Yaffa Assouline asks: What is perfume to you?Serge Lutens: One doesn't make perfume uniquely from raw materials. A perfume is a composition of the mind, it's a personal experience, unexpected. It's not created in accord with society - it...
May 2007 Archives
A New Bespoke Service Offered by Floris of London {Fragrance News}
Floris of London, sometimes presented as the oldest existing perfume house in the world as it was founded in 1730, is now proposing a new besposke service in response to the perceived revival of the luxury market (we can...
An Upcoming Coleen McLoughlin Perfume For This Summer {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Another celebrity fragrance is in the making. This time it will promote the image of Coleen McLoughlin, the fiancée of British footballer Wayne Rooney. I am pretending I am familiar with them, but I just learned about their existences...
3121 by Prince {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Singer Prince will release his own perfume this summer on 07.07.07. It is called 3121 after his last album and is described as a "kaleidoscope of rich florals". A website has been set up to showcase the upcoming scent.One...
Kai Fragrance Oil (2000) & Kai Eau de Parfum {Perfume Short (Reviews)}
Kai Fragrance Oil was created by brand owner Gaye Straza Rappaport in 2000. Since then it has achieved a kind of cult status. The scent has reportedly been adopted by many stars from the performance industry, ranging from Reese...
The 5 Top-Sellers Amongst New Launches in the US Prestige Fragrance Market in 2006 {Fragrance News}
According to the US market-research group NPD, the top five best-selling perfumes of 2006 amongst new launches were, in decreasing order of success: • Sean John Unforgivable (with a large lead) • Vera Wang Princess......
Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don't Swallow by Etat Libre D'Orange {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Perfume}
By now, the Parisian niche perfume house founded by Etienne de Swardt, Etat Libre D'Orange, have become infamous for their love of dubious plays on words (very French!, the playful part, not the dubious part necessarily) and their carabin*...
Paris, Cinéma, & Opium Love Sprays by Yves Saint Laurent {Fragrance News}
Yves Saint Laurent is proposing to transform perfume bottles into fashion accessories to be worn attached to one's bag or belt, for example. For the limited edition series of Paris, Cinéma, and Opium in Love Sprays, they have bottled...
The Career of YSL Opium, An Interview of Perfumer Mathilde Laurent, Rose in Perfumery {The 5fth Sense in the News}
L'Express magazine regularly features articles on perfumes and perfumery (in French). I am catching up and calling your attention to these three last pieces:Guillaume Crouzet writes about Opium by Yves Saint Laurent. 30 years later it is still alive...
Passion Brésil by Esteban {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Perfume}
Passion Brésil is the latest fragrance by Esteban in the Le Bain collection geared towards the pleasures of scented bathing rituals. It has top notes of bergamot and yellow fruits. Heart notes are coffee blossom, violet, and rose. Base...
Mustang for Men by Estée Lauder Cos. & Ford Motor Co. {New Perfume}
Estée Lauder and Ford Motor have joined forces to bring a new men's fragrance to the market, which will be simply called Mustang after the car. The new scent is meant "...to appeal to ‘retrosexuals' — a guy's guy,...
Dior Homme Cologne & Eau Sauvage Fraîcheur Cuir by Dior {New Perfumes}
Dior is launching two new variations of previous masculine fragrances from their catalogue, Dior Homme and Eau Sauvage. To make their new perfumes sound more distinctive in the very crowded field of seasonal spring/summer releases, they have used the...
Tom Ford's Fragrance Chamber {Scented Image} {The 5th Sense in the News}
The New York Times has an article on the new Tom Ford flagship store. Horacio Silva recounts the charming welcome he received from the employees of the store. So much so that he does not hesitate to write:..........
Wanderlust, Lazy Love, & Lullaby Super-Fumes by Perfume of Life + Mother's Day GWP {New Perfumes} {Shopping Tip}
Jeffrey Dame's official motto could be or perhaps is "The quest for perfume perfection never ends." Three new perfumes have been created by the founder and owner of Irma Shorell and the Perfume of Life forum as a result...
2007 CEW Insider's Choice Awards {Beauty Notes} {Fragrance News}
Here is another list of beauty products that people from the industry thought good things of:The winners of the 2007 CEW Insider's Choice Awards include: Bath & Body: Origins Modern Friction for the Body; Unilever's Dove Energy Glow Shimmering Lotion; Bath &...