Tom Ford Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum ($320) launched today and I really need to smell it ASAP. That is if I can get past the name….! We all have our beef with inappropriate makeup products. Kat Von D’s Underage Red was the topic of hot debate a year or so not to mention NARS Orgasm and Deep Throat, and Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara. Not to mention any number of Urban Decay Eyeshadow names…! Sex and beauty seem to go hand in hand it seems.
It’s no great surprise that Tom Ford named his latest fragrance Lost Cherry. Tom Ford and sex are synonymous, they just go together like peanut and jelly! Just take a look at any number of his adverts not to mention the man himself is sex personified. If only I was a gay man. Name aside I feel a trend in the air lately don’t you" Everything cherry seems to be a thing in the beauty world and I love that. Urban Decay Naked Cherry, Bobbi Brown’s new Infra-Red Eyeshadow Palette. Yes, I’m seeing a trend and I hope Lost Cherry will give birth more perfumes that contain luscious red cherry notes because if nothing else cherry can be a very sexy note!
This is actually a gourmand which is a rarity in the Tom Ford Private Blends Collection in my opinion. According to first impressions around the Internet this starts out with a big blast of a tart cherry note and softens to a velvety wood with notes of rose, jasmine, and tonka! I don’t typically like oud fragrances but this sound...