Quickie reviews of three new-ish department store fragrances: Vera Wang Princess Night, Swarovski Aura and Ferragamo Signorina.
Princess Night is the fifth flanker in Vera Wang’s ever popular Princess franchise. It came out last December, so I’m late, and I know all of you have been holding your breath through the winter, waiting to hear what I think of it…
Italian fashion house Blumarine has launched Innamorata, a new floriental perfume hoping to “capture the magic moment of falling in love”…
Bvlgari has launched Mon Jasmin Noir L’Eau Exquise, a new flanker to 2011’s Mon Jasmin Noir, which was a flanker to 2008’s Jasmin Noir. The new fragrance for women was inspired by the Boboli Gardens in Florence…
Salvatore Ferragamo will launch Signorina, a new perfume for women, in February. Signorina is meant to be an “olfactory celebration of chic girls” and to be “fresh, sophisticated and subtly cheeky”…
Being a dog-centric person, I became aware of Trussardi through its advertisements in L’Uomo Vogue. I loved the Trussardi greyhound logo, and even, blush, wanted a Trussardi walking stick with the dog’s-head handle. (I’ve always had a bad back, so this “wish” wasn’t purely a dandy-ish whim of a 20-year-old; when my back went out, I’d have an interesting and beautiful “aid,” wouldn’t I?)
Trussardi began as a glove-making company in Bergamo, Italy, in 1911 and has since branched out into clothing/accessories, fragrance, design, entertainment/culture and hospitality/food. Trussardi fragrances are not easy to come by in the U.S. (Like many other European perfumes that never make it to stores here, Trussardi perfumes can often be found at online U.S. discounters within a year of their European release.) From the moment I first read about Essenza del Tempo, I wanted to try it, and I finally got around to buying a bottle online last week…