Nina Soleil, the new delightful summer fragrance from Nina Ricci, and a good alternative to dessert

Nina Soleil, the delightful new fragrance from Nina Ricci in the iconic apple-shaped flacon celebrates optimism and sun. Following last year’s sweet and fruity Nina Extra Rouge, the newest fragrance cherishes creamy gardenia, making it gourmand and solar at the same time.

Without question: Sweet pieces from the bakery have an enormous happiness potential for all self-proclaimed Willy Wonkas of this world, and thus also the potential as a culinary beautifier, since positive feelings can lead to improved blood circulation, which in turn has a beneficial effect on the complexion.

On the other hand, and this is no secret either, sugar makes us look old pretty quickly when eating the delicacies mentioned above leads to a loss of control, if you know what I mean. And this is exactly where a fragrance novelty comes into play, which, thanks to the delicious formulation in the truest sense of the word, offers itself as a calorie-free alternative during a temporary sugar embargo and by the way also boosts the anticipation of the summer.

Created by Olivier Cresp and Amandine Clerc Marie, the new and enticing limited edition fragrance from Nina Ricci, the Eau de Toilette Nina Soleil celebrates an oh-so French guilty pleasure: Chantilly cream. This lightly sweetened whipped cream delicately imbues the fragrance with a velvety, gourmand feel. Flaunting light, gourmand notes, this citrusy floral fragrance is a celebration of spontaneity and ‘joie de vivre’.

Top notes: mandarin, bergamot
Middle notes: Chantilly cream, gardenia
Base notes: vanilla, cedarwood

The composition starts luminous and bright. The zingy mandarin and bergamot accentuate its light freshness, whilst the luminous and powdery gardenia underscores its sweetness. Its charm is positively magnetic, particularly since a soft cedarwood and a decidedly appetising vanilla complete this infusion of delights.

Nina Ricci’s iconic apple-shaped flacon arrives in sunny and optimistic yellow shade, seemingly having soaked up an abundance of summer rays. Its glossy finish instantly evokes an irresistible tangy sugar glaze.

Yellow and white stripes emerge where the apple’s fleshy contours appear to have been crunched; a design that also adorns the box. These charming stripes are evocative of the parasol canvases that bedeck the shores of seaside towns each summer.

Nina Soleil is a really nice summer fragrance that makes it easy for our inner WIlly Wonkas to find a healthy balance between ‘treat yourself’ and ‘now you should take a break’ in the best mood.

Nina Soleil is available as a limited edition 50ml Eau de Toilette at selected stores worldwide and at the French Maison’s official website starting mid-January 2022. Come into the beautiful world of Nina Ricci.

Givenchy Gentleman Eau de Toilette Intense

Born in Beauvais, in northern France, in 1927, Hubert James Taffin de Givenchy left his hometown for Paris at the age of 17 to take an apprenticeship at a couture house. He began at Jacques Fath while also studying drawing at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the French National School of Fine Art. He moved to Robert Piguet in 1946 and, briefly, Lucien Lelong in 1947 before joining Elsa Schiaparelli later the same year. Quickly, he became the Artistic Director of the Schiaparelli boutique the Place Vendôme.

In 1952, Givenchy founded his namesake house on Rue Alfred de Vigny in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. For his first collection, he presented “Separates”, looks composed of elegant blouses and breezy skirts that blended architectural lines with the simplicity of the materials. This original point of view marked the resounding debut of a four-decade career at his own house. In the summer of 1953, the couturier met Audrey Hepburn, who borrowed several looks for her film Sabrina. It was the beginning of a long collaboration and profound friendship between the actress and the designer. The same year, in New York, Givenchy met his idol, Cristobal Balenciaga, with whom he became close friends.

In 1957, Audrey Hepburn lent her face to Hubert de Givenchy’s first perfume, L’Interdit, which was dedicated to her. In 1969, the designer created his men’s ready-to-wear line ‘Givenchy Gentleman’. Five yoars later, in 1974 the french designer launched its first men’s fragrance: Givenchy Gentleman.

The now iconic men’s fragrance Givenchy Gentleman received a new, modernized reinterpretation with Gentleman Givenchy in 2017, showing what this fragrance would have looked like if it had been made today.

The now iconic Gentleman Givenchy collection is now expanded with a new Eau de Toilette Intense edition, which redefines seduction with a natural elegance and crystallizes the very essence of a gentleman.

Gentleman Givenchy Intense is an aromatic-floral and woody fragrance that brings a touch of freshness and powder to the collection, and represents a balance between tenderness, sensuality and intensity.

Top: bergamot, basil, cardamom
Heart: blue iris, cypress
Base: cedar, coumarin

The composition is a contrast of delicate floral notes and powerful woods. Created by perfumers Olivier Cresp and Nathalie Lorson, Gentleman Intense is a green, aromatic and spicy notes lead to a heart of gentle blue iris, with woody and warm, resinous tones.

Gentleman Givenchy Intense is available as 60 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette Intense at selected stores worldwide. Come into the beautiful world of Givenchy.

