Cat without claws Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Baby Cat Collector

In 1977 Yves Saint Laurent introduces Opium: a groundbreaking perfume. A revolution in a flacon. A new idea of ​​femininity: sultry, provocative, addictive. In 2014, the iconic Opium’s legacy and boldness continue to amaze: the French fashion house unveils Black Opium, reinventing addiction in a new, contemporary light, reshaping for the modern woman.

A modern, young and vibrant interpretation of addiction. Black Opium, a fragrance like a shot of adrenalin, the necessary energy for a life more and more intense.

To celebrate the festive season, Yves Saint Laurent offers a wild twist on a holiday classic: The iconic Black Opium flacon is now adorned with the wildest YSL Print: The feline sparkling Babycat. Just as bold and glamorous as its ambassador: Zoë Kravitz.

The new collector flacon houses the French Maison’s best-selling Black Opium original Eau de Parfum with its signature blend of black coffee, white flowers and creamy vanilla for a warming and sensual scent, created by Marie Salamagne, Nathalie Lorson, Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc. The one gift to put on your wish list or to spoil someone special this season.

Top: pear accord, mandarin essence
Heart: vanilla, orange blossom, white flowers
Base: black coffee accord, cedarwood essence, white musk, patchouli

 A captivating floral gourmand scent, twisted with an overdose of black coffee, for a shot of adrenaline. Energy, sensuality, coupled with that unique YSL edge. The signature black coffee accord is paired with creamy vanilla, enriched by the softness of white flowers and orange blossom, against a base of patchouli and comforting white musk, for a women’s fragrance that bewitches with its trail.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Baby Cat belongs to this collection and comes in a black lacquered bottle with a bright red sequined animal print (with the pink color of the juice seen through the center of the glittering flacon). This collector’s edition reportedly represents a confident and daring woman who embodies the new spirit of the French Maison.

How to use:

For light intensity: spray in a cloud around your head and shoulders, let the fragrance fall gently around you.
For medium intensity: spray in a y-shape across your body, beginning at one shoulder and finishing at the other. If you are wearing jewellery it is a great alternative to spraying your neck.
For added intensity: apply perfume directly to your pulse points and / or hot spots (wrist, inner elbow and lower neck). Here the heat of your body will allow the fragrance to reveal its full trail. Include shoulders and back to intensify your perfume trail.

For the winter holiday season, Yves Saint Laurent prepared other collector’s editions of its best-selling perfumes in flacons decorated with animal prints (like Libre, Mon Paris…..) along with various gift sets and a make-up collection called ‘Dress Me Wild’.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Baby Cat is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum, at selected stores worldwide. Come into the beautiful world of Yves Saint Laurent.

 

After snow and rain comes Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Shine

The Dolce Collection by Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana launched a new edition, Dolce Shine. A floral-woody-musky fragrance nuanced by bright and juicy fruits and delicate salty accords. Dolce Shine follows the bright, blissful, and flowery style of the Dolce line: Dolce (2014), Dolce Floral Drops (2015), Dolce Rosa Excelsa (2016), Dolce Garden (2018), and Dolce Peony (2019).

Last year’s trend was inspired by the sun and solar notes, and Dolce Shine will certainly boost the same energy for 2020.

Dolce Shine was inspired by the special moment between winter and spring when the first rays of sun breathe new life into the gardens of the Amalfi Coast. The bright and solar aspects are reflected by the colorful combination of juicy mango and the tangy acidity of natural grapefruit essence.

Created by Marie Salamagne, radiant floral aromas of jasmine blossom and orange blossom have been enriched with the soft notes of sun-drenched woods also nuanced by salty notes, which leads us to the beautiful Amalfi coast, sharing a feeling of happiness, relaxation, and naturalness.

Top notes: mango, grapefruit, quince
Middle notes: orange blossom, jasmine, salty accords
Base notes: blond woods, Australian sandalwood, white musk

The opening of the composition gathers fruity aromas of mango, grapefruit, and quince, which shine above the white bouquet of jasmine and orange blossom in a heart touched by salty accords. The base notes warm the fragrance, blending sun-drenched blond wood, creamy sandalwood, and white musk. This sunny and irresistibly fresh fragrance is a tribute to the Italian dolce vita, and the love for life.

