The Very Fruity Fragrance that finally has me loving a Very Fruity Fragrance
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The Very Fruity Fragrance that finally has me loving a Very Fruity Fragrance
There’s much to love on the fashion and beauty front in the new Feud: Capote vs The Swans series which is finally showing on British tv screens. But what grabbed my attention the most was this line uttered by Babe Paley when talking about her husband’s current extra-marital interest: ‘that shitty perfume she wears….. too much sandalwood for a woman with her face’.
What a line. What a put down. I have no idea if Babe ever actually uttered it. But I wonder what she (or the script writer) would make of a fragrance, or the wearer of it, that has a more than hearty dose of pineapple; seriously, the levels of it in my Very Fruity Fragrance would have the man from Del Monte saying a big fat yes and then performing a few cartwheels. And that juicy note really does rule pretty much supreme upon first spritz and remain largely dominant for a short while. But if this is off-putting to you (as it would normally to me, unless I’d just ordered a pina colada) allow me to convince you to stick with it ….
…because then a fun, vibrant, sexiness kicks in as notes of iris, orange blossom, tobacco absolute, and black amber all come bursting onto the scene and get the party started. For that is the essence of Black Magenta, the latest launch from D.S. & Durga: it feels like a party-shoes-firmly-strapped-on joyous night out.
It’s happy and hopeful with a zest for life. But it’s also eminently nuzzle-able and a bit naughty. It’s disco lights and slightly divey clubs. In other word, it’s no posh parade and it would be no Capote Black and White Ball. This is fragrant egalitarianism. It’s unabashedly fun, late nights spent cutting loose, and eminently flirtatious. It feels like the song ‘Native New Yorker’ spritzed into life. And it’s the very first very fruity fragrance that I’ve ever truly loved.
From £155 at Liberty
Link online: https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/black-magenta-eau-de-parfum-50ml-000811178.html?queryID=c1016a0c0e9d6f041789e800f52c13b0&objectID=R578319006&indexName=production_emea_libertyltd_demandware_net__liberty__products__default