Jo Malone will launch Wild Flowers & Weeds, a new limited edition collection of five fragrances (Cade & Cedarwood, Hemlock & Bergamot, Lupin & Patchouli, Nettle & Wild Achillea and Willow & Amber), in March. Wild Flowers & Weeds follows 2017’s The Bloomsbury Set and 2018’s English Fields…
I can’t tell you how often I’ve read a perfume’s list of notes and thought I was sure how it would come out — then been completely surprised once I smelled it. Each of these fragrances by Frassaï set me up to expect one thing, then delivered another. (A good reason not to buy unsniffed, no matter how radiant the reviews.)
Natalia Outeda, Frassaï’s founder, was born in Buenos Aires and has a background in fragrance development, floral design, and jewelry design. Fittingly, Frassaï sells jewelry with an organic inspiration, scented candles, and, now, three Eaux de Parfum — Verano Porteño, Tian Di and Blondine.
So, let’s get down to it…
I’m a Francophile when it comes to candles. Cire Trudon is part of my Candle Triumvirate; Astier de Villatte and Diptyque make up the others. (I’ve always been afraid to try Frédéric Malle candles…I have a feeling they’d expand my candle obsession and budget to an even crazier level.)
I was interested (that’s about the best I can muster these days in Perfumeland, no longer am I “thrilled” or “excited” about new launches) when I heard Cire Trudon had developed a personal fragrance line called Trudon (how many times did I wish one of Cire Trudon’s wonderfully scented room sprays or candles was a perfume?) I’m happy to report three of the first five perfumes pleased me, and today I’m reviewing two: Olim1 and Mortel2. Robin Here at NST beat me to my other favorite: Deux (II)…
Just in time for autumn, Jo Malone has launched its English Oak collection. Both fragrances in this collection, English Oak & Hazelnut and English Oak & Redcurrant, were developed by perfumer Yann Vasnier and will join the brand’s permanent line. English Oak & Redcurrant features notes of redcurrant, pink pepper, mandarin, rose and roasted oak; English Oak & Hazelnut is a composition of green hazelnut, cedar, vetiver, amber and roasted oak.
Even before I had a chance to smell this fragrance duo, I was captivated by the promotional imagery, with its sepia-tinted images of androgynous models perched in enormous oak trees…
This fall, Cire Trudon will launch Trudon, a collection of 5 unisex personal fragrances: Bruma, Olim, II, Revolution and Mortel…