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Now comes a feminine counterpart of Black Ink to smooth out the divide between the sexes and propose a more polished version for the women who had been borrowing their boyfriends' dark bottle. The idea had been at the minds of Guerlain too when they took the femme approach to their already excellent and best-selling Vétiver and they created ther wonderful Vétiver pour Elle, first as a travel-exclusive and now part of their Les Parisiennes boutique line."Christine Nagel, the perfumer who created 2008's Lalique White and Narciso Rodriguez for Her in 2003*, is the nose behind the new fragrance and was inspired by the unusual opportunity to create a vetiver women's fragrance. As she exclaimed to Basenotes "why should rose be for females and vetiver for males? Who decided this?"Notes for Lalique Encre Noire pour Elle include exotic materials such as Sicilian bergamot, freesia, Turkish rose, osmanthus, kephali**, Indonesian amber, Haitian vetiver, Texan cedar and musks.
**Aphrodite's Kephali (=Venus's head) is a toponym of an Early Minoan outpost site in Eastern Crete, Greece, where pithoi, ceramic vessels, were found containing lumps of incense. I am hypothesizing the kephali note could reprise this legendary aroma. [Of course kephali is a general term for other toponyms throughout Greece as well as kephali (κεφάλι) means head in Greek]. However kephali is also a component in ethyl fish oil, and scented fish oil also played an important role in ancient religious rites, a fact which might give a different spin to this. In any case, and most probably, it might all be a misprint, as Kephalis (with a capital K) is a woody ambery aroma-chemical, quite popular in recent releases.
The eau de parfum of Encre Noire pour Elle will be available in 50ml/1.7floz and 100ml/3.3floz while there will be an ancilary body cream in 200ml/6.6floz. The new Lalique launches in September 2009.
There will also be a rare chance for collectibles: The Parfum Extrait version will be issued as a one-off in only 99 numbered flacons, in a crystal cube toppped by a round crystal stopper with gold caligraphy as well (The design reminds me of the Gucci Eau de Parfum one, but could be entirely different in person) This special edition will cost £600 for 60ml/2 floz of concentrated perfume extract. Enough quantity to last you a lifetime!
Related reading on Perfume Shrine: Upcoming releases, Vetiver series
*NB: Narciso For Her was co-authored by Francis Kurkdjan.
Pic & quote via Danielle Cooper at Basenotes
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Hi E!
ReplyDeleteThis is something I am looking forward to sniffing. Lalique makes excellent scents. The original is a gorgeous floral and Le Parfum is a delightful mix of Escada Collection and Shalimar. I need a bottle of that one too.
This is the most interesting thing announced this year, that is not niche. I can`t wait to try it.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait this sounds so lovely and well I do like vetiver.
ReplyDeleteT,
ReplyDeletehello darling! How are you?
I can't say I have exhausted the Lalique line, I have admired the bottles, but the ones I tried were too sweet for me. Le Parfum sounds interesting though!
I have high hopes for this new release, as the masculine was so good.
A,
ReplyDeletewho can argue with you? You're absolutely right, it's highly intriguing! Let's hope it delivers.
Jen,
ReplyDeleteit sounds delish, I admit. Let's see! :-)
I'm a longtime Green Fiend, so I love vetiver, as a note and on other people. This sounds like something I have to try!
ReplyDeleteTarleisio,
ReplyDeleteI think you should! I am having high hopes for this too.
Hello, beloved ;)
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that, in the ingredient list- they may have meant 'Kephalis'-
An aromachemical of great beauty, possessed of a woody, vetiver-like nature...
Hope this is an olfactory treat !
What gorgeous black bottles, with their curling gold script... I want one. On the other hand, I tend to find vetiver-focused fragrances a bit too dry for my taste, so I'll have to test first. The men's version gets a lot of love, and I'm sure this one is put together well.
ReplyDeleteHi I!
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, I'm certain you're right and it's all a misprint. It would be far fetched to think it would be otherwise (after all not everyone is as fond of historic overtones as I am, LOL)
Hopefully it will be great, it's the best news on the mainstream market for a long while.
Hugs to you!
Males,
ReplyDeletethe Lalique bottles have a tradition to uphold, I suppose and yes, these look very cool, we have to admit!
Perhaps the feminine version is meant to sweeten the drier masculine version (which is quite non-sweet indeed). Have you tried Vetiver Pour Elle, btw?
I definitely noticed this with interest. I own a mini of the original but haven't sampled from it enough to form an opinion (this mostly occurred after I discovered Sycomore was my holy grail vetiver and I usually can't play multiple variations on a theme at the same time).
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried either of the Guerlain's, but I'm very curious about how vetiver will combine with floral notes, which should nicely lift the dry and sharp woodiness.
As far as Lalique go, I only in recent weeks discovered and quite love White, also by Nagel.