A Visit to the Exhibition "Marie-Antoinette" in Paris by Guest Contributor Pauline "Moving" is the word that best describes the overall feeling I retained after I visited the exhibition "Marie-Antoinette" currently on view (until 30 June 2008) at the Galeries...
May 2008 Archives
Cartier Roadster (2008) {New Fragrance}
After Santos, Declaration, and Pasha, jewelry brand Cartier are turning their attention anew towards men and preparing to launch a new masculine fragrance in September of 2008 called Roadster in reference to one of their timepiece designs......Roadster Watch by...
Jennifer Lopez Deseo for Men (2008) {New Fragrance}
Jennifer Lopez is adding a masculine scent to her portfolio this September of 2008, for the very first time. Following this spring-and-summer Deseo for women, the new scent, Deseo for Men, represents an effort to broaden the appeal of...
Exhibition on Impossible & Extinct Smells {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
The University of Sunderland is organizing an olfactory exhibition on Extinct & Impossible Smells. Fully embracing the idea that there exist no good or bad smells, the recreated scents include classic seductive smells like that of the hair of...
Perry Ellis for Men (2008): Going Chic & Upscale {New Fragrance}
Perry Ellis is launching a new cologne for men just called Perry Ellis. Little information is casually forthcoming at this point as the new scent is not yet up on their site. But from what we can judge from...
Keith Richards for Louis Vuitton: Wrinkles That Fly {Look of the Day - Beauty Notes}
Latest Vuitton advert shot by photographer Annie Leibowitz In this day and age permeated with youth-oriented ideology it is so striking to see someone sporting their deep wrinkles proudly, even if a man, that Louis Vuitton decided to ask...
Vive Maria Mis(s) Behave & Almost Innocent: Maria Full of Grace & Dangerously Saintly Aromas (2008) {New Fragrances - New Line}
German lingerie brand Vive Maria has inaugurated a new line of perfumes comprising a debut duo called Mis(s) Behave and Almost Innocent. Vive Maria touts itself as offering "forbidden lingerie", therefore the perfumes could not but be "forbidden fragrance[s]"....
Mariah Carey M (2007): From Smells to Floriental {Perfume Review}
Mariah Carey launched her debut signature perfume, M, last year and since then there has been only positive buzz about it as far as we can tell. Celebrity perfumes are always suspected of being crass vehicles for loud branding...
Urban Outfitters is Lacquering Up with Models Own {New Nail Polish}
Urban Outfitters has that little corner in their big stores devoted to beauty. You can find some perfumes, lip balms, and nail polish. Loads of cool costume jewelry too. On May 19th 2008, the brand will introduce a new...
Guerlain Les Quatre Saisons - Brume d'Automne (2008) {New Perfume} {Fragrance News}
Guerlain have released a sumptuous coffret of four fragrances inspired by the Four Seasons of Vivaldi and composed by Jean-Paul Guerlain. Entitled Les Quatre Saisons, it includes three perfumes from the house catalog as well as a new...
Naomi Watts is New Thierry Mugler Angel Icon {Fragrance News - News Flash} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Actress Naomi Watts in Los Angeles on May 5th 2008 Hot off the wire. In a move to link perfume and Hollywood glamor, it has been announced today that actress Naomi Watts will be the new icon for the fragrance...
Yves Rocher Neonatura Breath - Souffle (2008) {Perfume Short (Review)} {Perfumista on a Shoestring}
Yves Rocher is going to introduce Neonatura Breath - Souffle in the US market this spring of 2008 after they launched it last year in France. Described as evoking "...the radiantly heated sensuality of a warm breeze caressing the...
Winners of the Guess by Marciano Prize Drawing!
The winners for the new Guess by Marciano bottles of perfume are: Christina H., Stacy, Jonathan R., Jennifer, and Deborah.Please hit the contact button and send me your address. I will forward it to the Guess PR service and...
Jean Nouvel Recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize {Fragrance News}
French architect Jean Nouvel is the 2008 laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. We wanted to go back to this news as we read somewhere that the bottle he designed for the limited edition of L'Homme this year,...
Chanel No 5: Retrospective {Fragrant Reading} {Scented Images & Perfume Adverts}
1921 advert by Sem for Chanel No. 5 - Doesn't it say in a nutshell how ideal this perfume is? It floats in the sky and the élégante is looking up to it. "Mademoiselle Chanel et le parfum no. 5"...