If you were trying to capture the essence of a sportscar, what sort of scents would you put in the bottle? Burnt rubber? Leather? Gasoline? How about juniper berries, mandarin orange and myrtle? Because those are exactly the notes which Porsche Design has used in its new fragrance, The Essence Intense.
The follow-up to their original scent, The Essence, launched about a year and a half ago, Intense is a fresh, aromatic and woody fragrance for men. The scent was developed together with Clarins Group – which is responsible, among other things, for the Azzuro line – but since it’s a Porsche Design, the bottle has received significant attention, combining smoked frosted glass and black brushed aluminum in a particularly sleek package. Although it’s initially available only as a spray eau-de-toilette in 50 and 80 milliliter sprays, expect a whole range of scented products to follow.
Source: Luxist
Ermenegildo Zegna has launched Zegna Colonia, the line’s latest fragrance for men:
With Zegna Colonia, the brand unveils its personal vision of ‘la Dolce Vita’. A parenthesis of peaceful happiness bathed in the warm embrace of the Italian sun. A snapshot of an elegant silhouette and the entrancing eyes of a man dressed in white linen, captured in the space of an instant.
Between confirmed elegance and affirmed casualness, Zegna Colonia captivates from the very first moment with the sparkling energy of Sicilian bergamot, brilliantly blended with neroli and cardamom. The seductive game continues with the mellow, powdery embrace of iris heightened with galbanum. The fragrance gently unfurls on an accord of musk, benzoin and cedar, the signature of this atypical and addictive fragrance.
Zegna Colonia by Ermenegildo Zegna is available in 75 ml Eau de Toilette and in a limited edition collection of matching grooming products.
Source: Ermenegildo Zegna
From Africa to the Far East, Indigo, a rare and precious pigment, has for centuries been extracted from the blue plant called Indigotier. Its color is deep, velvety, and mysterious. At nightfall, it lingers for a moment on the surface of the water, creating a vibrant hue. Kenzo has drawn this indigo water, full of colors, heavy with scents, intense and sensual. L’eauParKenzo Eau Indigo Pour Homme opens with zesty facets of ginger with gourmand and lemony hints. Fresh, spicy notes of elemi and coriander mingle with sensual, woody vetiver and cedar for a decidedly masculine effect. Sensual amber, labdanum, and tonka bean complete the seduction inspired by the hue between blue and purple—the singular color of indigo.
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CK free model Jamie Dornan
Calvin Klein will launch a new men’s fragrance in September 2009 called CK free. The latest CK fragrance will be the third CK scent to join CK one and CK be. The model to be featured in the ads is Calvin Klein super “male” model Jamie Dornan.
“CK Free has been created to offer men an everyday escape away from the daily grind regardless of their age, ethnicity or social status. It’s very democratic.” – Calvin Klein.
CK free is described as a woody aromatic. The fragrance opens on “top notes of Thailand star anise, jackfruit, absinthe and juniper berry; a heart of suede, tobacco leaves, coffee absolute and South African buchu, and a drydown of patchouli absolute, oakwood, Texan cedarwood and Costa Rican ironwood.”
The collection will be available in 1 oz. ($32), 1.7 oz. ($47) and 3.4 oz. ($62), also a 5-oz. aftershave balm ($42) and a 2.5 oz. deodorant stick ($16).
Calvin Klein fragrances website click here.
Tom Ford will launch his latest men’s fragrance next month. Tom Ford Grey Vetiver fragrance is described personally by Ford as “the equivalent of the classic blue blazer, the beautiful watch, or the cap-toes shoe.”
The 1.7 oz bottle (a frosted glass version of the iconic TF men’s fluted bottle) will be $85 and is set to be released September 2009.
For the Tom Ford website click here.
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