Biancospino. Credit: Drian per Chanel |
Fresh, crisp, calm, mellow, sexy. So are the new scents of spring, between unique creations made by important noses, young and exuberant essences and summer waters with scents of sea and sand. The blog can not (yet) convey the intensity of a fragrance, but I tried to recreate it in words. Good reading with Bond No. 9, Chanel, Sisley, Prada, YSL, Ferragamo, Lancome, Calvin Klein...
Un grande profumo. Tutti i flaconi di Bond n°9 sono a forma di stella |
Hailed by the Wall Street Journal, loved by the New York Times. It 'really adorable Bond No. 9, the brand from New York that celebrates the American metropolis with a series of wonderful essences designed by Laurice Rahmé. As New York Patchouli. It 'a warm, intriguing, fascinating scent. Thanks to citrusy bergamot, rose water, lychee, wrapped around by a heart of patchouli, lilies and lilacs. The base combines classic notes such as amber, sandalwood and musk with an innovative and fresh cedar.
Laurice Rahmé! |
Do you know what is patchouli? It is a plant of the mint family, a relative of lavender, rosemary and sage. It comes from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, where it is used as an aphrodisiac. Bond No. 9 concentrations of active ingredients are among the highest in perfumery (between 18 and 22%), as it was in 1920.
Una goccia di Antigua sulla vostra pelle :) |
How is the tropical forest after the summer rain? The aromas are enhanced by the water that is drying in the hot sun. So is the French Sisley Eau Tropical, where a heart of tuberose, Turkish rose and violet is wrapped around by fresh and sour hibiscus, ginger and bergamot. So the bottom, with the warm patchouli and ambrette seeds, on the one hand, and the more sparkling cedar other. That's why the intense and the Caribbean scent is not excessive, it seems touched by the air that comes from the ocean.
Domitille Bertier all'opera :) |
The scent has benn created by Domitille Bertier, nose of the giant group Iff. She has with a lot of experience behind.
Calda e avvolgente come un maglione, ma con inattese punte metalliche. E' Laine de Verre, l'acqua profumata primaverile creata da uno dei più grandi nasi viventi, Serge Lutens.
Warm and inviting like a sweater, but with unexpected bits of metal. It's Laine de Verre, a spring scented water created by one of the greatest living noses, Serge Lutens.
Uno sperimentatore di nuovi mondi olfattivi. Essenza calda e fredda assieme, delicata e intensa a base di spezie, muschi, fiori. Da provare (50 ml, 75 euro; 100 ml, 107 euro).
An investigator of new worlds of smell. Hot and cold essence together, delicate and intense based on spices, musk, flowers. You should try it :)
Può un'essenza essere... metallica? |
Warm and inviting like a sweater, but with unexpected bits of metal. It's Laine de Verre, a spring scented water created by one of the greatest living noses, Serge Lutens.
Non solo naso, Serge Lutens ha lavorato per la moda e per l'arte |
An investigator of new worlds of smell. Hot and cold essence together, delicate and intense based on spices, musk, flowers. You should try it :)
Il gelsomino, cuore di 1932. Credit di questa foto e delle seguenti di Chanel: Drian |
As a small dolls house of the early twentieth century, where everything is in its place, furniture and furnishings, but in miniature, beautiful and enchanting, so is the extract of a perfume. Its quintessence, the purest heart. Sometimes, to represent in small the original form, the new scent must contain some variation. That's how Jacques Polge, Chanel's nose, interpreted the extracts when he redid his creations: 1932 Beige, Jersey. Scents that I find wonderful and very balanced.
Jacques Polge accanto alla spilla di Mademoiselle Chanel |
These perfumes are intense, but never overwhelming. If you wash your hands, you can still smell on the skin their sweet scent. 1932 is built around jasmine extract, iris butter and vetiver, and then sparkling pear and grapefruit.
