of them) and the general tendency of flankers, of course, is to dumb down, or sportify, or summer-ize, or oud-ify, or otherwise attenuate a possibly already less-than-marvelous pillar fragrance. But I’m sure I’m not the only one that has a few flankers I like better than the original. Here are my five picks,1 do share yours!
Tops on my list is Givenchy’s Organza Indecence. I never did care, either way, about Organza…
Olfactories
A short piece for the Prada Olfactories.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2015, part 21
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector editions from Prada, Lancôme and Paris Hilton; plus a new Touche de Parfum edition of Dior J’Adore.
From Prada, Candy in gold: “The iconic Prada Candy bottle is reinterpreted with a splash of gold. A provocative statement captures the impulsive nature of the Prada Candy woman. This new color and design are the result of a mix between elegance and excess.” In 80 ml Eau de Parfum, $114 at Bloomingdales…
Prada Olfactories ~ new fragrances
Prada will launch the Prada Olfactories, a new range of luxury, limited distribution fragrances. All ten fragrances in the Olfactories collection were developed by perfumer Daniela Andrier…