This idea of a sensual liquid breathing came to mind when I tried the brand new 2012 Eau de Parfum versions of the two previous Ellie D Perfume releases Ellie, in 2007, and Ellie Nuit a year later. Michel Roudnitska was the perfumer behind the original extraits and he is again composing the EDP versions.
One of my favorite ongoing collections is that being done by Mathilde Laurent, the in-house perfumer for Cartier. It is called the Les Heures de Cartier and in what will be an eventual 13-fragrance collection the ninth entry has just been released. Mme Laurent is not going in order and she is skipping around the clockface as she releases each one. This one represents II and is called L’Heure Convoiteé (The Coveted Hour).
When it comes to fragrance that is as lively as my bottle of Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame there are two I like quite a bit. Interestingly they share the same home bases, France and California, as my favorite bubbly.
The fragrance line bearing the JPG line has been one of the best masstige fragrance lines as LeMale continues to be a big seller. This is why any news that a new JPG fragrance is coming creates a bit of buzz around it. The latest release Kokorico is currently available in France only and will also be available in the UK later in 2012 with a 2013 release slated for the US.
Both Isabey and Carthage survived being lost only to arise again. The Isabey perfumes are being slowly re-created and released and in 2011 we get the third reconstruction L’Ambre de Carthage.
As we entered the fall I heard a rumor that Czech and Speake was going to be adding their first new fragrance since 2003 and it was going to be a vetiver based fragrance. As we moved further into the fall some of the UK based members of the internet forums got a chance to try Vetiver Vert and the verdict was it was good and in some of those early tester’s words it was spectacular.
