The Scented Salamander: Perfume & Beauty Blog & Webzine

Parfums de Nicolaï L'Eau à La Folie (2012) {New Perfume}

Parisian fragrance house Parfums de Nicolaï released a new perfume for summer called L'Eau à la Folie, which means literally put "Crazy about Water" in French. It inscribes itself smack dab in the midst of a vogue for water-themed perfumes this spring-summer 2012. This "original creation" specifies the house signed by perfumer Patricia de Nicolaï is inspired by a spicy Andalusian Mojito cocktail accord...

Continue reading "Parfums de Nicolaï L'Eau à La Folie (2012) {New Perfume}" »

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Diesel Fuel for Life L'Eau (2012)

Kenzo L'Eau2Kenzo for Her & Him (2012): Text the Freshness to your Sex Friend

Cartier Baiser Volé Extrait de Parfum (2012)

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Le Petit Marseillais Fleur d'Oranger for Frequent Hand Washers {Beauty Notes - Bath & Body}

If you are a frequent hand washer, or if you suffer from dry skin, there's this great liquid soap by French brand Le Petit Marseillais called Fleur d'Oranger (Orange Blossom or Bitter Orange). It smells good, releasing the light nuances of an Eau de Cologne spiked with a good dose of orange blossom. More to the point and the reason why we recommend it is that it's a great product for those who insist on washing their hands at every turn. If you have dry skin - and even if you don't normally - but it gets stripped off by insensitive liquid soaps, this is the only one we've found that works as a hydrating liquid soap...

Continue reading "Le Petit Marseillais Fleur d'Oranger for Frequent Hand Washers {Beauty Notes - Bath & Body}" »

Previous Posts in BEAUTY NOTES:

Get The Hottest Oscar Hairstyles At Home!

2012 Oscar Hair Predictions From The Pros

Easy Tricks To Create Golden Globes Hairstyles!

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

May 15, 2012

This Robot Smells when Your Name is Mentioned Online {The 5th Sense in the News}

The BBC reports about a robotic invention utilizing olfaction as a signal that your name was mentioned somewhere on the Internet. The mini robot is called Oily, short for "olfactory"...

Continue reading "This Robot Smells when Your Name is Mentioned Online {The 5th Sense in the News}" »

Previous Posts in The Fifth Sense in the News:

The Celebrity Factor in Perfumery Today

Pelargoniums are the Chameleons of the World of Scent

Somehow, It's Related to Perfume: How's NYC's Smoking Ban Doing?

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

May 14, 2012

Diesel Fuel for Life L'Eau (2012) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

Diesel have launched a new, fresher iteration of Diesel Fuel for Life for Him called Fuel for Life L'Eau. This spring, there is a surf wave of L'Eau-themed fragrances. Not only that, but they all bear practically the same subtitle: "L'Eau", "The Water"...

Continue reading "Diesel Fuel for Life L'Eau (2012) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}" »

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Kenzo L'Eau2Kenzo for Her & Him (2012): Text the Freshness to your Sex Friend

Cartier Baiser Volé Extrait de Parfum (2012)

Yves Rocher Monoï Eau des Vahinés (2012)

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Frédéric Malle on Perfume to Die Welt {Fragrant Reading}

Frédéric Malle of Editions de Parfums was interviewed by Die Welt Online on May 5th, 2012. It's another opportunity for the publisher of perfumes which gives Parfüm-Verleger in German to talk about what makes his brand distinctive....

Continue reading "Frédéric Malle on Perfume to Die Welt {Fragrant Reading}" »

Previous Posts in Fragrant Readings:

Common Scents by Janice Carlisle: A Book about Olfactive Frontiers in Victorian Fiction

Is the Yankees Scent not even Worth Spraying On?

Special Magazine Issue on Myrrh & Incense

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Kenzo L'Eau2Kenzo for Her & Him (2012): Text the Freshness to your Sex Friend {New Perfumes} {Perfume Images & Ads}

Kenzo launched a new duo of fragrances for Her and Him called L'Eau 2 Kenzo for Her and Him. It is a new limited-edition flanker to L'Eau (1996) issued in the big era of aquatic fragrances, the 90s. Those are making a comeback this spring with a slew of L'Eau-themed perfumes.

"Kenzo reinvents water. It becomes permeated with the vibrations of the city which gives it a novel energy. To play, to seduce, to be friends, 2. L'EAU2KENZO offers a seductive game which is friendly and spontaneous." (Our own translation)....