Nina Ricci Nina Rose Garden

Nina Rose Garden is Nina Ricci’s latest fragrance that is incorporated into Nina’s successful Les Belles fragrance collection, a series of perfumes that begins in 2006 with the launch of the magical, cheerful and emblematic perfume ‘Nina Eau de Toilette’, an aroma that begins a modern, romantic and fanciful universe, maintaining the philosophy of the brand: feminine, poetic and romantic.

The success of Nina makes it a very important reference in women’s perfumery, managing to record more than 20 variations to date, exploring multiple facets of the woman Nina Ricci, but sharing something in common: all, absolutely all mix innocent flowers with sweet provocative something, highlighting versions such as ‘La tentation de Nina’ of 2014, ‘Les Monstres de Nina Ricci Nina’ of 2018 and ‘Nina Rouge’ of 2019.

Nina Rose Garden now comes out as a limited edition that celebrates sparkling, radiant femininity, and indulges in a hint of irreverence consistent with the codes infused by Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh, the artistic director duo. The new Eau de Toilette encompasses the sweetness of a beautiful moment and the carefree joy of a day filled with sunshine, as well as an irresistible breath of fresh air, as is stated in the press release.

Nina Rose Garden is a green floral-fruity scent. Nina Rose Garden uses some ingredients present in Nina Rose such as the juicy fruity aroma of pears, the fresh floral sensations of neroli and a citrus, bitter and somewhat mellow impression of orange blossom, but in this new version temptation is imminent when unpublished ingredients such as the intense touches of vanilla, pear, and green hues of grass. The longevity is above-average.

Top notes: grass, pear
Heart: orange blossom, neroli
Base: vanilla, white musk

This fun scented campsite is created by the master perfumer Olivier Cresp, who has created all the perfumes of Nina’s Les Belles collection – Nina Ricci’s ‘Nina’, participating again in the creation of Nina Rose Garden, in it cresp contrasts the natural aroma of grass and citrus flowers with the provocative aroma of vanilla, a mixture of ingredients a little risky although…. reading her raw materials brings me a slight memory of Bella perfume from the Maison.

What makes Nina Rose Garden more attractive is its magnificent matte bubblegum pink apple-shaped flacon, adorned with a large cotton bow on the neck of the flacon that evokes French elegance and the atmosphere of a spring picnic.

Dutch fashion model Estella Boersma model is the face of Nina Rose Garden, after in 2018 the Maison chose her as the main face of Nina perfume and of course all its new editions as is the case of Nina Rogue.

Nina Ricci Nina Rose Garden will be available as a 30, 50 and 80ml Limited Edition Eau de Toilette at selected stores worldwide. Come into the beautiful world of Nina Ricci. 

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.

 

There is a new bear, Tous Love Me

Is it a jewel? Is it a fragrance?… It’s both! There is a new bear in the perfume line of the Spanish jewelry house, Tous. The new fragrance called Love Me, is a fruity floral composition signed by Master Perfumer, Olivier Cresp.

Tous Love Me, a symbol of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the brand!

Tous Love Me is a multifaceted Eau de Parfum that shifts from tender to dynamic, delicate to intense…. A fragrance that is not simply iconic, but also a jewel that embodies the woman of today. What’s its secret? It blends the intensity of Cedar with a variety of floral notes. All enlivened with the freshness of Pink Grapefruit, Pink Peppercorns and Lychee.

The most ‘Tous’ Eau de Parfum ever made has arrived in grand style to celebrate our Centenary. A jewel of a perfume.

Tous Love Me is already available as 30, 50, and 90ml Eau de Parfum at selected stores worldwide. Come into the beautiful world of Tous.

Gentleman Givenchy Cologne

French Maison Givenchy presents a new version of its iconic Givenchy Gentleman. A modernized interpretation in Gentleman Givenchy in 2017, followed by the Eau de Parfum edition in 2018. This Spring a new flanker will be launched, Gentleman Givenchy Cologne.

Gentleman Givenchy Cologne promises a new more woody/musky scent for manly-man. A more mature and a long-lasting aroma to capture attention instantly. Gentleman Givenchy Cologne is a fresh and enexpected fragrance that causes shock with its boldness and vigilance. This edition allegedly embodies the rebellious and free spirit of the Gentleman Givenchy character.

Top notes: Lemon, Bergamot, Petitgrain
Heart notes: Iris, Vetiver, Rosemary
Base notes: Musk, Ambroxan

Just like previous editions, Gentleman Givenchy Cologne is created by famous perfumers Nathalie Lorson and Olivier Cresp. The new composition is made of rosemary, precious iris, vetiver, and musk with fresh hints of bergamot and lemon.

 

A cologne for everyday use for all kind of men. Gentleman Givenchy Cologne is available as 50 and 100ml. Come into the wonderful world of Givenchy.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Mugler Angel Iced Star Collector

Angel is a new creation born of Thierry Mugler’s childhood memories. Angel embodies the most desirable woman.

