Italian fashion brand Moschino has introduced a new scent in the Cheap & Chic range baptized So Real......
September 2017 Archives
Editions de Parfum Frederic Malle Sale Gosse (2017) {New Perfume}
French niche house Editions de Parfum Frédéric Malle, now owned by Estée Lauder cos inc., is launching its first perfume for children called Sale Gosse (Brat)......
La Fete de l'Huma - This Could be a French Glastonbury {Paris - La Courneuve Street Photography}
A Unicorn Wanders on Earth at the Fête de l'Huma // Une licorne erre sur terre à la fête de l'huma © CHANT WAGNER 2017 As I already posted about the other day, I spent some time at the...
Rochas Lumière Makes a Comeback in 2017 {New Fragrance}
Rochas has relaunched one of its late 20th century classics, Lumière (Light), originally introduced in 1984, with another attempt in 2000. In 2017, the scent comes bottled in the vintage style of the house flacons inspired by an 18th...
Bella Freud Psychoanalysis (2017) {New Perfume}
My life would be perfect if I had...Psychoanalysis (the perfume) © Sina Sparrow Bella Freud founded her eponymous British fashion label in 1989, with perfumes appearing in 2014. She is the daughter of painter Lucian Freud and the great...
Hermes Twilly d'Hermes // Bold Realism (2017) {Perfume Review & Musings}
Courtesy Picture Twilly d'Hermès in 85 ml © Quentin Bertoux You're tempted to say that perfumer Christine Nagel has cooked the latest fragrance by Hermès rather than composed it so perceptible is the culinary influence in her new opus...
Giverny in the Fall // Giverny L'Automne {Paris - Giverny Street Photography}
Giverny in the Fall I // Giverny L'Automne I © CHANT WAGNER 2016 To celebrate the first day of fall, we're posting a photograph of Claude Monet's Nympheas basin in Giverny, Normandy, France......
Cartier Debuts Series of Multisensory Experiences with OSNI 1, Le Nuage Parfume (2017) {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} {Fragrance News}
Maison Cartier will inaugurate a series of multisensory experiences in October 2017, a new direction they wish to explore mixing art and science - bioclimate here - with OSNI - Objet sentant non identifié 1, Le nuage parfumé (Non-Identified...
Chanel Gabrielle Chanel // Perfume Logic (2017) {Perfume Review & Musings}
When you discover the much awaited new fragrance for women by Chanel, Gabrielle Chanel, inhaling it first from the bottle's nozzle, you know its personality is going to play out in the nuances of the composition as a clear...
Parfum D'Empire Le Cri de la Lumiere (2017) {New Fragrance}
French confidential perfume label Parfum D'Empire has released a new unisex perfume called Le Cri de la Lumière (The Shout of the Light) which aims to go "beyond smelling good", asserting that in essence "it is a quest for...
Political Debates in Voice Off // Débats politiques en voix off {Paris - La Courneuve Street Photography}
Political Debates I // Débats politiques I © CHANT WAGNER 2017 Last weekend, I went to a well-known festival in France organized by the main press organ of the Communist Party (PCF), La Fête de l'Humanité (The Festival of...
Tom Ford Noir Anthracite (2017) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
Tom Ford has introduced a new flanker to Noir for men called Noir Anthracite, a woody composition through and through, lit by bergamot......
Victoria's Secret Love Smells of the Concept of a Boyfriend T-Shirt (2017) {New Fragrance}
American label Victoria's Secret has issued a new perfume called Love, finally. We mean that it's just called simply that, Love. It was about time; one can wonder why they didn't think of risking themselves to launching such a...
Mugler Wonder Bouquet: Bread & Flowers (2017) {New Fragrance}
Mugler has added a ninth composition this fall of 2017 to Les Exceptions collection destined to connoisseurs primarily, entitled Wonder Bouquet, the meeting of bran with white flowers......
Le Redoutable by Michel Hazanavicius (2017) {Film Review & Musings}
New film by French director Michel Hazanavicius, Le Redoutable (The Fearsome One), is a biopic-cum-psychological-study of French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard based on the account by his first wife Anne Wiazemsky published under the title Un an après (A Year...