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)baguette said:
:The Private Blend scents are Amber Absolute, Noir de Noir, Velvet Gardenia, Black Violet, Tobacco Vanille, Oud Wood, Purple Patchouli, Bois Rouge, Moss Breches, Tuscan Leather, Neroli Portofino and Japan Noir. “When I was creating Black Orchid [his women’s scent, launched in November], I kept smelling other things I liked — many of which were too expensive to use in a broadly distributed fragrance, and others that we can’t use for a broader fragrance because they won’t appeal to everyone. I kept putting more and more things aside. Finally, it just seemed to make sense to develop them for my store.”
Purple Patchouli is “sort of Sixties, with orchid, black leather and amber,” said Ford. “Bois Rouge has red cedarwood; Noir de Noir is a chypre oriental with patchouli and tree moss; Moss Breches is this really rare moss, and Tobacco Vanille smells like pipe tobacco. And these are fully developed fragrances, not one-note products.”
Velvet Gardenia is also close to Ford’s heart. “I always wear a gardenia on my lapel at black-tie events,” he said. And lately, Ford has been wearing Tobacco Vanille, although he stops short of choosing a favorite: “They’re all my children,” he said.
Each of the Private Blend scents will be available in a 1.7-oz. eau de parfum spray flacon for $165 and an 8.3-oz. eau de parfum decanter for $450. Packaging is a rich dark brown with gold accents. “I always think about what something’s going to look like on your dresser,” said Ford. “This is a very deluxe, apothecary bottle in dark brown, one of my very favorite colors.” There’s another reason for the shade: “When you go to a lab at a fragrance house, all of the oils are in big dark bottles to protect them from light,” he said, recalling his jaunts to International Flavors and Fragrances, Givaudan, Firmenich and Quest to concoct the fragrances.
Me toocavanaugh said:
.. Very recently bought all the US Vogue issues of 99 and 2000. they were so sexy and hedonistic. Some of it was tacky though...the logo-ed clothing? Not for me!
