Oscar Red Orchid is a new limited-edition summer fragrance from Oscar de la Renta, which will be available from July 15 2007 in travel retail. "The juice is described as a “voluptuous fragrance filled with the seductive scent of...
June 2007 Archives
Sonia Rykiel Woman Hot! {New Fragrance}
Sonia Rykiel is offering a new fragrance for the summer called Woman Hot! With a wink at consumers who might feel tired by one too many fruity-floral perfume falling into their laps, the brand audaciously and with some humor...
Ormonde Jayne Orris Noir in Parfum d'Or Naturel, Bathing Oil, & Scented Candle + New Website {Fragrance News} {Bath & Body}
In November of 2007, London-based niche perfume house Ormonde Jayne will launch a new website that will allow American customers to procure the products from the brand more easily. Their latest creation is Orris Noir, a dark, spicy, Oriental...
Les Parfums de Rosine Diabolo Rose {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Perfume}
Diabolo Rose is the latest rose perfume creation by Les Parfums de Rosine, a niche perfume house established in 1991 and located at the Palais Royal in Paris, which centers its collection exclusively on the queen of the flowers,...
Malmaison by Floris of London {Perfume Review & Musings}
Floris Malmaison was created in the 19th century, in an era when Malmaison Carnations had become all the rage within the elegant circles of society since their introductions from France in the early 1860s. Named after Joséphine de Beauharnais’...
India & Spa Massage Oils: Ayurvédique, Ananas, Fleur de Bougainvilliers, Fruit de la Passion, Jasmin-Ylang, Miel de Litchi & More {New Perfumes} {Bath & Body}
India & Spa is an exotic beauty destination located in the 3rd arrondissement in Paris, France. It offers a range of services inspired by the Ayurvedic tradition. They have also developed 3 lines of beauty and fragrance products scented...
Agent Provocateur Massage Oils: Rose Passion, Sensual Ylang-Ylang, & Tuberose Intoxication {New Perfumes}
In pure naughty Agent Provocateur style, the brand has issued a collection of three massage oils based respectively on the sultry Rose Passion, Sensual Ylang-Ylang, and Tuberose Intoxication. Ready for a threesome? The coffret of 30 ml bottles of...
Re-Editions of 10 Vintage Givenchy Fragrances {Fragrance News}
In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brand, Givenchy is going to re-issue 10 masculine and feminine fragrances from its catalogue in September of 2007. The re-edtions include Le De (named after Hubert de Givenchy's particle of...
Creed Spring Flower Collector Edition {Fragrance News} {Luxury Perfume}
Devotees of Creed Spring Flower will love this Collector Edition issued by the house of Creed. Others can discover a lovely, elegant, and subtle fruity-floral perfume, in the best sense of the expression, originally created for Audrey Hepburn........
Race & Perfume Advertising: The Whiteness of Alabaster, An United Arab Emirates Minister Launches Her Own Perfume {The 5th Sense in the News} {New Perfume}
Erin Aubry Kaplan takes a critical view of Banana Republic's advertising campaign for their perfume Alabaster:"Banana Republic's new 'Alabaster' campaign makes no bones about celebrating whiteness.... This Perfume Smells Like Mean Spirit ........
Rouge Beauty: Another Fragrance Destination in The French Quarter, New Orleans {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
I saw that Opus Oils had created a fragrance for Rouge Beauty. For the sake of cataloguing fragrance destinations, here is their address in the French Quarter in New Orleans, next to Hove and French Bourbon (I plan to...
Opus Oils: Perfume Collections From the Burlesque To The Divine {Fragrance News} {New Perfume} {Niche Perfumery Directory}
Opus Oils is a perfume brand based both in Hollywood and Paris, which proposes several collections of perfumes that are whimsical, narrative, and retro in their appeal. We received a press release regarding their latest creation, a burlesque fragrance...
Report on Prince's New Perfume 3121, Le Labo Scent Le Méridien, When It Is A Good Time to Perfume Ourselves And When It Is Not, Summer Perfumes, An Interview with Frederic Malle & Pierre Bourdon {The 5th Sense in the News}
Nick Coleman reports on Prince's new scent 3121 and loves to use overused stereotypes when describing the fragrance. 3121 might smell like one's Grandma or French bordellos, you choose. I think that if he tried harder he could come...
New & New-To-The-US Fragrances by Yves Rocher: Altika, Jardins des Iles, Désir de Pivoine, Eau de Cologne Verveine {New Perfumes}
Yves Rocher fragrances can be surprisingly good, the more so since their price points are extremely reasonable. The brand employs excellent, even great perfumers, thus discreetly developing a democratic ideal for perfume-wearing. Not all of their scents are immediately...
Un Crime Exotique by Parfumerie Générale (2007) {New Perfume}
Pierre Guillaume's Parfumerie Générale has released a new fragrance called Un Crime Exotique (An Exotic Crime) which is already available at Luckyscent, $105 for 50 ml. Reportedly, this gourmand gingerbread fragrance comes from a stash of super private perfumes from...