Tory Burch has launched Essence of Dreams, a new collection of five fragrances: Cosmic Wood, Divine Moon, Electric Sky, Mystic Geranium and Sublime Rose. Essence of Dreams is the brand’s first fragrance launch since the license moved from Estee Lauder to Shiseido at the beginning of 2020…
As I’m writing this review, it’s the day after Election Day in the United States.* We don’t discuss politics here at Now Smell This, so I’ll just say that it’s been a stressful week (and month and year) so far. The current suspense is making me wish I were somewhere other than here, somewhere other than now, although I’m not usually much of traveler.
Come to think of it, I first expressed my non-wanderlust in a review of two fragrances from Une Nuit Nomade, Rose America and Memory Motel. The description for Nothing But Sea and Sky, the latest in Une Nuit Nomade’s tribute to the beaches of New York’s Montauk, caught my eye…
London-based niche line Gallivant will launch Bukhara, the latest in their series of “urban exploration” fragrances, later this month…
French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange has launched Exit the King, a new fragrance…
With Aedes de Venustas Musc Encensé, it’s all about texture. A musk-centered fragrance — especially one that puts incense on the billing — could easily be stifling and itchy, a fur stole of a perfume. Musc Encensé, however, is a vapor that hangs as sheer as the waft off of a cup of tea. It’s the sort of fragrance you spray on, forget about, then later catch a whiff of something nice and realize it’s you.
Ralf Schwieger composed Musc Encensé. Its notes include clary sage, cashmeran, tonka, musk, incense and leather. The musk-savvy perfume lover will want to know what kind of musk this fragrance embraces…