La famiglia degli estratti di Chanel. Creazioni esclusive |
Beige is the color tribute to Mademoiselle Chanel, who wore it often. Here the exotic jasmine absolute is made to marry to May rose absolute and reinforced with ylang ylang and hawthorn. All is then lightened by anise and mimosa. It seems to wear a cardigan, it is very cuddly... :)
Mademoiselle Chanel nella spiaggia di Biarritz verso il 1920 |
I love Jersey, because Polge has given high dignity on lavender, a large aromatic plant, often relegated to the world of home. Just as Gabrielle Chanel had conferred dignity, for the first time, on a new fabric, jersey, revolutionizing the world of fashion.
La lavanda Carla |
In this excerpt a particular lavender, called Carla, is made round thanks to vanilla (little), tonka bean and musk. And enriched with exotic jasmin absolute and May rose absolute. A great perfume.
Decisamente primaverile :) |
It remembers the blossoming of spring, the colors, the scents that intertwine in the flowering meadows. Florale for Candy is a fragrance that could only be created by Daniela Andrier, nose for Miuccia Prada since a long.
Léa Seydoux, bellissima |
Her flora fictional, made up of powdery notes, warm honey, represented by Léa Seydoux, the French actress Palme d'Or in The Life of Adele, testimonial for the advertising campaign signed by the big Steven Meisel. It's a happy and measured essence, which moves with a light step :)
Versione couture! |
The news is that Thierry Wasser, Guerlain's great nose, has reviewed La Petite Robe Noir, a perfume became a classic. And, may I say it? I really like this version of haute couture essence. Almost more than the original.
Thierry Wasser, sguardo intenso come i suoi profumi... |
The coming out on the scene is great, with a floral bouquet that finds freshness and a hint of acidity in raspberry and bergamot. But the heart is the essence of pink rose, very spring-like. The persistence of the fund is very Guerlain-style, with tonka bean combined with sensual musk, patchouli and vetiver.
Intenso... |
Exotica by Roberto Cavalli is like its color, a, sharp, vibrant, lingering, tropical fuchsia. A limited edition created by Louise Turner, a talented English perfumer.
Louise Turner, ha firmato l'intenso Cavalli |
Turner has opened the bouquet with sweet mango and frangipani, a reminder to the tropics. And wrapped the base with sexy sandalwood. Intriguing bottle.
Croccante e sexy :) |
Grapefruit and pear in the opening, but the heart of osmanthus and patchouli combined with white leather on the bottom. Sophie Labbé, nose of the giant Iff, created Miss Elegance by Ferragamo a crisp and fresh essence.
Che signora elegante, Sophie Labbé! |
But but then it warms and rounds gracefully becoming bon ton.
Magnolia e iris in questa eau de toilette intensa |
At the center of L' eau de toilette La vie est belle of Lancôme there's a match between magnolia gourmand and iris. Two importante noses realized the new version of the essence, made famous by Julia Roberts's smile.
Julia, il volto di La vie est belle |
Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion wanted to give the scent of a concentration of actives (18%), usually reserved for eau de parfum.
In limited edition |
Melon, lily of the valley, iris: These are the fresh and sweet notes of Davidoff Cool Water Woman Coral Reef Edition. A reference to the sea even in the blue bottle. Davidoff Cool Water began the program Pristine Seas in 2012, to protect the oceans.
Che profumo ha il viaggio? |
Woods, ointments, magical remedies in black Africa. Here the great nose of L'Artisan Parfumeur, Bertrand Duchaufour, drew inspiration for his Timbuktu, a heady scent.
Un grandissimo naso, Bertrand Duchaufour |
It binds the senses like a magical scent thanks to resins, wood and roots.
Molto intenso |
Aubade aims to seduce with flowers and woods, it's a sexy and persistent perfume. The opening is almond and cloves, freesia and lily of the valley in the heart, in the fund cedar wood, musk and vanilla.
Un profumo... da spiaggia! |
Do you want to wear a fragrance on the beach but it was not possible, otherwise the sun would have stained the skin? Now there is Sol de Bahia by Lancaster, reated by the design duo Suzanne Clements and Inacio Ribeiro. A scent made of citrus, coconut, musk. It smells of vacation and sea...
Profumo di sensualità e Caraibi... |
The oil of Nuxe is famous not only for the natural active ingredients, but also for the sensual, a little sweet fragrance, very reminiscent of the beaches in the Caribbean. It's like being on vacation all year round. When I'm tired and a little down, I put a drop of oil on the back of my hand and smell distant countries...
