26 Mar From Tiffany, with Love…
As an individual who is on a never-ending rabbit hole path into the world of fragrance, and in particular the subculture of niche fragrances, sometimes you still want to walk into a mall to a department store to see if there’s something you’ve missed. As a young fellow who was enamored with the compliments that came with smelling good, trips to the fragrance counters in the department stores at the malls were like going on a safari into the wild world of fragrances. When I was in high school, I would take my check that came from my after school job and go to a department store called Burdines in South Florida and I would go around the counter smelling colognes, and leaving the mall with two or three sets just to have something new for my school mates to smell and the folks at church to rave about. It was there where I first learned how to build relationships with the sales reps and merchants. The gentleman at the counter knew me by name because I frequented the counter weekly, and he’d have a list of different fragrances that I either previously liked or hadn’t tried. It was also the place where I first learned how to explore different categories of scents, and what would smell good on your skin versus what smelled great from the bottle.
Recently, I decided to go to Dillards and visit the men’s fragrance counter. As I was walking around the counter, my eyes were engaged by this Tiffany blue packaging in the fragrance case and I decided to stop and see what it contained. Unfortunately, the customer service at the fragrance counter wasn’t mindful of the looming customers around and just continued conversation with one patron for over an hour. Yet, the gentleman at the sunglass counter stepped in to help and grabbed this fragrance for me to test out. He stated that the fragrance was Tiffany’s latest release and that it was a citrusy, fresh fragrance that would be great for the spring/summer months. I remembered walking into the Sak’s in the Union City area of San Francisco and testing the Tiffany for Men over a decade ago. I loved that fragrance then, but I passed on purchasing it. I wasn’t going to make the same mistake again, so I wanted to give this one an honest look. I’m glad that I did…
Tiffany released in 2019 a set of fragrances called Tiffany & Love, in whom they’ve collaborated with world-renowned perfumers Sophie Labbé and Nicolas Beaulieu. Sophie Labbé has created fragrances for BVLGari, Givenchy, Salvatore Ferragamo, Yves Saint Laurent, Hugo Boss and others. Nicolas Beaulieu has created fragrances for Salvatore Ferragamo, Lanvin, Jimmy Choo, as well as exploring and creating fragrances from unknown plants. These two minds would come to create Tiffany & Love, a pair of fragrances for men and women that signify the love shared between the two. The common base ingredient between both fragrances is blue sequoia, a particular type of sequoia tree that grows in a pyramid type shape. It brings a very bright and vibrant woodsy base to this fragrance that tickles your noise throughout the dry-down and settling of the fragrance evaporation process. The top notes of the For Him variant of Tiffany & Love are cardamom, ginger, mandarin. The heart notes of the fragrance are juniper-cypress, geranium, lavender; and the base notes are Blue sequoia, sandalwood, vetiver.
At first smell, your noise is awakened by the notes of ginger, mandarin and juniper-cypress. It almost lifts your senses like the morning sun opens your eyes. As the fragrance begins to dry down, the cardamom and lavender hold court and take full presence of the aroma. Yet, what I love the most about this fragrance is the way the notes of ginger, cardamom, geranium and vetiver give this fragrance a deep, layered spiciness that truly catches the attention of those who will walk by and envelope the wind of the fragrance. Having both sandalwood and blue sequoia at the base undergirds the citrus and spicy notes, while giving the fragrance a long-lasting performance and a nice residual note that is surely memorable. Tiffany may not have an extensive catalog of fragrances, but what they have truly will be impactful. So, stop by a mall near you, find a department store, and ask for this… You won’t regret it.
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