L’Artisan Parfumeur - New Havana Vanille 2009 Fragrance
The perfumer house L’Artisan Parfumeur is going to launch a new autumn fragrance. Its creator - Bertrand Duchaufour – was inspired by the city of Havana and vanilla aroma. Thus that fragrance is called Havana Vanille 2009.
The fragrance is characterized as a constantly changing one, with lots of shades and chords. It is exotic, slightly alcoholic due to rum notes and - addictive. Sensually elegant, it can be easily associated with overseas voyages, which ending point is Cuba with its barrels of rum, mysterious woody smells and energetic music rhythms. It gives the feeling of luxury and also mysterious harmony with yourself and with the whole world.
Havana Vanille opens with vanilla pod notes drowned in rum and clove and dried fruit including mandarin, the sweetest of all fruit notes. The heart notes are represented by a unity of narcissus flower and tonka bean with a scent of tobacco leaves, sweet and deep.
The base notes present a creamy mixture of viscid balms, Benzoin and Tolu, woodsy and musky notes, and vanilla absolute. Slightly chocolaty tonka bean is also included to combine with vanilla and tobacco to create a gorgeous aroma.
As you see, the two types of vanilla were used in the fragrance. They enhance the other components’ aroma: the Mexican vanilla absolute adds its spicy facets to the deep tobacco leaf and clove notes, and the Bourbon-Madagascar vanilla enhances the dried fruit.
The new fragrance from L’Artisan Parfumeur comes as Eau de Parfum in 100 ml (3.4oz) and 50 ml (1.7oz)
Perfume Features:
- Family: woody, spicy
- First Notes: rum, mandarin, orange, clove
- Heart Notes: dry fruits, narcissus absolute, rose, tobacco leaf
- Base Notes: vanilla absolute, tonka bean, benzoin, tolu, vetiver, musky notes
- Pricing:
- Eau de Parfum 100 ml: 100€ /£78 / $155
- Eau de Parfum 50 ml: 75€ / £60 /$115
Honey pie, spicy hot wine or homemade vanilla ice cream - recepie for aroma winter!Part I.
A fragrance is a special accessory: an elegant belt can accentuate your chiseled figure, a bright hat can add contrast, and a drop of perfume highlights the new features of your image, sometimes subtle and complicated…And, of course, as any accessory, a perfume has its own season. In summer we apply light, airy and refreshing scents, but when it is so frosty outside, cool ozone scents lose their charm and attractiveness. While muffling up in a cosy scarf or warming ourselves with a mug of mulled wine, we all want to smell warmly and elegantly…
1. Spices.
Just as spices add special notes of taste and smell to delicious dishes, a perfume with the tones of cloves or cardamom will add mystery and sensuality to your fragrance. Sweet ginger or nutmeg, tantalizing cinnamon or tender cloves - these scents ooze with the eastern charm and the warmness of mulled wine.
Perfumes with spicy notes: Burberry Brit Red, Nutmeg Ginger, Tea for Two.
2. Honey.
Are there cosier, comfier and warmer dainties, than honey? And is there a sweeter and more charming fragrance, than the delicate scent of the honeycomb shedding honey?
Perfumes with honey notes: Soir De Lune.
3. Vanilla
Vanilla means tender sweetness of meringue pies, modest passion of an aphrodisiac and elegant exotics. Vanilla cloaks one into a fragrant veil. Shy and at the same time cheerful aroma brings a very special, tender and positive mood. Of all sweet scents vanilla is the simpliest one – and the most adorable in its simplicity.
Perfumes with vanilla notes: Hypnotic Poison, Princess Vera Wang, Un Bois Vanille.
4. Sandalwood
A sweet and sophisticated scent of sandalwood gives you the feeling of stability and confidence. A velvet, mysterious aroma – isn’t it the best addition to the roughly-knitted sweaters with elegant ornaments?
Perfumes with sandalwood notes: Donna Karan Black Cashmere, Opium, Vetiver Oriental.
5. Citruses.
On the Christmas day all tables and Christmas trees are decorated with oranges and tangerines, and a pungent sweet smell of citrus essence brings an association with holidays. That is why the scents of rind and juicy citrus pulp are ideal for winter.
Perfumes with citrus notes: Paloma Picasso, Opium Fleur Imperiale, Eau Torride, Clinique Happy.