One of the things that usually irk me about most mass market designer scents is the inevitable wave of innumerable flankers and seasonal releases that follow. This summer, however, I was very pleased to find quite a few very well made ones. Sport and summer epithets do not necessarily mean bad…as you will see
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has undertaken her second project with the Denver Art Museum. For this latest project Ms. Hurwitz has a more contemporary muse, Yves St. Laurent. The exhibit is called “Yves St. Laurent: The Retrospective” and runs through July 8, 2012 at the Denver Art Museum.
Every year when the winners of the Fragrance Foundation awards (FiFis) are released, I hold my breath. This year I am happy to say that many deserving perfumes received awards. One, in particular, that deserved acclaim was 1922 Lily Sanguine which won for Specialty Brand (women’s) fragrance of the year (Anthropologie).
If there is one thing that frustrates me about the avalanche of releases coupled with the exclusivity of some brands is that they make it far too easy to miss something amazing. Prada reminds me of this every time there is a new addition to the Prada Exclusives line. The latest release in this unappreciated line is No. 11 Cuir Styrax.
Most perfume houses would be content with producing one good collection of six perfumes a year. Clearly Xerjoff does not subscribe to that kind of thinking as hard on the heels of the excellent Oud Stars Collection we have another six fragrance collection called Sospiro.
One of the strongest debuts of 2011 was the arrival of the first six fragrances from Phaedon. Phaedon has added two new creations to the original group; Coton Egyptien and Verveine Figuier. The timing of both of these couldn’t be better as both of them will be ideal summer fragrances.
