The newest creation by Bond 9, Fire Island, is now available on pre-order at Beautycafe. Official release date is July 1. Fire Island has the notes of cardamom, ozone, neroli, white musk, skin musk, tuberose, and patchouli.
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6 comments June 11th, 2006
March from Perfume Posse and I got together this past Saturday for some downtown Chicago sniffage. First of all, let me tell you, March is a total delight. She’s just as hilarious and bubbly in real life as she is in her posts. Considering the fact we barely knew each other before the meeting, we hit it off pretty well. You know, perfume really can bring the world together. But enough of that. Here’s a brief report of what we sniffed.
We started out at Nordstrom’s on Michigan Avenue. Did you know that store has the Great Wall of Perfume? I call it that because it has the most unique scents you’ll find in the entire Chicago area, to my current knowledge. There are Carons, Amouages, Guerlains (quite a few in parfum), Patous, Annick Goutals, D’Orsays, Castle Forbes, Clive Christians, Carthusias, Hermes, etc. In short, any perfume fanatic’s dream, right there, arranged neatly on one wall. Even a two shelf display of Flowerbomb, right in the middle. Whoever got this brilliant idea to stick some Flowerbomb in the midst of it all, should be sent off to an uninhabited island with nothing but a box of select Guerlain and Caron scents and a couple pairs of spare underwear. So, we sniffed and sprayed and sniffed and sprayed again. March really liked Jill Sander #4 which I guarantee she would have never noticed had it not been for my handing the bottle to her. Yeah, I like to take all the credit I can get. I didn’t have any new discoveries, other than Lanvin L’Homme - a well-blended cologne with spicy notes of nutmeg and coriander. I actually smelled quite a few men’s colognes - something I don’t usually do.
Then we headed off to Saks and Neiman’s neither of which had anything new or exciting to offer, with the exception of Bond No. 9 New Haarlem that March thought might work great for a cologne for her husband (oh yeah, it will!) At Neiman’s, we found out the correct way to pronounce Donna Karan’s Wenge - something that qualified us both to skip a year in the School of Perfumery. March also deserves an award for coming up with a brilliant layering combo - Donna Karan Wenge, Labdanum, and Jasmine. Absolutely irresistable!
Our next stop was C.O.Bigelow’s shop at the Water Tower. Nothing much new or exciting was discovered there but I did give Chantecaille Frangipane another chance, and once again concluded our affair is over. Probably the highlight of our expedition was the Hermes boutique on Oak Street. Not only did we spritz pretty much every scent available on the shelves but also discovered there was a whole hidden drawer with tons of testers of such rarities as Amazone, Eau D’Hermes, and even the exorbitant Doblis! March was smitten by Rocabar (a first time try for me, too) that, according to Osmoz, features the notes of bergamot, lemon, coriander, artemisia, cardamom, violet, orris, carnation, patchouli, benzoin, vanilla, and oakmoss. A must try for the lovers of spicy, woody scents. The final destination was Barney’s where we perused the L’Artisan display, and where I got reunited with a lover I dumped a few months ago - Dzing! How can one ignore a perfume that has an exclamation point at the end? No, it’s impossible. Resistance was futile, and I was once again enraptured by its balsamic, leathery demeanor.
Needless to say, our noses were thoroughly sniffed out towards the end of it all, and I came home with my hands and arms covered with an average of 20 different scents. Apart from some scents I liked, there were some I absolutely hated. Here are a few:
Versace The Dreamer - what is that smell??
Dior Fahrenrheit (sorry, Marina!) - a combination of tar and dirty railroads.
I Profumi di Firenze Fiori del Cielo - an artifical heady white floral.
What are your recent fragrance loves/hates?
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15 comments June 11th, 2006
New at Nordstrom’s - Thierry Mugler AngelMEN Summer Flash. I must say I’m very curious to try this for two reasons: 1) I can’t imagine a summer version of AngelMEN; 2) “Electric, fresh, full of energy”? Angel? Must run to the store soon.
4 comments June 11th, 2006
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