In the video for ‘Edge of Seventeen’, Stevie Nicks urgently belts out the all-or-nothing drama of youth. Flicky hair and satin cape seemingly borne aloft by a wind farm of generators, Nicks’ efficiency embodies that unstable cusp of maturity: adolescent cravings crowding out boring good judgement, with stimulation being the aim irrespective of how jangling. One such stimulant is Louis Vuitton’s new fragrance, City of Stars, a teen dream confection of citrus, candy and sunshine.Perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud created City of Stars as the most recent in LV’s Los Angeles-inspired assortment, and as an ex-Angeleno, I doff my Camp Beverly Hills visor to them for efficiently capturing its particular beach-side extra. Olfactorily talking, City of Stars broadcasts from the Santa Monica Pier, day-glo solar dropping low within the ocean as twilight heightens the intercourse attraction of guys and women working the rickety rollercoaster. A cocktail of blood orange, lemon, mandarin and lime is twinned with monoi — tiaré flower macerated in coconut oil — conjuring the buttery haze of tanning lotion on heat pores and skin together with sticky boardwalk sweets. After a couple of hours of sporting it, City of Stars’ preliminary sparkle calms right into a musky murmur… very similar to the transition from youth to maturity. LOUIS VUITTON City of Stars cologne, £215 for 100 ml (louisvuitton.com)
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