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Although I have encountered news of a fragrance from Jean-Louis Scherrer a few times over the past couple of months, today I decided to make a special mention. Scherrer has produced a number of interesting fragrances, from the elegant green chypre Jean-Louis Scherrer to the smoldering Nuits de Scherrer.

S de Scherrer was created by the Givaudan perfumer Marie-Aude Couture-Bluche. It features white magnolia, orange blossom, tiare flower, tuberose over a base of vanilla, sandalwood and patchouli. I have always been interested in Marie-Aude Couture-Bluche’s work, such as Comme des Garcons Nomad Tea and Garage (as well as the new Guerilla series), however S de Scherrer seems be in a rather different vein. I suppose that we shall see in September when the fragrance is going to be launched.

L’Artisan Parfumeur is opening its new free standing boutique on Madison Avenue in New York this month. The store will be larger than the existing Soho boutique at 68 Thompson Street. The address is 1100 Madison Avenue (between 82nd and 83rd Street).

Update: The boutique has been closed.

ElizabethW is running a Father’s Day promotion. Get 15% off all online orders between 06/11 and 06/18 using coupon code HAPPYFATHERSDAY.

Chypre Rouge is the newest release by Serge Lutens, described as pecan on caramelized base of oakmoss. It is going to be available starting mid July from Salons Shiseido and Senteurs d’Ailleurs.

Another new release by Serge Lutens, this time made exclusive to the Palais Royal Salons Shiseido line, is Mandarine Mandarin. Featuring a mandarine note that is both candied and burnt, cashmeran, clove, honey, beeswax and ambergris, the composition promises to continue the oriental tradition of Serge Lutens fragrances. Mandarine Mandarin will be available starting September.

The new Spanish line, Campos de Ibiza, is now available at Takashimaya in New York. Colonia Agua de Rosas explores the beauty of the Mediterranean flowers with its notes of green apple, tangerine, orange, bergamot, freesia, magniolia, ylang ylang, carnation, violet, sandalwood, moss and musk. Colonia Cedro, my favourite of the three, weaves basil, bergamot, lemon, grapefruit, juniper, cinnamon, sandalwood and white musk. Colonia Mandarina is a tribute to the island’s citrus fruit. Notes include tangerine, bergamot, lemon, verbena, orange, galbanum, petitgrain, artemisia, lavender, basil, rose, ylang ylang, lily of the valley, geranium, jasmine, amber, moss and cedar. The fragrances can also be purchased from first-in-fragrance.

Update: Takashimaya in New York has been closed.