The Gift of Anticipation
It’s that time of the year again. No, I don’t mean Christmas. Summer is almost over and Pitti Fragranze is opening its doors tomorrow. Meaning everyone has been all busy and secretive lately, preparing their Next Big Thing, or the Next Big Promise, something exciting enough to drive us crazy and trigger-happy. Reading through all the recent announcements and press releases, I haven’t noticed some radically new themes or trends: oud is not dead (which is fine with me), weird is not dead, nods to vintage classics are still here... Same old, same new.
In any case, just to be prepared for what’s coming, here is my Top Five list of fragrances to try ASAP. Some of them came out recently, some of them are not released yet. Some will not be featured in Florence, some will. But I know I would love to try all of these, and will try to do so. That’s the plan, anyway. So, here they are:
1. Slumberhouse New Sibet
2. SHL777 Taklamakan
3. Aedes de Venustas Grenadille d’Afrique
4. Neela Vermeire Rahele
5. Nasomatto Baraonda
Almost as curious:
6. Dusita Sillage Blanc
7. Penhaligon’s Much Ado About The Duke
8. Penhaligon’s The Tragedy of Lord George
9. BeauFort Fathom V
10. Auphorie Zen
Kinda curious: Amouage Bracken Man, Orto Parisi Seminalis, The Different Company Adjatay, Tiziana Terenzi 4 Ouds for Harrods.
Photos from HERE and HERE.