Perfume Review & Musings Archives

 Bottega Veneta EDP is the debut perfume by the luxury Italian brand known for their trademark intrecciato style of leather weaving. This artisanal technique developed in their workshops was reportedly a source of inspiration for the very contruction of the...

Violet Blonde is the latest opus by fashion designer and movie director Tom Ford displayed in his more mainstream collection recognizable at-a-glance thanks to the ribbed, flask-like flacons which distinguish themselves from the apothecary-style bottles of his more exclusive,...

Phoenix is the debut fragrance by Keith Urban. The Long Hot Summer singer told USA Today that one of his sources of inspiration was his father, a drummer in New Zealand, about whom he said, "He was quite an aesthete....

Smelling Juniper Sling by Penhaligon's at first is like inhaling the vapors of a London Dry Gin followed by the fruitier accents of Orange Brandy. There you have your sling as it ought to be: a sweet citrusy gin. What...

The latest perfume to come from Kenzo is Madly Kenzo!What is so madly Kenzo about it? It seems that it is madly Japanese and madly interesting, and also madly Kenzo. The fragrance was composed by perfumer Aurélien Guichard for whom...

 Valentina is the new, upcoming perfume by Valentino destined to younger women. It is reportedly inspired by Rome and the image of a "modern heiress" who is embodied by model Freja Beha Erichsen photographed by David Sims. She also plays...

3 Days of Leather - Day 2Cuir Fétiche by Maître Parfumeur et Gantier is the upcoming new perfume by the Parisian niche perfumery headed now by Jean Paul Millet Lage. The house was originally founded in 1988 by Jean-François Laporte,...

  Burberry Body is one of the most interesting perfume launches to take place this 2011 fall and winter season. And not just because Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is fronting a high-profile advertising campaign which was launched on a global plane....

3 Days of Leather - Day 1Vince Camuto Eau de Parfum is the debut fragrance of the self-described "fashion footwear and lifestyle designer." The perfume launched exclusively this month on the HSN channel and website. Camuto appeared to promote...

 Green Tea Camellia was introduced last spring and is the latest variation on the celebrated Green Tea by Elizabeth Arden. As summertime wanes with a pinnacle of heat courtesy of the dog days of summer, you might still want to...

Kokorico is the latest masculine fragrance by Jean Paul Gaultier due to launch this fall 2011. It benefits from the unmistakable enfant-terrible touch by the couturier known for his unconventional outlook on life and his easy sense of risk-taking. The...

Le Parfum by Elie Saab is the first fragrance by the Lebanese fashion designer who loves to design for the red carpet, to illustrate his glamorous style into an olfactory form. Saab readily acknowledges that while he knows what...

The whiff that escapes from the burgundy-colored bottle of Mon Parfum Chéri par Camille (My Darling Perfume by Camille), to be soon exclusively launched at Harrods in London on July 1st, 2011, is very much reminiscent of old-school perfumes...

 Gucci Guilty for Men is the new masculine counterpart to Guilty for Women, which was launched last year. Described as an "intense and individual contemporary fougère" in reality, it further solidifies the fragrance vision of artistic director Frida Giannini who...

Last year, Parfums de Nicolaï released a new perfume dedicated to the heliotrope flower baptized Kiss Me Tender. While not totally absent from perfumery, it is not one of the most popular floral notes to be experienced today. Treated...