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Shine takes the same shape and style as previous Dolce editions, this time in a bright yellow flacon with a yellow flower as a cap, featuring tiny pink petals in its flowery core. At the flacon’s neck is an elegant black bow. The outer packaging is also a bright yellow color and decorated with the illustration of the black bow.

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Shine will be available soon as a 30ml, 50ml, and 75ml Eau de Parfum. Come intot he beautiful world of Dolce & Gabbana.

 

 

 

 

Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo Urban Feel

Today Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo introduced a new fragrance called Uomo Urban Feel, as the fourth chapter of the Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo collection, capturing the cosmopolitan attitude of today’s man. The timeless elegance of Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo reveals a new, energetic and modern fragrance that encapsulates the urban edge and the immediate charm of a metropolitan scene. Aimed at a contemporary man who exudes an incredible charisma and a natural confidence alongside an uninhibited Italian sense of style,

Addictive energy and elegant comfort come together to define this contemporary scent.

Uomo Urban Feel enhances the daily energy of every man. Electric, intense and daring, the now familiar masculine shape of Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo is dressed up with a very young blue outfit that emphasizes the historic Venna logo carved in the glass. Without betraying Ferragamo’s Italian craftsmanship and legacy, the new composition within brings a fresher, more audacious spirit. Deep mineral shades, pure sensations of energy and elegant comfort define this contemporary scent in which coffee remains the signature note.

Created by perfumers Alberto Morillas and Marie Salamagne, Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo Urban Feel is the fresher and younger alternative in this line, encapsulating the urban edge and charm of a metropolitan city. Tiramisu and ice coffee signed the first two chapters, dark coffee took centre stage in the third and in this fourth chapter, Alberto Morillas and Marie Salamagne wanted to explore the most mineral and bitter facets of the ingredient. At the top, the energetic breeze of an ozonic accord embraces the perfume with its salty notes alongside bursts of fresh citrus and aromatic clary sage that enhance the striking coffee aroma.

Top notes: Clary Sage Essence, Ozonic Salty Accord, Bergamot, Coffee
Heart: Cumin, Driftwood, Cedarwood
Base: Ambrox, Labdanum, Incense, Patchouli Prisma

A luminous heart follows, in which a boost of cedarwood is rinsed off by waves and salty crystals to turn into driftwood, a mineral core note that is enriched by the spicy animality of cumin. In a warm, distinctive dry-down, resinous labdanum and patchouli blend with the sensual notes of ambrox and incense to add texture, contrast and an addictive quality to this charismatic mineral-woody fragrance.

Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo Urban Feel is available in 30, 50 and 100ml Eau de Toilette Uomo Urban Feel is available from June 1st 2019.

Come into the beautiful world of Salvatore Ferragamo.

 

 

 

 

B. Blumarine

 

The new fragrance B. Blumarine evokes fashion and magic, beauty and feminine: it’s the olfactive story of the secrets behind the image of the Blumarine woman, as romantic as a beautiful floral print and as distinctive as the colour of the sky on a cloudless day.

B. Blumarine is a fragrance able to transform women into top models on the catwalk.

Anna Molinari

B. Blumarine is not just the new fragrance of the legendary Italian brand; it is also the olfactive story of the secrets behind the image of the Blumarine woman. Joyous, vivacious, energetic and vibrant, she possesses the seductive lightness of a chiffon dress and the invincible strength of optimism. As romantic as a beautiful floral print and as distinctive as the color of the sky on a cloudless day, the Blumarine woman dominates the scene with naturalness and simplicity: She is always noted for her dreamy elegance, yet is also grounded in reality. Precisely for this reason, Marie Salamagne, a young creator of high-end perfumery, has built a complex olfactory score around the cabbage rose, the flower-symbol of the maison. The unmistakable scent of the ‘queen of roses’ is also the moniker of Anna Molinari, the creative soul of Blumarine.

The essence expresses a complex olfactory score around the centifolia rose, the flower-symbol of the maison, flanked by flower accents of jasmine and passion-flower as well as fruity ones of pink grapefruit, pear and cassis. The seal of this sweet freshness come from the sensual accords of musk, sandalwood and cedar wood.

Top notes: Pear, Cassis, Pink grapefruit
Heart: Centifolia rose, Jasmine, Passion flower
Base: Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Musk

The flacon in cut crystal, enriched by a flower with a chiffon floral print exclusively created by the fashion maison for this project and also printed on the textured cardboard box reveals the pink hue of the fragrance.

