West Village niche perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas will launch Musc Encensé, a new unisex fragrance, in June…
Atelier Cologne Iris Rebelle ~ short fragrance review, with a long digression on my buying habits
Last month, I walked into my local Sephora, smelled Atelier Cologne’s latest, Iris Rebelle, and had a travel spray packaged and paid for within about 5 minutes. Must have been fantastic stuff, you say? Well, it’s decent, but I wouldn’t go so far as fantastic. If I’d had a sample at home and spent some time with it, it wouldn’t even have made my buy list — which, by the way, is a looooong list. There are an awful lot of perfumes I’d much rather own than Iris Rebelle. So why did I buy it…
The Body Shop Black Musk ~ new fragrance
The Body Shop will launch Black Musk, a new floriental fragrance for women. Black Musk follows Red Musk (2014) and Red Musk Oud (2015)…
Caudalie Rose de Vigne ~ new fragrance
Skincare and spa line Caudalie has launched Rose de Vigne, a new fragrance in their Eaux Fraîche collection (Zeste de Vigne, Thé des Vignes, Fleur de Vigne and Figue de Vigne)…
Atelier Cologne Pomelo Paradis ~ fragrance review
Atelier Cologne’s new(ish) Pomélo Paradis is the brand’s latest citrus fragrance, and reportedly the last scent in what is now called the ‘Collection Originale’. Like its elder siblings Grand Néroli and Orange Sanguine, it’s meant to provide the “magical freshness of cologne coupled with the lasting power of eau de parfum”. Not a bad calling card, but I admit I am a bit less taken with the concept as time goes on.
I bought small bottles of Grand Néroli and Orange Sanguine shortly after they launched, but ended up giving them both away over the past year. Both are well-made, respectable renditions of the materials in question, but I almost never reached for them, and when I did, my usual tendency was to layer them with something else…