Managing Editor Mark Behnke called it; he noted in his top twenty five best fragrances of 2011 that 2011 was a banner year for quality department store perfumes. According to Woman’s Wear Daily the numbers back it up citing double digit increasese in November and December.
Question: What smells of ‘green gust of air”, costs $19,232 and is heading to Hong Kong?
Perfumers have scented public ambiences such as operas, theaters, dance stages and even the fountains of Versailles; we hope that scenting catwalks will bring something lost from past generations, when a designer’s or a brand’s name on the bottle meant more than signing a licensing contract.
Fans of Maison Kurkdjian in the USA, have something absolutely to be thrilled about… ABSOLUE POUR LE MATIN and POUR LE SOIR are now available at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, the diptychs to the original colognes debuted during New York Fashion Week. According to master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, they aren’t flankers; they are stand alone eau de parfums that have been reworked, bringing new intensity and sensuality to the line.
