The 13 Hottest New Fragrances

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG DIANE
This rich floral is as wearable as one of DVF's signature wrap dresses. Tropical frangipani gives it that I've-just-been-on-holiday feeling, while earthy violet and patchouli imbue it with a city-girl vibe.

CHANEL NO. 19 POUDRÉ
Iris root, which gives this No. 19 reboot its powdery essence, gets a fresh boost thanks to green galbanum and heady jasmine. No. 19 Poudré has the same follow-me quality as the original, named for Coco Chanel's birthday, August 19.

DOLCE & GABBANA VELVET SUBLIME
If you love citrus, this might become your new favorite scent. Zesty orange blossom and intoxicating neroli transport you to warmer climes—and the elegant purple-capped bottle doesn't look like a vacation tchotchke.

OSCAR DE LA RENTA LIVE IN LOVE
Of the fragrance's name, Vogue's Andre Leon Talley declared on Twitter, "That's my new mantra. It's brilliant." This intense floral—a blend of jasmine, rose, and orchid—never overpowers thanks to grounding notes like cedar and sandalwood.

FENDI FAN DI FENDI
From the flashy bottle to the equally dramatic scent inside, this fragrance is not for those in search of something subtle. Spicy leather, patchouli, and dashes of citrus and jasmine turn simply wearing fragrance into an event.

GIVENCHY DAHLIA NOIR
The black dahlia has no discernible smell, as it's the invention of Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci; the imaginary flower is meant to be more evocative than olfactory. Powdery, with a touch of Tonka bean and wood, Dahlia Noir is sexy and inviting, with serious staying power.

BOTTEGA VENETA
Hewing closely to the brand's minimal but luxurious aesthetic, this is one beautifully bottled scent. The leathery floral is somewhat dirty, which gives it a primal quality. But fresh jasmine and citrusy bergamot notes keep it ladylike and modern.

ELIE SAAB LE PARFUM
The designer's namesake perfume strikes the same tone as his dresses always have: feminine, but not frivolous. Orange blossom, jasmine, patchouli, and cedar, inspired by Saab's native Lebanon, make this scent creamy and warm, but it somehow manages to retain a lovely lightness.

BURBERRY BODY
You can always say this of Burberry: They keep finding creative ways to remind us of their iconic trench coat. In the case of Body, a powdery floral, the scent is meant to evoke "the feeling you get when you wear the trench." With Body's sensual, enveloping quality, that's not entirely far-fetched.

TOM FORD JASMIN ROUGE
If it's spice you're after, look no further than Jasmin Rouge. This is no entry-level scent: Ford threw in the whole spice cabinet—ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon—then laced this fragrance with vanilla for sweetness and amber for depth. The result? The extra-sweaty sexiness that has become Ford's stock-in-trade with, well, everything.

HERMÈS SANTAL MASSOÏA
The tenth launch in the Hermessence collection, this unisex sandalwood scent is spicy-sweet and earthy, thanks to an additional note of rare Indonesian massoïa wood, which has a vaguely coconut-y smell. If you like the idea of smelling like milky black tea from, say, the chicest teahouse on the planet, this will do the trick.

CHANEL JERSEY
Part of Chanel's Les Exclusifs fragrance collection, Jersey has a masculine edge that comes courtesy of its star ingredient: lavender. Long used in men's colognes, lavender is fresh and calming. Add in a little sweetness (vanilla) and heft (musk), and you've got a scent that's as weighty as the fabric for which it's named.

DIPTYQUE EAU PARTICULIÈRE
Have you ever loved a home fragrance so much that you wanted to spray it all over yourself? This minty, musky-rose creation, which comes with a lovely atomizer, is meant to perform double-duty.

Via Allure

Prada Candy

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Candy is excessive

The pure indulgence and enjoyment of Prada Candy lies in its excess. Prada Candy is a fragrance with a novel olfactory balance combining exceptionally high-quality ingredients in excessive proportions. Magnified by White Musks, noble Benzoin comes together with a modern Caramel accord to give the fragrance a unique signature.

The Scent Of Marie Antoinette-Black Jade by Lubin

In 1784, 10-year-old Pierre François Lubin became the apprentice of Tombarelli, a master perfumer of Grasse, in the south of France. Some years later, he came to Paris to complete his apprenticeship in the prestigious workshop of Fargeon, perfumer to the Royal Court.

His ambition was subsequently to join the corporation of perfumers founded in the 15th century.
The latter enjoyed growing prestige at the time, for since the reign of Louis XIV, hygiene had been making great progress at Versailles. The use of soaps, perfumes and cosmetics gradually became entrenched.

The queen’s perfumer Fargeon was therefore a familiar face at the Royal Palace of Versailles, where he regularly brought his preparations to Queen Marie Antoinette.


The 18th century saw the awakening of a philosophical and political consciousness that gave the period its name of the “Age of Enlightenment”. Monarchy and the absolute power exercised by the sovereign were increasingly subject to criticism.
These ideas spread to the people, and in 1789 royal power gave way to popular uprisings and was replaced by a revolutionary assembly elected by all, where the most radical elements eventually dominated.
Under increasing attack, the royal family was finally imprisoned in the Tuileries castle in Paris, while war threatened at the borders.

Amidst this revolutionary Paris, Master Perfumer Fargeon remained loyal to Queen Marie Antoinette and continued to supply her with his preparations. One of these was his “eau de toilette”, an alcohol based infusion that the queen applied to her skin during her morning ablutions to maintain the fresh complexion that caused so much envy at court.

The young apprentice Lubin carefully copied his master’s formulae: he would remember them when he set up his own shop in rue Sainte Anne a few years later in 1798, and launched the famous “eau de toilette” that established his reputation.

Marie Antoinette’s daughter, Marie Thérèse of France, who had become the duchess of Angoulême, quickly adopted it after her return from exile in 1815, and in turn appointed Lubin as “supplier to the Duke of Angoulême”.

But the young Lubin was also interested in a mysterious perfume that the queen had ordered from Jean Louis Fargeon during the creation of the Trianon gardens, her private domain. The roses in the recipe of course evoked the flower garden, and are combined with jasmine from Grasse, but the use of spices and noble wood imported from distant lands, those that inspired the motifs of the wall decorations at Versailles, gave it more exotic tones.

Precious patchouli and sandalwood, vanilla and cinnamon, coriander and cardamom, frankincense and galbanum were brought from India and French islands beyond the seas.
With these ingredients, the initially cool floral fragrance became mellow and warm on the queen’s skin.

It leaves a discreet trace with notes of amber, elegant and sensual. The queen took it everywhere in a small flask of black jade that protected it from daylight.

In the house of Lubin, the once lost but now resuscitated fragrance for a long time bore the name of “Jardin Secret”, until the 1930s, without any explicit reference ever being made to its origin.

Lubin restored its name of the time, “Black Jade”