The letters are turquoise like the precious floral print chiffon flower attached to the bottle neck with a gold chain. This unusual ornament on the bottle can also be worn as a pendant, ring or carried as a lucky charm to scent and keep in your bag, closet or drawer.

The cap is a small vertical rectangle parallelepiped made of Surlyn that is heat-embossed with the transparent Blumarine logo.

B. Blumarine will be available late this month, as 30, 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum Spray. Come in the beautiful world of  Blumarine.

 

 

 

 

 

Flower by Kenzo Eau de Vie

Fashion house Kenzo launches Flower by Kenzo Eau de Vie as a new interpretation of the legendary original Flower by Kenzo fragrance from 2000. Created by Alberto Morillas, Flower by Kenzo is a groundbreaking fragrance with a special place in many people’s hearts. It was really innovative and straddled the lines between floral and oriental perfumes.

Celebrate every moment with the joy, happiness and power of the flower that makes the world beautiful.

Suitable named, Flower by Kenzo Eau de Vie is inspired by the concept of ‘coup de coeur’, love of life, life with passion. Created by perfumer ‘trio’ Alberto Morillas ànd Marie Salamagna and Fabrice Pellegrin, Eau de Vie retains the original Flower DNA, but is lighter and more playful.

Described as an ideal companion for women who love vivid and sparkling floral perfumes, the new composition is made of bright notes that include ginger and citruses, the flower satisfaction of Bulgarian rose and orange blossom, and the new addiction of tonka and musk.

Top notes: Ginger, Neroli
Heart: Orange blossom, Bulgarian rose absolute
Base: White musk, Tonka

Flower by Kenzo Eau de Vie is available as 30, 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum Legere, at Kenzo boutiques and selected stores worldwide. Come into the wonderful world of Kenzo.

 

 

 

 

Roberto Cavalli Florance Ambre

Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli launched a new perfume and a new pillar of their perfume collection called Florence. The collection is dedicated to the roots of the fasion designer, inspired by Tuscan landscapes. The first flanker of the line comes out early this year as Florence Ambre.

As she walks through the palace, the amber light of the setting sun that flows through the wrought-iron gate caresses her skin, giving her body a fascinating radiant aura. So begins a new scent fairy tale by Roberto Cavalli, the Italian designer born near Florence, who has shaped the Mediterranean-glamorous style like no other. His animal prints make his fashion unmistakable.

Florence Ambre, as well as the original, is created by perfumer Marie Salamagne as a chypre-floral fragrance. The limited edition captures the unique charisma of the city of Florence and turns it into a precious and addictive fragrance. Bright, generous and very seductive, it reveals a new facet of the Roberto Cavalli Florence woman. Bathed in golden light, it exudes sensuality and ultimate femininity.

Roberto Cavalli Florence Ambre retains its elegant flacon from the previous perfume. Motifs that sparkle in the glass remind you of traditional Italian glass making. They play with light and form fascinating patterns. The yellow tint reflects the scent that resembles daylight.

Roberto Cavalli Florence Ambre is available as 30, 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum at Roberto Cavalli boutiques and selected stores worldwide. Come into the wonderful world of Roberto Cavalli.

 

 

 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense

 

French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent will launch a new edition of their iconic perfume Black Opium, Black Opium Intense in a black/blue sparkling flacon. The new perfume, as well as the packing, says it all – that it is a new more mature, more intense, and more powerful perfume for women.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense wasn’t created by one or two perfumers, but by four! Created by Nathalie Lorson, Olivier Cresp, Honorine Blanc and Marie Salamagne, Black Opium Intense is describes a modern/powerful woman, truly confident and stylish. Black Opium Intense has a new modified composition made of coffee blended with absinthe and seasoned with floral accords.

Top notes: Boysenverry, Blue absinthe
Heart notes: Orange blossom, Sambac jasmine Black coffee
Base notes: Sandalwood, Vanilla,

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense a magical, bold, seductive and independent woman, appropriately portrayed by gorgeous actress Zoë Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz’s daughter) , the new face of the advertising campaign for the line. She follows her intuition and her desires, and nothing can stop her. She is attracted by the energy and the possibilities that the night brings. Another famous face in the new campaign is Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford.

The dark blue flacon is illuminated from the inside with the blue liquid of the perfume. Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Intense is available as 30, 50 and 90ml Eau de Parfum Intense.