Continue reading "Kenzo L'Eau2Kenzo for Her & Him (2012): Text the Freshness to your Sex Friend {New Perfumes} {Perfume Images & Ads}" »

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Cartier Baiser Volé Extrait de Parfum (2012)

Yves Rocher Monoï Eau des Vahinés (2012)

Boss Nuit pour Femme Story Features Gwyneth Paltrow (2012)

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

New Window Display for Shalimar Parfum Initial {Perfume Images & Ads}

Guerlain have inaugurated new window displays in Paris for their new-generation Shalimar, Shalimar Parfum Initial launched last year.

They are charming, aren't they? Paper represents the frailty of scent so well. Love paper art in general.

The woman reflection in the window is not part of the ad. It's a reflection from across the street.

Picture: ©The Scented Salamander - MimiFroufrou.com

Previous Posts in Perfume Images & Adverts:

Diptyque Unveil - Part 3

Neon Video to Fête 150 Years of Sparkling Colognes at Roger & Gallet

Lovely New Perfume Visual from Jo Malone

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Dior Secret Garden Revisits Versailles Once More After J'Adore Campaign {Fashion Notes} {Perfume Images & Ads}

Versailles is getting quite a bit of traction these days in fashion circles. Chanel will present their next collection there. Dior did a perfume campaign for J'Adore last year in the Galerie des Glaces. The latest reason to showcase the castle is Dior fashion for the Fall 2012 collection. You can see after the jump how Dior went from a busy and bustling atmosphere capturing the headiness of a fashion collection for J'Adore to a much more dreamlike and pensive contemplation of the feminine form, more or less dressed and undressed. Model Daria Strokus stars in the commercial supported by Melissa Stasiuk and Xiao Wen Ju.

Music by Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence" is particularly good at drawing a bridge with the past, suggesting a space once inhabited by courtiers and by legendary figure Marie-Antoinette, now left empty, haunted by the souvenir of grandeur and supreme elegance...

Continue reading "Dior Secret Garden Revisits Versailles Once More After J'Adore Campaign {Fashion Notes} {Perfume Images & Ads} " »

Previous Posts in Fashion Notes:

Lovely Patriotic Fashion: Wear a Cornflower on V-E Day in France

Street Style: Selling Muguet in a Cool Jumper

Street Style: What Gendarmes Wear on May Day in Paris

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

May 11, 2012

Lancôme Trésor Edition Fête des Mères 2012 {Fragrance News - New Flacon}

Lancôme are proposing a special edition for Mother's Day 2012 which sees the classic bottle of Trésor become decorated with a Swarovski crystal necklace shaped as a heart.

The 30 ml bottle is also proposed at a Socialist pricing point, 24,95€ (instead of 42,95€). This means more perfume happiness for more moms!

Previous Posts in Fragrance News:

Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion to be Reborn, Including Perfume

Brad Pitt to be the First Man to Incarnate Legendary Chanel No.5

Madonna Perfume Ad Campaign Raises Copyrights Infringement Issue

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Cartier Baiser Volé Extrait de Parfum (2012) {New Perfume}

Jewelry and perfume house Cartier have introduced a new concentration for Baiser Volé (Stolen Kiss), now available in Extrait de Parfum, the highest concentration in fine perfumery. The scent is described as a "parfum with an amazing sillage".

Available in 30 ml.

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Yves Rocher Monoï Eau des Vahinés (2012)

Boss Nuit pour Femme Story Features Gwyneth Paltrow (2012)

Maison Martin Margiela Replica (2012)

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion to be Reborn, Including Perfume {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}

Businessman Diego Della Valle announced on Monday May 7, 2012 that he will be at the helm of the project of having the house of Schiaparelli be reborn of its ashes. The fashion label founded by Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1920s closed down in 1954. At its height, it was known for its flamboyance and affinity with Surrealism. Della Valle is the man behind the revival of Roger Vivier footwear and perfume...

Continue reading "Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion to be Reborn, Including Perfume {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}" »

Previous Posts in Fragrance News:

Brad Pitt to be the First Man to Incarnate Legendary Chanel No.5

Madonna Perfume Ad Campaign Raises Copyrights Infringement Issue

Rihanna to Launch a Men's Cologne

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

May 10, 2012

Yves Rocher Monoï Eau des Vahinés (2012) {New Perfume}

Mass-marketeer Yves Rocher will capitalize on the popularity of the scent of suntan oil this summer with a new Eau de Toilette called Monoï Eau des Vahinés.

