pleasure in green - new October release from L'Artisan

I had the distinct pleasure of finding out that my favorite perfume house is releasing a new fragrance in October... and, courtesy of Sniffapalooza, I was able to sniff it today!

Eau de Liane is another Bertrand Duchaufour composition, this time inspired by travels in Panama. L'Artisan president Francois Duquesne, who was in town and hung out in the Soho store this afternoon, was terribly generous and allowed me to sniff it on a blotter. I was impressed - it's a lovely, rich, deep green scent, lush with vines, some crisp fruit notes akin to starfruit, and a distinct kelp-ish scent that reminds me of ocean minerals. The oceanic notes are not mariney - there's a certain height to the scent that reminds me a little bit of the afterscent of bleach, but doesn't have the same solventish quality.

I've written to the company for a list of notes; I was so smitten with it on the strip that I completely neglected to ask. You'll see me, Miss Purple Hair, haunting the Soho store come October, that's for sure!