![]() The butterfly-shaped cap with folded wings, symbol of the brand, is made of crystal glass. ![]() The light plays on the opposition of frosted and smooth glass, which let the apricot shade of the perfume shine through. Good luck! I stumbled across Basenotes while looking for that one perfect new perfume, and now I've got dozens of new favorites. BOTTLE DESIGN FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION For her iconic fragrance, designer Hanae Mori wanted a refined and precious bottle. If you know you like a certain type of scent, or even if you're not sure where to start, this could be a good option. Butterfly by Hanae Mori 100ml EDP for Women Butterfly by Hanae Mori 100ml EDT for Women Hanae Mori Him by Hanae Mori 100ml EDP Hanae Mori HM by Hanae Mori. Its sister Elixir des Merveilles is also nice.įor another way to find something new, The Perfumed Court has different sampler packs to try, designated as beginner, intermediate, and advanced, or other sets organized by a certain note (e.g., vanilla) or a theme such as "a woman's luxury scent sampler," the Perfumed Posse's best of 2007, or MakeUpAlley's Top 25 scents of 2007. Hermès Eau des Merveilles is another favorite and has been called "unconventional" ( Top notes: Vetiver, Oak, Cedar Middle Notes: Ambergris Base Notes: Lemon, Orange, Elemi, Pink Pepper). I also enjoy Hermèssence Ambre Narguilé & Gaultier², but all three of those would be considered pretty sweet.įor something not-so-sweet, I like Bulgari's Red Tea (Eau Parfumée au Thé Rouge) & Hermès 24, Faubourg. It's one of my favorites, and a favorite of the people around me. It’s available at stores like Macy’s and Sephora for $130/100 ml and $99/50 ml.I'll second Flowerbomb. Hanae Mori “Butterfly”includes notes of black currant, wild strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, peony, sandalwood, Virginia cedar, Brazilian rosewood and almond tree. To be sure, you need to like gourmands to wear this if you do occasionally have a perfume sweet tooth like me, this is one of the best. This is just enough of an edge to remind you this is a grownup perfume and not a pre-teen body spray (or an actual cupcake). It might all be too much, but what keeps Hanae Mori on the right side of history is the delicate florals – rose, jasmine, peony – and a slightly sharp, soapy green note, similar to the dish-soap note in Rochas Tocade but with half the intensity. It’s not just melted sugar (ethyl maltol), but caramel sauce with butter and cream. There’s the custardy aspect of ylang-ylang, the milky aspect of sandalwood, plus a toasted almond note like nuts in a graham cracker crust. This big pink glow is offset by a deliciously creamy base, all the materials chosen for richness. The primary fruit note is strawberry, but it’s more abstract than literal – like a pop-art painting of a strawberry. Spray it on and you’ll smell a facsimile of a fruit tart from a French bakery: berries arranged just so and glistening with apricot jam. ![]() Butterfly, instead, was content to be pretty. Created by Bernard Ellena in 1995, just three years after Angel, Hanae Mori borrowed the apparently new idea of layering fruit over caramel, but skipped the massively pungent patchouli note that made Angel so shocking. The original Hanae Mori for women, sometimes known as “Butterfly” due to the bottle design, is a first-generation gourmand. I was recently in one of those moods, what Holly Golightly would call “the mean reds,” when such a palliative is called for, and my mind immediately went to Hanae Mori. My comfort scents are the equivalent of crème brûlée, which is to say, sugar and fat: perfume as mouthfeel. I can claim no such level of sophistication. 19 – perhaps because your mother wore it, or perhaps because the orris, vetiver, and galbanum are cool like a hand on a fevered head. I suspect there are those among you who, on an especially rough day, derive comfort from an elegant classic like Chanel No. ![]() Elisa on stress and the gourmand ways to fight it.
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