Fall 2006 Trendspotting: Fragrances

In keeping with bringing you all that queer and stylish, you don’t have to go any further than QC TrendSpotting. Up for fall 2006, three new fragrances for men from New York, Milan and Paris.
Along with a sportswear collection partnership with Converse (owned by Nike), the news this fall from New York’s John Varvatos is his second fragrance. It’s called Vintage (eau de toilette 4.02 oz, $75), and has notes of Moroccan lavender, Turkish tobacco, and Canadian fir.
The wait is over! The much-awaited masculine counterpart to Prada’s Amber, the women’s scent launched in 2004, is Amber Pour Homme (eau de toilette 3.4 oz deluxe refillable spray, $90). Dispensed by a round metal atomizer, the fragrance is deep and rich and smooth, with notes of saffron and patchouli, and a touch, a wee touch of the tactile, suede.
From Jean Paul Gaultier comes his first unisex scent. With Gaultier2 express the power of the encounter between two people like forces that must come together and become one. Gaultier2 returns to the grand art of Haute perfumery and blends three simple base notes of amber (for the mystery), musc (for its skin-like warmth), and vanilla (for its evocative sensuality).