2012 New Release (Women)

This page shows new perfume and fragrance launches. Perfumes recently released in stores are shown just below, or you can jump to upcoming fragrances for 2012 or beyond.

This page includes new perfumes posted through 27 November 2012. 

1: Guess Girl by Guess, EDT 100ml

The eau de toilette opens on top notes of raspberry nectar, melon and bergamot mist followed by a heart of Brazilian Paradise orchid, Provence acacia flower and lily and finds resolution with a drydown of Australian sandalwood and Madagascar vanilla.

Frank Rescigna, president of licensing worldwide for Guess Inc. said,

“Sight and smell are the two most powerful senses, and Guess has tapped into both. Visually, Paul Marciano’s campaign imagery has made the Guess Girl instantly recognizable. Now, through a great partnership, Coty will provide that same recognition with the Guess Girl scent.”

2: Boss Nuit Pour Femme by Hugo Bos, EDP, 75ml (July)

 

Hugo Boss has launched Boss Nuit Pour Femme. The new floral fragrance for women was inspired by ‘the little black dress’, and is fronted by actress Gwyneth Paltrow.

The notes include peach, aldehydes, white flowers, jasmine, violet, moss and sandalwood.

3: Chanel Coco Noir Perfume, A New Perfume For Women, EDP, 100ml (August)

   

Coco Noir is meant to be sophisticated and elegant; and is a flanker to 1984′s Coco. Mysterious, elegant and lush, Coco Noir floats on a dark cloud of Venetian memories.

Coco Noir was developed by perfumer Jacques Polge; the notes include bergamot, grapefruit, orange, jasmine, rose, geranium, patchouli, tonka bean, vanilla, sandalwood, incense and white musk.

4: Boucheron Jaipur Bracele, EDP, 100ml (August)

      

by Boucheron

Earlier this year, Boucheron launched Jaïpur Bracelet for women, a flanker to Jaïpur. The gems and their arrangement bring the wearer astrological “balance” and good luck. A ruby (sun) is at the center, and around that stone are (starting at the top and going clockwise): diamond (Venus), pearl (moon), coral (Mars), hessonite/cinnamon stone (north lunar node), blue sapphire (Saturn/Shani), cat’s eye (south lunar node), yellow sapphire (Jupiter) and emerald (Mercury). In order for the navratan to “work,” all gemstones must be of the highest quality.

main accords

floral

green

fresh spicy

woody

         aromatic

5: Dolce & Gabbana The One Desire, EDP, 100ml (November)

       

The One Desire reveals in the top notes a citrusy blend of bergamot, mandarin, lychee and lily of the valley, emphasizing the glamour and glory of a woman. The heart blooms with seductive tuberose which is cleverly laid out on the base which is made of caramel, vanilla, sandalwood and musk.

6: Estee Lauder Very Estee, EDP, 50 ml (September)

                             

Estée Lauder was newly launch Very Estée in October. The new fragrance for women will be fronted by model Hilary Rhoda, and is intended as a “modern celebration of the Lauder woman’s affinity for style and luxury”. 

Notes for the floral musk include lotus, freesia, cassis, pink pepper, rose, gardenia, jasmine, sandalwood, cedar, cashmere and musk.

 7: Gucci Premiere, EDP, 75 ml (September)

   

Gucci Première opens on an enormous fruity musk — it smells like a berry punch shampoo or body spray, and it’s rather more exuberant about it than it ought to be.

I’ll be interested to see if it hits its mark. For my tastes, the dry down is nicely done and a reasonably good fit with the bottle and the concept, but it’s not memorable or interesting enough to make my buy list, and the opening seems made for another woman entirely. That’s not all that unusual in the prestige fragrance market, where a “fun” opening on a paper blotter helps move things along at the fragrance counter.

8:  Esprit Simply You, EDT, 50ml (September)

       

A love story. Simple, natural and authentic. Uniting men and women together in a sincere and genuine love. A relaxed, tender ESPRIT feeling. Faith in one’s self and in each other. An outlook based on confidence that makes you feel good and look great. Cool, calm, collected … and in love. Simply You, the new duo fragrance by Esprit.

Simply You for women ~ “Her Simply you opens with all the tangy-fresh luminosity of tangerine and bergamot, while neroli adds a soft, airy touch leading into a dazzling floral heart. A final caress of woody-musky notes project silky, ultra-feminine elegance and seductive mystery.”

Simply You for men ~ “His Simply You proclaims natural magnetism with an opening of sparkling bergamot and Italian lemon spiced with black pepper, encapsulating happy vitality and a manly heart.The noble richness of patchouli and cedarwood sustain the authentic essence of the fragrance carried on a warm, sensual, contemporary note of benzoin.”

9: Pure DKNY A Drop of Rose, EDP, 50 ml (September)

 

Naturally derived rose from turkey. In the rich soil, rain and sunshine of the isparta valley grows the perfect rose-lush, fragrant, pink. Once a year women, men and families work together harvesting full blooms by hand. Starting early dawn, roses are gathered one by one, then brought into the village for distilling. the process reflects the tranquil spirit of pureDKNY. Soft and sensually romantic, one flower, one love, one scent-pure DKNY, A Drop Of Rose.

 10: Dolce & Gabbana Pour Femme, EDP, 100ml (October)

    

Pour Femme opens with a gently aldehydic raspberry and neroli sprinkled with powdered sugar. Jasmine buzzes in and skips along the sugar syrup. Generic summer garden flowers and a hint of sandalwood and musk lend body. The new Pour Femme is humorless and inoffensive. It’s suburban-pretty with a fruity twist, kind of a white zinfandel of perfumery.

11:  Lancome La Vie Est Belle, EDP, 75 ml (August)

   

The fragrance, whose name translates as “life is beautiful,” was developed by perfumers Olivier Polge, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo. 

 Its composition includes notes of Florentine Iris pallida, iris aldehyde, jasmine sambac, Tunisian orange blossom, Indonesian patchouli, and a “gourmand accord” of vanilla, tonka bean, praline, black currant and pear. According to Lancôme, La Vie Est Belle represents “a new era” and “the choice to live one’s life and fill it with beauty.”

12:  Marc Jacobs Dot, EDP, 100 ml (August)

                                 

Marc Jacobs’ original eponymous fragrance now seems an anomaly (and of course, Blush is nearly forgotten). Since the massive success of 2007′s Daisy — followed, of course, by her ‘older sister’ Lola in 2009 — it’s all vinyl flowers and sunshine and happy-happy pop music.

The start is vague tropical fruits, rather sweet and loud, with a bit of sparkle (the notes: red berries, dragon fruit, honeysuckle, jasmine, orange blossom, coconut water, vanilla, musk and driftwood). For the first few minutes, it smells like another ‘tween-oriented fruit bomb, but it calms reasonably quickly, and then it’s pretty tame stuff — much tamer than Lola, albeit fruitier (and less fresh) than Daisy.

13: Nina Ricci Mademoiselle Ricci, EDP, 80 ml (June)

Nina Ricci will launch Mademoiselle Ricci in August. The new fragrance for women is meant as a tribute to a fashion collection that Ricci introduced in the United States in the 1960s.

Mademoiselle Ricci was developed by perfumer Alberto Morillas; notes include rose, oleander, pink pepper, musk and white wood.