 

 

 

Roberto Cavalli Florence

Roberto Cavalli Florence is a new perfume for women that will instantly capture the attention due to a pleasant fresh/floral aroma. This wintery perfume got its inspiration, as the fashion house states, from the gorgeous landscapes of Tuscany, Italy. This delicate and luxurious chypre perfume is all about a pleasant mixture of floral with woody, mainly patchouli, notes.

A luminous ode to the most refined arts, from sculpture to painting, architecture or landscaping, Florence is also known for its fabulous flowers – the name Florence originally comes from Latin Florentia, ‘flowering’. It is a city of light and delight that harmoniously balances nature and culture, past and present, splendor and joie de vivre.

Roberto Cavalli Florence is created by perfumer Marie Salamagne as a luminous, stylish, and sensuous and charismatic fragrance for most demanding women. Any wearer that adores Roberto Cavalli perfumes will find it really gorgeous with a stunning design.

Top notes: Mandarin, Black currant
Heart: Orange blossom, Grapefruit, Hibiscus
Base: Amber, Musk, Patchouli

Roberto Cavalli Florence opens with fresh notes of mandarin nicely mixed with orange blossom, grapefruit blossom, hibiscus seed along with spice blackcurrant notes. The base calms on a woody layer made of intense patchouli accord along with amber and musk.

 

 

The Roberto Cavalli Florence woman reflects this perfect combination of audacity, beauty, and sensuality. Naturally elegant, effortlessly sophisticated, she radiates with charm and unassuming confidence. Beautiful Israeli fashion model Shlomit Malka is the face of this elegant new perfume.

Roberto Cavalli Florence is available as 30, 50 and 100ml Eau de Parfum.

 

 

 

 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pure Illusion

Yves Saint Laurent is one of my favorite brands that crafts thrilling, daring and sensual perfumes. Men and women. This year, the brand presents a new limited edition perfume Black Opium Pure Illusion – a new interpretation of the iconic brands Black Opium perfume from 2014. The original version is very intense and elegant, while the new updated versions are more freshly, airy, flowery and sensual.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Floral Shock, which was launched early this year, became one of my favorites in my wish list perfumes. It has a breathtaking, elegant, yet moderate and freshly, at the end, aroma making my day joyful and pleasant due to this scent.

Top notes: Orange blossom, Pear, Pink pepper
Heart notes: Almond, Coffee, Jasmine, Licorice
Base notes: Cashmere, Cedar, Patchouli, Vanilla

 The contrasts between light and darkness on the bottle is reflecting the character of the composition. Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pure Illusion is composed by famous perfumers Nathalie Lorson, Marie Salamagne, Olivier Cresp, and Honorine Blanc. It opens with spicy pink pepper, orange blossom along with dark coffee notes, jasmine, almond notes. The base calms with sweet vanilla, patchouli, cedar, and cashmere accords. All these notes together create a pleasant and harmonious aroma during the whole day.

 

The new glass bottle takes the same form of its predecessors, but is this time decorated with black glittery and electric pink lines.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pure Illusion, launched as a limited collector’s edition for 2017, is available in bottles of 50ml Eau de Parfum at the announced price of 86 EUR.

 

 

 

Nina Ricci Luna

The thriving Nina fragrance from the house of Nina Ricci carries on its marvelous fairy-tale in a new fantasy with Luna fragrance a seductive, powerful and elegant edition of the fashionable and exciting princess of the original launch.

Nina perfume was formulated as a glowing and lively floral fruity concentration and the dawn of Luna delivers an exciting, potent and elegant design to the picture. Created by perfumers Christophe Raynaud and Marie Salamagne the sweet woody floral formulation begins with notes of wild berries and sensual orange blossom. As Luna evolves to the heart a blend of tasty caramel blended with immortal flower on the sexy foundation of sandalwood and Madagascar vanilla deliver a swath of attraction.

The fragrance bottle of Luna preserves the similarity and shape of an apple however is now tinted in blue, decorated with protruding golden leaves and black leather bordering the base of the spray nozzle. It implies the nighttime, the lunar edition of the fantasy fruit. The white carton wrapping includes an apple concept in shining blue.

The marketing and promotional campaign features the link between the classic Nina scent and the new Luna edition presenting models Frida Gustavsson and Jac Jagaciak.

Supply for the new Luna aroma from Nina Ricci is expected for September 2016 and will roll out in 30ml, 50ml and 80ml editions of Eau de Toilette formulation.