{"id":422,"date":"2011-08-16T01:25:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T01:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrnystyleandtravel.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2013-01-03T02:33:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T02:33:08","slug":"fragrance-finds-summer-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/?p=422","title":{"rendered":"Fragrance Finds: Summer Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Summer\u00a0fragrances, like summer songs, linger long in the memory. It was William Faulkner who wrote “Memory believes before knowing remembers” – and our sense of summer is invariably linked with its smells.<\/p>\n

Just as summer songs from the past immediately send us back to the lake, the pool, the beach, where we realized that he was the one we\u2019d love forever (so what if we were wrong, the song still works us) – so, too, does the smell of the ocean and summer roses and rain-wet grass remind us why summer is when we feel most young at heart.<\/p>\n

Spritz these summer fragrances on your wrists – and let yourself slip into the romance of summer.
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Jean Paul Gaultier: Classique Summer Limited Edition<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

One recent Sunday, we took the ferry from Stockholm out into the Swedish archipelago, where we spent the day with a woman whose home, Summerhouse, had been in her family for four generations. On a hill above the water, the house was brilliantly rose red against a verdantly green lawn – and inside Summerhouse, the red and pink roses were as abundant as they were in the gardens outside.<\/p>\n

Rose fragrances are often unfairly saddled with a hoary reputation – and yet rose remains one of the world\u2019s most favored scents, which is perhaps why Jean Paul Gaultier latest summer edition of his\u00a0Classique<\/a>fragrance opens with rose.<\/p>\n

Each summer, Gaultier tweaks his 1993\u00a0Classique<\/a>, updating or reformulating it, not unlike the way an interior designer freshens up a summer home. This year\u2019s edition of\u00a0Classique<\/a>\u00a0opens with rose and orange blossom, before blooming into a heart of Sambac jasmine and ylang-ylang – and yet, even with the profusion of flora, the scent is as light as linen.<\/p>\n

In spite of the drizzle at Summerhouse, we sat outside, sipping Champagne that was crisp and slightly redolent of vanilla. A vanilla base note in this year\u2019s edition of Gaultier\u2019s\u00a0Classique<\/a>\u00a0mitigates the floral notes, leaving a trail of sweet muskiness, not unlike the smell of roses in light rain.<\/p>\n

As lovely as a light rain and a glass of Champagne,\u00a0Jean Paul Gaultier\u2019s 2011 Classique<\/a>\u00a0is a perfect summer rose.<\/p>\n

(Note: for this limited edition, the iconic “tailor\u2019s dummy”\u00a0Classique<\/a>\u00a0bottle is adorned with Maori tattoos in red and blue, one of Gaultier\u2019s favored themes, which, interestingly, also evoke Tennessee Williams\u2019s “The Rose Tattoo.” Collectors will be charmed.)<\/p>\n

PRICE:<\/b>\u00a0$64.00 \/ 3.3 fl oz
\nLINK:<\/b>\u00a0Jean Paul Gaultier Classique 2011 Limited Edition<\/a>
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Lubin: Gin Fizz<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Icy blondes were Hitchcock\u2019s specialty – and perhaps the most famous was Grace Kelly, the Philadelphia Main Line beauty, who mesmerized the Prince of Monaco. A Hollywood star and Oscar winner for her role in “The Country Girl,” Kelly was celebrated for her classic all-American elegance – and in 1955, the House of Lubin, one of France\u2019s oldest perfume houses dedicated their newest fragrance,\u00a0Gin Fizz<\/a>, to Kelly.<\/p>\n

Named for the fashionable American cocktail served in Paris,\u00a0Gin Fizz<\/a>\u00a0was originally created by master parfumeur Henri Giboulet – and re-introduced in 2009 in a more modern formulation. As might be expected from a fragrance named for a summer drink,\u00a0Gin Fizz<\/a>bursts with a sparkling bouquet of bergamot, Sicilian lemon, Messina mandarin, and juniper berry – and the first spritz is as intoxicating as the first sip of a gin tonic.<\/p>\n

Almost immediately, you\u2019re in summer, walking across a manicured lawn, drink in hand, toward a garden lush with iris, roses, lilies, and Turkish jasmine. Gazing around at the other guests in their white linens, you\u2019re reminded of Irwin Shaw\u2019s “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses.”<\/p>\n

From its citrus and floral opening,\u00a0Gin Fizz<\/a>\u00a0segues into the more earthy base notes of vetiver and oak moss balanced with white musk. It\u2019s as if you\u2019ve knelt at the garden\u2019s edge, inhaling deeply of the grass and loam – and for a moment, you consider reclining completely on the lawn. Instead, you sip from your gin – and toast to the timeless beauty of icy blondes.<\/p>\n

PRICE:<\/b>\u00a0$120.00 \/ 50 ml.
\nLINK:<\/b>\u00a0Lubin Gin Fizz<\/a>
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Issey Miyake: L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey Summer Fragrance 2011<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

We still remember our first time: the first time we fell in love with\u00a0L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey<\/a>. It was in 1992, at the uptown apartment of a pair of well-heeled interior designers with impeccable taste – and there, atop their bathroom vanity, displayed like an objet d\u2019art, was a frosted bottle evocative of the Eiffel Tower, topped by the moon.<\/p>\n

Nearly twenty years after its phenomenal debut in 1992,\u00a0L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey<\/a>\u2019s bottle (based on the view from Miyake\u2019s Paris apartment) has become as iconic as the fragrance within.\u00a0L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey<\/a>\u00a0(a play on the word “odyssey”) ushered in an entire generation of light, aquatic floral fragrances. Since 1995,\u00a0L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey<\/a>has introduced summer limited editions that have become as coveted and popular as the original.<\/p>\n

Evocative of a blue lagoon, the 2011 Summer Limited Edition of\u00a0L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey<\/a>\u00a0arrives in a turquoise-tinged bottle, flecked with branches of tropical red coral. You might be snorkeling off the isle of Capri, your yacht anchored alongside you. With top notes of rose and pear water, the fragrance (created by Jacques Cavallier) is a reminder of summer\u2019s simple pleasures: fresh fruit, pink flowers, Prosecco, and sun. Someone arrives onboard with a bouquet of white peonies in full bloom, their scent wafting over the water. When you sit down to lunch on deck, there\u2019s a carnation at your place setting,<\/p>\n

Later, as the captain pulls anchor and you head for the shore, the salt air mixes with a base note of osmanthus that wraps around your shoulders like a velvet fog.<\/p>\n

The truth is, resistance to\u00a0L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey<\/a>\u00a0has always been futile; this fragrance has always been irresistible. You have to smile at its sweet, insouciant allure.<\/p>\n

PRICE:<\/b>\u00a0$64.00 \/ 3.3 fl oz
\nLINK:<\/b>\u00a0Issey Miyake L\u2019Eau d\u2019Issey Summer Fragrance 2011<\/a>
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