The famous Angel perfume launched by French fashion desgner Thierry Mugler in 1992, is still is one of the eponymous and timeless classic feminine perfumes. Since then, many Angel editions were launched and this year, Mugler Angel Iced Star Collector appears as a new limited edition perfume. This time, the legendary Angel perfume turns into a frosty/iced perfume with an oriental/gourmand aroma – not so different from the original version. 

Angel captivates with its myriad facets:
– Celestial facet: bergamot
– Delicious facet: red berries
– Voluptuous facet: vanilla/patchouli

Top notes: Jamine, Bergamot, Mandarin, Coconut
Heart notes: Red berries, Pineapple
Base notes: Vanilla, Patchouli, Caraway

The legendary fragrance Angel by Thierry Mugler turns into a frosty star. Marvel at this scintillating bottle gleaming with the excitement and magic of the holidays. Like a snowflake, the star is of a pristine pearly white with captivating shades of Angel blue. Feel the exhilaration of your Angel fragrance with the refillable Eau de Parfum spray.

Mugler Angel Iced Star Collector is created by perfumers Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin, and is available as limited edition 25ml Eau de Parfum.  

 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction

This year, and special for the winter holidays, French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent launches a new pair of limited edition perfumes. The fragrances Black Opium and Mon Paris are presented preserve the original shapes, yet decorated with golden sparkling logos to add a touch of glamour and holiday mood.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition is described to be ‘an addictive gourmand of black coffee, white florals, and vanilla’. The new edition is all about an energetic morning coffee next to aromatic flowers.

A highly addictive feminine fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent. Fascinating and seductively intoxicating, the opening notes of adrenaline-rich coffee and the sweet sensuality of vanilla recline into the softness of white flowers for a modern, young, and vibrant interpretation of addiction.

Created by famous perfumers Nathalie Lorson, Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc, Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition opens to impress with a glamour spirit of fresh tangerine, pear notes along with floral accords of orange blossom and jasmine. The base seduces with a nice entrance of coffee aroma mixed with cedar, patchouli, and sweet vanilla.  

 

An exciting twist on the original, the Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition features a matte black bottle with the YSL logo made of golden shimmer.

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Gold Attraction Edition is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum. 

Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris Gold Attraction Edition

Created by perfumers Olivier Cresp, Harry Fremont and Dora Baghrice, exotic white blossom of Datura, pink pepper and pear, creamy white musk and patchouli aim to conjure a passionate and unforgettable journey to ‘the city of light’ Paris, and the love story that happend there.

The sparkling, fruity white chypre scent from Yves Saint Laurent, inspired by Paris, the city of Romance now comes in the Mon Paris Gold Attraction Edition flacon adorned with a golden, glittering YSL logo broche and a black Lavallière that is ‘inspired by the modern allure and the edgy couture style of the Yves Saint Laurent woman.

Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris Gold Attraction Edition is available as 50ml Eau de Parfum. 

 

 

 

 

 

Dance with Repetto

 

French Maison Repetto was founded in 1947 and it first dealt exclusively with the production of ballet shoes, later becoming a symbol of with Parisian chic with its lines of shoes, bags, accessories and perfumes.

Dance With Repetto, the new perfume from Maison Repetto, is an ode to the release of the dancer and the woman. She expresses her emotions and femininity with her energy and passion. Vibrant! Passionate! She lives the moment with energy and everything in motion.

Drawing on the very heart of their history, Repetto chose dance as the inspiration for a beautifully choreographed new fragrance. With the power to trigger sensations, Dance with Repetto is an olfactory hymn that expresses the vibrant and liberating nature of dance.

Created by Oliver Cresp, Nathalie Lorson and Annick Merando, Dance with Repetto is a delicious and contemporary fragrance that opens with a play on textures and contrasts, between the crunch of a Raspberry Macaron and the delicate floral freshness of Magnolia and Freesia. At the heart of the perfume, Jasmine Petals bind the powdery smoothess of Heliotrope to the voluptuousness of Peony. Finally, the warm almond notes of Tonka Bean are enveloped by the caramelised sweetness of sensual Vanilla and Patchouli.

The bottle gracefully evokes the slender figure of a dancer. The finely engraved glass seems to ripple in the light.

Behind this image of freedom lie two dancers from the Opéra: Marion Barbeau interprets the choreography created by Sébastien Bertaud.

Behind the scence, the making of….

The choreography:

A sensual and impromptu dance that is unique and poetic, shot spontaneously by the filmmaker Bérénice Rapegno.

Who is she, deep down? Undoubtedly a modern woman. Instinctive, driven by her enthusiasm and passions. Inspired and inspiring, enlightened and enlightening… A French woman – as fiercely French as Repetto – who knows how to express herself through dance, with all its feelings and emotions. Graceful and pure, her movements are quite simply an expression of freedom. Her energy is a declaration of life.

Dance with Repetto is available as 40, 60 and 100ml Eau de Parfum.