The Hermessence collection of olfactory poems now includes a sixth opus called Paprika Brasil by the in-house perfumer, Jean Claude Ellena. It was inspired by Brazil wood or ember wood and the work of French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes...
October 2006 Archives
New Perfume: Encre Noire by Lalique
Lalique have issued their fourth men's fragrance called Encre Noire (Black Ink). It was created by perfumer Nathalie Lorson of Firmenich and comes after three previously launched prestige fragrances: Le Lion (1997), Le Faune (2000), and Equus (2001). The...
Fragrant Shopping: Aromatic Cinnamon Bark Boxes From Vietnam
I was offered some time ago a wonderful fragrant present. Quê is the name for cinnamon in Vietnamese and in this case it designates boxes handcrafted out of cinnamon bark from the cassia tree. These scented boxes, I was...
New Perfume: Black Orchid by Tom Ford
The latest fragrance by Tom Ford, Black Orchid, is now available for pre-order at Neiman Marcus. Orders are expected to ship no later than November 1st 2006.Top notes are black truffle, ylang ylang, bergamot and blackcurrant. Heart notes are...
Fragrance News: Further Information on The Coffret Collector by Thierry Mugler
No, we are not obsessed, we are just being thorough and systematic....The website dedicated to Das Parfum by Thierry Mugler contains interesting information and descriptions in French and German of the 15 perfumes inspired by the novel. We learn,...
New Perfumes & New Line: After My Own Heart, Balmy Days & Sundays, Chemical Bonding, & Derring-Do by Ineke
The Ineke perfume house made its debut this fall introducing a line of four fragrances created by its owner and nose Ineke Rühland, a San Francisco based classically trained perfumer in the French school tradition (ISIPCA and Grasse). Her...
Fragrance News: More on Aura by Thierry Mugler
I wanted to call your attention again to the semi-official news that Aura, the virgins' perfume in Das Parfum, will be commercialized on a wider scale, probably next year. I also wanted to add further information about the conception...
The 5th Sense in the News: Great Article on the 15 Das Parfum fragrances by Thierry Mugler
There is a detailed article by Isabelle Cerboneschi in Le Temps about the perfumery work that went into the creation of the Das Parfum collection of 15 fragrances by Thierry Mugler based on Perfume, The History of a Murderer...
Fragrance News: West Side by Bond no 9
The newest creation by the house of Bond no 9 is set to launch on November 1st 2006 and is called West Side. Like the other fragrances in the collection of the New York perfume house, now part of...
The 5th Sense in the News: JAR, Scents of the 70s, Covert Perfume Protest for the Love of Kate Spade, Sarah Jessica Parker Caught Red-Handed in Paris, L'Occitane & the Blind, At Least One of the 15 Das Parfum Fragrances Will Surely Be Yours
The Cult Of JAR; Why selling $600,000 jewels is a little like selling Cabbage Patch dolls. Forbes An interesting biographical article about Joel A. Rosenthal, jeweller and perfumer extraordinaire. Scents of the Seventies return as shoppers splash out on nostalgiaThe IndependentThe...
Perfume Review & Musings: Dzongkha by L'Artisan Parfumeur
Dzongkha is a Bhutanese word meaning the Bhutanese language and is the name given to one of the two latest L'Artisan Parfumeur creations, the other being Fleur de Narcisse. Dzongkha was composed by Bertrand Duchaufour and is a reflection...