From Givenchy, a new Eau de Toilette concentration of 2014’s Dahlia Divin, with notes of blood orange, peach, jasmine, rose, sandalwood and vanilla musk…
Top 10 Summer Fragrances 2014
For some reason, I’m easily irritated by the question, “What are your plans for the summer?” As my husband keeps reminding me, it’s just a harmless conversation-opener, but somehow it never fails to set my teeth on edge — more so than ever this year, when my “plans” involve nothing more than unemployment and job-hunting. Maybe we’ll do some day-trips, but it’s hard for me to feel as though I’m on holiday when I don’t know what comes next.
In that cheerful spirit (with apologies to Robin, who assigned this post to me without knowing my current frame of mind!), here is a list of ten fragrances I plan to wear regularly this summer, as I try to enjoy myself. I won’t be shopping for perfume much over the coming months, so I’m relying on my current collection and stash of samples to raise my spirits.
I’ve worn Diptyque L’Ombre dans L’Eau every summer for the past decade…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (and some other stuff) 2014, part 12
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 bottles from Sisley, Clinique and Thierry Mugler, new packaging for Reminiscence Rem, plus new concentrations for Bleu de Chanel and Repetto.
From Sisley, a collector bottle of Eau de Soir: “Eau du Soir returns in a bold new Limited Edition that is precious, wild and poetic…”
Bunch o’ fragrance ads 2014, part 4
A slideshow round up of new fragrance advertising, print and digital, plus a few older ads (31 slides in all) — most of these are for fragrances recently released in stores or just about to be released…
Reminiscence Tonka ~ fragrance review
Reminiscence is one of those smaller brands that I don’t think about as often as I should, but when I do think about it, I remember how much I like it. It’s primarily a Paris-based jewelry company dating back to the 1970s, with a line of cheerful bohemian-chic fragrances that fits its design aesthetic. Tonka is a recent release (2013), developed by perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin. It belongs to Reminiscence’s “Les Classiques” fragrance collection (joining Vanille, Ambre, Patchouli and Musc), and it is an oriental gourmand with notes of bergamot, anise, clove, jasmine, honey, cistus, bitter almond, tonka bean, vanilla and musk.
I’d never heard of tonka until I started reading fragrance message boards in the early 2000s…