Four videos from Bvlgari. First, a quick promo for Omnia Citrine. Then, below the jump, we’ve got a “masterclass” from perfumers Jacques Cavallier, Sophie Labbé and Alberto Morillas. After that, a short beginner Tai Chi lesson and a short cooking video (Luca Fantin makes carbonara; click through to Youtube to see the recipe text).
Floraiku Part I ~ fragrance reviews
Floraïku came to my attention not because I smelled one of its fragrances but because I saw one of its bottles; beware beautiful packaging. Floraïku is an offshoot of the niche line Memo Paris and its perfumes are inspired by Japan. At present, Floraïku has 19 perfumes (two of which are “ShadowingTM” fragrances — more on those later). According to the Floraïku website, the perfumes were developed by Aliénor Massenet or Sophie Labbé and each perfume supposedly contains more than 50% naturals (not sure any agency monitors such claims).
Floraïku fragrances are arranged in groupings: Forbidden Incense | Kodo — Sound of a Ricochet, My Shadow on the Wall, My Love Has the Color of the Night; Enigmatic Flowers | Ikebana — I See the Clouds Go By, Cricket Song, First Dream of the Year; Secret Teas and Spices | O Cha — The Moon and I, I Am Coming Home, One Umbrella for Two; Light Shadow — Sleeping on the Roof; Dark Shadow — Between Two Trees. Each scent has a poem attached to the perfume and comes in a gorgeous bottle/10 ml travel spray combo (presented in a bento box). Eight of Floraïku’s perfumes are missing from my two posts this week: Just A Rose, Ao, The Mountain Standing Still, Flowers Turn Purple, In the Rain, Wind in my Hand ($755!), In the Dark and Surprise…
Salvatore Ferragamo Gilio ~ new perfume
Salvatore Ferragamo has launched Gilio, a new limited edition luxury fragrance for women. Gilio is intended as an homage to Florence, and shares its name and packaging design with the first Ferragamo fragrance, launched in 1960…
Tiffany & Love by Tiffany ~ new fragrances
Tiffany will launch Tiffany & Love, a new fragrance duo, in October. The new scents for men and women share a note of blue sequoia…
At night it’s richer, more generous
I smelled [tuberose] from the morning to the evening and I realized that the smell is very different. When you smell the tuberose at night it’s richer, more generous. It emphasizes the lactonic creamy notes, the fruity peachiness. It’s much more powerful and orange-flower-like than the smell of the bud, which is greener. It’s addictive – you want to smell it again and again.
— Perfumer Sophie Labbé, who developed Bvlgari Tubereuse Mystique. Read more at Is Tuberose the Sexiest Fragrance Note? at Town & Country.