French niche house Divine has launched L'Être Aimé, new fragrances for women and men:
A woman, a man, sharing one name : l’être aimé.
The title-role of this double composition is played by a fiery bloom : the everlasting flower…
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French niche house Divine has launched L'Être Aimé, new fragrances for women and men:
A woman, a man, sharing one name : l’être aimé.
The title-role of this double composition is played by a fiery bloom : the everlasting flower…
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Sarah Jessica Parker will launch a new trio of fragrances called The Lovely Collection. According to the actress, Dawn, Endless and Twilight were designed to provide “a little glimpse into my world, something that was genuine and relatable — very specific moments, treasures of time”.
Dawn is a soft floral developed by perfumer Stephen Nilsen…
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Donna Karan launched Gold earlier this year. The fragrance was created by perfumers Yann Vasnier and Rodrigo Flores-Roux, and features notes of Casablanca lilies, fluid amber, sparkling acacia, white clove, jasmine templar, golden blossom and patchouli.
Last month I said that I thought Tom Ford’s Black Orchid was perhaps the most impressive mainstream perfume release this year; Donna Karan’s Gold may well get my vote for the prettiest. The top notes are crisp and summery…
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As the year draws to a close, I am desperately trying to clear out my massive backlog of untried or partially tried fragrance samples. Unless something is so horrible that it necessitates instant removal (i.e., a scrubber), my practice is to try everything at least twice, and if it warrants a review (that is, if I can think of something to say about it) I usually give it 3-5 tries. But there are many fragrances that just don’t capture my attention one way or another on the first try, and they tend to spend months in the purgatory of the “try again some day” basket. Such was the fate that befell L Eau de Parfum, the fragrance inspired by the Showtime series The L Word and launched by Apothia earlier this year.
L Eau de Parfum was created by perfumer Yann Vasnier and includes notes of angelica, juniper, cardamom, violet leaf, Florentine orris butter, vetiver, sandalwood, musk and crystal amber…
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Divine is a small independent perfume house owned by Yvon Mouchel and located in the Brittany region of France. I reviewed their L’Homme de Coeur a few weeks ago, and now Marlen & I are trying L’Homme Sage, which like L’Homme de Coeur was created for Divine by nose Yann Vasnier. It has notes of saffron, mandarin, lychee, cardamom, mace, gaiac wood, atlas cedar, balsam fir, everlasting flower, patchouli, oakmoss, amber, styrax, and incense.
He says: An amber forest at sunset, the sky glows orange, the mossy earth is warm and a breeze stirs the glowing yellow leaves. Nearby a crackling fire burns, cinnamon bark, flower petals, mandarin peel, and wood resins release a smoky incense that mingles with the scent of the earth. A man in saffron robes tends the fire…