Kikidoll readers all know she cannot turn a good coconut down, especially when it comes delivered in Big City style. To Go.
Olivia Giacobetti of Honore des Pres perfumes comes knocking with her all organic range of scents as an homage to her recent relocation from Paris to New York. Less a story of scents in the the city, the trio of Love NY perfumes–Love Coco, Vamp a NY and I Love les Carrottes– is more a joyous loved-up affair with her new digs.
Prior to her move, Olivia launched Honore des Pres after developing fragrances for Diptyque and L’Artisan Parfumeur.
Packaged in her eponymous rounded-edge atomizer bottle, that is then tucked into a plastic coffee cup, then placed in a brown paper bag, buying Love Coco is better than being first up at Starbies for that morning latte.
After you are hit with the raw coconut, the milky smoothness settles in like cream with an undertow of vanilla and a sneak of anis. But wait–there’ a shot of coriander to jizz it all up into a near-fizzy frothiness.
Sit back in your cubicle, put those perfectly pedicured feet up on the desk and sip away. In a NY minute, visions of yourself in a bikini in a hammock by the beach and palms fronds dangling overhead will be yours. No trace of Hawaiian Tropic or a morning-after Pina Colada, Love Coco comes sashaying with surprising 8 + hour lasting power and more subtlety than a summer island breeze.
Launched in Europe, first in Milan at Excense and then at Colette and Bon Marche in Paris, the trio of goodies to go are now available at Space NK UK, and will be finally winging their way over the pond stateside in the autumn. If you need that hit of a tropical romance earlier, you know where to go for take-out.
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