Don your couture, for nothing but glamour will do for this week’s latest launches. With a début scent from the house of Ermanno Scervino, A Scandal in Paris from Jean Paul Gaultier and new versions of Paco Rabanne Lady Million and Hermes Twilly, you’re all set for a night to remember!
ERMANNO SCERVINO
ERMANNO SCERVINO
You may not have heard of fashion house Ermanno Scervino – but perfume-lovers will be familiar with the trio of noses who together created the debut signature fragrance. Mathilde Bijaoui, Julie Massé and Véronique Nyberg evoke the textures of Tuscany-based Scervino’s clothes – flowing silk, delicate cashmere, cocooning wool – through elements of neroli, mandarin, coconut, jasmine and tuberose absolutes, white musk, vanilla and cashmere wood, moreishly wrapped in a chocolate-y gianduia accord.
From £52 for 30ml eau de parfum
Debenhams.com
HERMÈS
TWILLY EAU POIVRÉE
It’s no wonder the original Twilly was such a huge success, reinventing the tuberose with a juicy ginger vibe for a new audience, and perfumer Christine Nagel’s done it again. This time that ‘queen of flowers’, the rose, has been reimagined: jazzed up with vibrant pink peppercorn, the tenderness is never compromised, even when the swirl of patchouli kicks in. Nagel balances her ingredients with admirable restraint, allowing ample space in this energetically elegant scent.
£49 for 30ml eau de parfum
harveynichols.com
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
SCANDAL A PARIS
Monsieur Gaultier has never shied away from the racy or risqué, and with his Scandal collection we see his cheeky side once more. Created by perfumers Daphnée Bugey and Fabrice Pellegrin, Scandal A Paris embodies the naughtiness of the French city. A scandalous scent where juicy pears drip onto jasmine blooms, sweetened softly by the bed of honey that it lays on. As wild as the kicking legs atop the flacon.
£42 for 30ml eau de parfum
theperfumeshop.com
PACO RABANNE
LADY MILLION EMPIRE
There’s a deliciously decadent Chypre aspect to this new floral from the Million stable. Houses in a diamond-shaped bottle, the juice positively gleams with a glossy assuredness – cherry, plum and cognac accord swagged by garlands of orange blossom and peachy osmanthus. Imagine cocktail glasses being clinked to celebrate an epic success, a cool, crushed ice breeziness to the magnolia and white patchouli; a smile of satisfaction for those who drape themselves in this.
£47 for 30ml eau de parfum
johnlewis.com
JIMMY CHOO
URBAN HERO
Amidst much buzz about Italy and its fragrance-inspiring landscapes this autumn, Jimmy Choo strides the pavements to deliver a tribute to the metropolitan man, even choosing a renowned street artist, Jules Dedet (a.k.a. L’Atlas) as the face of the campaign. From their toolbox, Antoine Maisondieu and Marion Costero chose notes of lemon caviar, black pepper, vetiver, rosewood, grey amber and leather, for a creation that could equally be called ‘sexy in the city’.
£70 for 100ml eau de parfum
johnlewis.com
