Florals have been a dominant theme for Jo Malone fragrances over the past several years. In a worldwide initiative, the brand will partner with charities that revive gardens in urban spaces.
When I reread Arch de Triumph last year, I approached it with a different eye, much more open for the small details. And, of course, as a perfumista I immediately noticed the mention of perfume bottles!
Perfumer Olivier Cresp has captured the dominant peony note using Nature Print® technology; a technique which enables the perfumer to immortalise a single flower.
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.
When IUNX shut their doors I worried these fragrances would be lost as they are some of Mme Giacobetti’s best creations. It seems Mme Giacobetti also feels these are fragrances worth fighting for as well and in late summer of 2011 she opened a store in the Hotel Costes.
“They don’t make ‘em like that anymore” When I was younger, I hated that saying. The longer I am around and the more modern perfumes I sniff, the more I wish I had been born twenty, even thirty, years earlier. Join me, if you will, on a stroll down the decades and relive some true classics with me…
