"a scent by issey miyake"
If you were in high school during the mid-1990s (como yo) then your olfactory system should be intimately acquainted with original scent created by Miyake, L'eau d'Issey. It was the cologne of choice among the athlete-casanova variety, the ones who showered religiously 3x per day and saturated their skin in cologne in efforts to rid themselves of any natural odor (god forbid one's body possesses such a thing) in what they believed was a sure-fire way to win over the ladies by (from what I can tell) stunning them into a stupor with cologne vapors. I can still, clear as day, remember that fragrance era... you know, a la CKOne, the unisex, insipid (at times) perfumes that you could never, ever overdose on in the same way one did with Angel (still makes me gag) and Obsession (likewise). Perfumes: The Guide wrote some great entries for this genre, which we'll cover as soon as we get that damn book review live.Anyway, this is Miyake's forth time around the scent block. This one is decidedly a women's scent and carries a strange name ("a scent by issey miyake") that resembles the title of a play more than a just-launched fragrance... to which I have to say thank f**k. I cannot take one more sleb scent, or otherwise, launch with some sort of sweeping, majestic name that doesn't remotely relate to the crap inside the bottle (Sean Jean et al) but rather would be more at home as an adjective on the pages of a bodice ripper.
I have yet to try it (again, on the road in remote parts of the world... not really easy to get product samples sent to Dakar) but will. And I am deadly curious to see what Luca and Tania have to say about it.
It's available at Harrod's and Issey M. boutiques right now and will be available nationwide (in the UK at least) starting early Sept.
Liberty and Target... bedfellows?
Yes, yes, I know... it might be just a touch too early in the new PW (post-wedding) blogging phase to be going on such a tangent, but I just can't resist. WWD reported this morning that there are talks of a 'collaboration' between the shoppe and shop. Whether it's Target (oh, beloved Tar-jaaay and your amazing cosmetics department, how I've missed you on these latest travels) entering Liberty or Liberty entering the US market via Target's Go International collection, I'm game to see what comes next. To be honest, the latter seems more likely an outcome to me... I can just see it now. Liberty print smock tops. Or, maybe not. I'm not sure the Ra-ra prints would be all that successful in middle America unless marketed to OAPers with a nostalgic bend. Itty bitty Liberty-print bikinis would have been a runaway success. Maybe day planners and accessories as well. Ooooh, or cosmetics and bath goodies. Liberty print lipstick cases and compacts. Adorable. Tres Paul & Joe... Anyway, I'm now digressing on my digression.
If Liberty, in some shape or form, makes itself available to me when I am stuck in Chicago, I'll be pretty pleased no matter what that form might take - even giant Liberty print knickers would put a smile on my face mid-way through a frosty midwestern winter (fingers crossed I suffer no such fate for even a day).
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