Serge Majoullier, naso di Nuxe |
Today Serge Majoullier, nose who created the fragrance for the oil, has made even the most pure, the scent, Parfum Prodigeux. Which incorporates, thanks to the bouquet of roses, gardenias and magnolias, the intensity of wood, made from the bottom of exotic coconut and vanilla. The equilibrium is given by the opening, very fresh notes of bergamot and mandarin.
Eau Fraiche di Biotherm, sentori di pioggia estiva... |
What is the scent of nature during the summer rain? The heat of the earth emerges, intense and wet (pear, essential oil of jasmine, violet, bergamot), then made it fresh and spicy by rainwater (neroli, jasmine Sambac, coriander, cumin), eventually come out woody notes (amber, cedar, musk).
Antoine Maisondieu |
It's Eau Fraiche, created by Antoine Maisondieu,. nose for Biotherm It reminds me a lot of the summer nights, when the heat of the day slowly withdraws...
Un evergreen :) |
I still remember when I crossed the center of Padua to go to university to take the exams of German literature. If there was something that cheered those moments between a work of Goethe and Schiller's play, it was Eternity by Calvin Klein. Smelling today its summer version, Eternity Summer, is a great thrill for me. There is still the extra-warm heart of peony, water lily, gardenia, refreshed by neroli, bamboo leaves, brightened with tangerine, pear and citrus.
L'eau de toilette del marchio francese di moda Carven |
Last year, the arrival on the scene with the eau de parfum, then eau de toilette in 2014. Carven dedicates it to flowers, such as peony, freesia, wisteria. In the end, amber and white musk.
Esaurito |
And now the news. Eau de Cartier Zest de Soleil, unisex scented water, was sold out in just two weeks in the perfume shops La Gardenia and Limoni, exclusive ditributors. Four thousend bottles gone in just 15 days!
PER SOLI GENTLEMEN???
Intrigante pazzia |
Spices, wormwood, angelica root extract, pine needles, patchouli make up this madness of absinthe, Fou D' Absinthe by L'Artisan Parfumeur. They recall ancient recipes of spirits that stun a bit the senses. Just sweet, very intriguing scent. It's an eau de parfum, rare for a man. Very suitable, in my opinion, also to a woman of character.
Attenti al lupo!!! |
Who would say that is a men's fragrance ? It caught me with its enveloping, strong, firm but not excessive character. Mechant Loup (Watch out for the wolf!) is the eau de toilette for men by L'Artisan Parfumeur. It opens energetic and spicy (liquorice, spices, green wood, pepper, chili... ), has a heart of deep woods and green moss (fresh hazelnut, damp wood, cedar, sandalwood, guaiac wood, tree moss, patchouli ) and a sensual and sweet fund (honey, tonka bean, tobacco, leather, myrrh, castoreum, an animal abstract).
Brrr, che frescura... |
Mandarin, fresh mint. And, in the end, the warm sandalwood. Here's Davidoff Cool Water Man Coral Reef Edition, without doubt a fresh and summer water.
Intenso! |
Intense, masculine, cool. I really love Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme by Chanel, it, has a great ability to capture the senses while remaining a light scent. With mandarin, mint, sage, cypress, combined with cedar, sandalwood, black pepper. To steal your man :)
Con crema gianduia e caffè :) |
The new Valentino Man has been created by a famous nose, Olivier Polge. Who combined classic elements of the male scents (bergamot, musk, cedar) with particular ingredients such as myrtle, hazelnut cream, coffee. It's a delicate essence but cunningly attractive that you will hardly meet in the world of men's fragrances. Important bottle (Edt 50 ml, 60 euros, 100 ml, 83 euros).
Lavanda, timo, pera, ambra :) |
The male version of the Eternity Summer by Calvin Klein is a meeting between the fresh and pungent lavender, thyme, basil, juniper, with sweet pear and watermelon. With a fund of sensual amber, sandalwood, musk.
Grintoso... |
Fresh and gritty, Trace me Ducati. Based on black pepper, apple green, violet leaves and cedar wood (Edt 100 ml, 31 euros).