Thierry Mugler has to be the most successful perfume brand at creating flankers of their iconic fragrances. I have rarely found them to be boring and very often the care shown these flankers provide a guide to other perfume lines on how to do it right
One word, more than any other, makes my stomach fall when we are talking about perfume. That word is “reformulated”. There were already a couple flankers of both Silences and Jacomo de Jacomo, and this is to be expected when something sells so well. Now we have Silences Eau de Parfum Sublime and Jacomo de Jacomo Original to consider.
Memo Paris debuts Luxor Oud, the next addition to its Les Echappes collection. Luxor Oud is an an olfactive journey to the incredibly rich past of Ancient Egypt.
Diptyque Volutes was inspired by a memory of a cruise, with destinations that brimmed with exotic smells and tastes, and the companionship of languid women with Egyptian cigarettes lounging against the rails, watching the retreating skylines and churning wake.
I was a big fan of Series Three and thought it deserved the Fifi Award it won. I think Series Four is even better.
CaFleureBon’s “Ode to Autumn” is the ten Fall fragrances that we have already begun to spritz with abandon. With draws from Ormande Jayne, Xerjoff, Mona di Orio, Etat Libre D’Orange and A Wing and a Prayer we salute the season of mists and mellow fruitfullness
