Viktor & Rolf has launched Bonbon Pastel, a new flanker to 2014’s Bonbon fragrance for women. Bonbon Pastel is reportedly the lightest and freshest in the series so far…
Jo Malone Rare Teas ~ new fragrances
Jo Malone will follow The Herb Garden collection with the six-fragrance Rare Teas collection: Darjeeling Tea, Golden Needle Tea, Jade Leaf Tea, Midnight Leaf Tea, Oolong Tea and Silver Needle Tea. The fragrances were developed by perfumer Serge Majoullier…
Karl Lagerfeld Ocean View ~ new fragrances
Karl Lagerfeld will launch Ocean View, a new limited edition fragrance duo, in March. The Ocean View scents are variations on the Karl Lagerfeld for Women and Karl Lagerfeld for Men scents introduced in 2014…
Karl Lagerfeld Paradise Bay ~ new fragrances
Karl Lagerfeld will launch Paradise Bay, a new limited edition fragrance duo. The Paradise Bay scents are variations on the Karl Lagerfeld for Women and Karl Lagerfeld for Men scents introduced in 2014…
Viktor & Rolf Bonbon ~ perfume review & a quick sweet poll
It’s tempting to think that Viktor & Rolf learned a simple lesson from the failure of Eau Mega, and that lesson was: sugar. Their first fragrance, Flowerbomb, wasn’t an explosion of flowers at all, but a(nother) fourth generation spawn of Thierry Mugler Angel, with cleaner (and quieter) patchouli, a few petals sprinkled here and there, and plenty of sugar. It was a huge hit. (They’ve since churned out a bazillion collector bottles, but relatively few flankers — maybe they never got the memo?) They followed with the aforementioned Eau Mega, a clean melon-y pear, and despite the fun bottle, it didn’t do so well.
Now they’re back with Bonbon. Bonbon has sugar and then some; it could easily have been a Flowerbomb flanker aimed at younger consumers — Sugarbomb? Candybomb? The possibilities are endless. But no, we’ve got Bonbon, and unlike Flowerbomb, it’s just what it says it is: candy…