Don't miss Sali Oguri's concert tonight at Kenny's Castaways in NYC. Sali is the nose behind cult scent Pink Manhattan.Kenny’s Castaways157 Bleecker Street – New York, NY8:45 PM - $10 Admission – 21+w/I.D.212-979-9762 Please go to Wujme Productions for...
December 2006 Archives
A Rose by Inis {Perfume Review & Musings}
In the emails I receive from readers I am often asked questions about rose fragrances. These requests make me realize that despite the fact that many people might think rose fragrances are a bit passé, not original enough harking...
A Mini Guide To Fragrant Paris And The Bespoke Fragrance Trend {The 5th Sense in the News}
Louise Roddon draws a quick sketch of and proposes a mini guide to Paris the fragrance capital of the world. She also takes the time to describe the bespoke fragrance trend which is indeed currently being developed by several...
Le Printemps de Guerlain by Maryline Desbiolles & Des Epices Au Parfum by Brigitte Bourgny-Romagne {Fragrant Readings}
Two new publications on perfumes are now available.The first one called Le Printemps de Guerlain is by author Maryline Desbiolles and is also available in an English version called Spring at Guerlain........
Cardiet Design Drops Its Case Against Guerlain Regarding Insolence {The 5th Sense in the News}
Cardiet Design dropped its suit against Guerlain regarding possible infringement of copyrights by Serge Mansau where the flacon of Insolence is concerned at the beginning of last week........
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, & Happy Winter Holidays! {Scented Image}
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, & Happy Winter Holidays! Best Fragrant Wishes From The Scented Salamander On The Occasion Of The Festive Winter SeasonThis beautiful picture of a Christmasy perfume display at Saks 5th Avenue is by gmmotorcyclist ...
Voleur de Ciels, Tobacco Mucho, Un Thé au Sahara, Berbériades, Embruns d'Ambre, Amande Honorable, Le Pot Aux Roses by Stéphanie de Saint Aignan {New Perfumes}
Stéphanie de Saint Aignan released her first 2007 collection of perfumes comprising 7 fragrances in October. She plans in the future to introduce a new fragrance each year. De Saint Aignan was trained at ISIPCA and now works independently...
Azzaro Now Women & Azzaro Now Men by Azzaro {New Perfumes}
Azzaro is going to launch its first duo of fragrances called Azzaro Now Women and Azzaro Now Men starting in March 2007 in Europe. The bottles, which were designed by Emmanuelle Royer, will be based on the same concept...
Christian Provenzano Is The Author of Maîtresse by Agent Povocateur {Perfume History & Facts}
We are writing this post to clarify the authorship of Maîtresse by Agent Provocateur. Christian Provenzano is the one and only author of the perfume. We're very glad that perfumer Christian Provenzano took the time to let us know...
My Perfect Christmas Scent for 2006: Gaultier2 by Jean Paul Gaultier {Perfume Review & Musings}
My perfect Christmas scent for 2006 is Gaultier2 (Power 2) by Jean Paul Gaultier. A little surprised? So was I. Francis Kurkdjian the nose who created the unisex perfume in 2005 once described it in no uncertain terms as...
My Perfect Christmas 2006 Scent....
I'll tune back in tonight to post a review of this most excellent Christmas-y perfume. If you have the time, please drop by later....
New Beauty Blog For The Scented Salamander: All About Beauty {Beauty Notes}
Dear Readers,Just wanted to let you know that I started a beauty blog called All About Beauty. Despite its name, it does not pretend to be exhaustive, rather to be very eclectic in its approach to the phenomenon of...
New Collection of Perfumes: Les Exclusifs by Chanel {New Perfumes}
Following a growing trend of highly exclusive perfume launches to revive the watered-down notion of prestige fragrances nowadays as well as one of parallel collections of perfumes to commercial ones meant to embody the artistic, more risk-taking approaches that...
A Look at 2007 in Perfumes {Fragrance News} {New Perfumes}
Here is an early look at the new perfumes to be issued in the year 2007. I am basing myself both on a Russian site called Malenkij Parizh (Little Paris) and on Parfum-Echecs Chez Alice (Perfume-Chess at Alice's). This...
Kusmi Christmas Tea by Kousmichoff {Fragrant Shopping} {Holiday Gift Idea}
If you are still wondering what Christmas tea you want to sip over Christmas or bring as a gift to a host, I would recommend the Kusmi Christmas Tea. I prefer it over the popular Spiced Christmas Tea by...