Perfumer Nathalie Gracia-Cetto of Givaudan created the fragrance around the essence of Ylang Ylang Extra sourced from the smallest island of the Comores, Moehli...

Continue reading "Yves Rocher Monoï Eau des Vahinés (2012) {New Perfume}" »

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Boss Nuit pour Femme Story Features Gwyneth Paltrow (2012)

Maison Martin Margiela Replica (2012)

Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Boss Nuit pour Femme Story Features Gwyneth Paltrow (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

Hugo Boss will launch a new feminine perfume from August 2012 called Boss Nuit pour Femme (Boss Night for Women) with actress Gwyneth Paltrow as its face.

The scent captures "the elegance and sensuality of the little black dress", a source of inspiration also explored by Avon, Guerlain, Didier Ludot and Michael Kors...

Continue reading "Boss Nuit pour Femme Story Features Gwyneth Paltrow (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Maison Martin Margiela Replica (2012)

Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success

Lancôme La Vie est Belle Perfume will be Fronted by Julia Roberts (2012)

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (0)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Maison Martin Margiela Replica (2012) {New Perfume}

Maison Martin Margiela will launch their third perfume to date after Untitled and Untitled L'Eau called Replica.

The fragrance inaugurates a new concept for the perfume house described in the following terms "Reproduction of familiar scents and moments of varying locations and periods". In typical minimalist fashion the flacon offers a clinical, bare and spare approach to the scent it contains...

Continue reading "Maison Martin Margiela Replica (2012) {New Perfume}" »

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success

Lancôme La Vie est Belle Perfume will be Fronted by Julia Roberts (2012)

Givenchy Eaudemoiselle Bois de Oud (2012): From Violets to Oud

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (2)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success {New Fragrance} {Short Perfume Review}

Dior launched their latest addition to their cruise collection called Escale à Parati (Port of Call in Paraty). This is the fourth stop in the journey after Escale à Portofino (2008), Escale à Pondichéry (2009), and Escale aux Marquises (2010). An Escale à Shanghaï was announced for 2011 but did not see the light of day.

Paraty itself is a picturesque 18th century colonial site which is indexed by UNESCO as pertaining to the Patrimoine Mondial de L'Humanité. Located on the Costa Verde of Brazil, the name of the perfume pays homage to a country which is extremely significant in economic terms for the fragrance industry and will become more so over the years...

Continue reading "Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success {New Fragrance} {Short Perfume Review}" »

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

Lancôme La Vie est Belle Perfume will be Fronted by Julia Roberts (2012)

Givenchy Eaudemoiselle Bois de Oud (2012): From Violets to Oud

Avon Viva by Fergie (2012)

Posted by Marie-Helene Wagner | Permalink | Comments (3)

Digg This Stumble Facebook Del.icio.us

Monthly Archives from March 2006

The Buzz

Latest Posts from Beauty And The Salamander

May 16, 2012

Parfums de Nicolaï L'Eau à La Folie (2012) {New Perfume}

Le Petit Marseillais Fleur d'Oranger for Frequent Hand Washers {Beauty Notes - Bath & Body}

May 15, 2012

This Robot Smells when Your Name is Mentioned Online {The 5th Sense in the News}

May 14, 2012

Diesel Fuel for Life L'Eau (2012) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

Frédéric Malle on Perfume to Die Welt {Fragrant Reading}

Kenzo L'Eau2Kenzo for Her & Him (2012): Text the Freshness to your Sex Friend {New Perfumes} {Perfume Images & Ads}

New Window Display for Shalimar Parfum Initial {Perfume Images & Ads}

Dior Secret Garden Revisits Versailles Once More After J'Adore Campaign {Fashion Notes} {Perfume Images & Ads}

May 11, 2012

Lancôme Trésor Edition Fête des Mères 2012 {Fragrance News - New Flacon}

Cartier Baiser Volé Extrait de Parfum (2012) {New Perfume}

Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion to be Reborn, Including Perfume {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}

May 10, 2012

Yves Rocher Monoï Eau des Vahinés (2012) {New Perfume}

Boss Nuit pour Femme Story Features Gwyneth Paltrow (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

Maison Martin Margiela Replica (2012) {New Perfume}

Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success {New Fragrance} {Short Perfume Review}

Categories

Latest Comments

Recent Posts

Blogroll