Lulu Castagnette has a new perfume called Luluforever targeting trendy and dynamic young women. It wants to embody the spirit of big-city dwellers, women who are particularly active and interested in fashion........
June 2008 Archives
Images of Yves Saint Laurent's Funeral
The funeral took place at the Saint-Roch church in Paris, starting at 3: 30 pmThe nearby streets were filled with people ........
What Fragrance for What Kind of Man? {Perfume List}
Looking for fragrance gift ideas for Father's Day? Here is a cool list, courtesy of Guillaume Crouzet from L'Express Styles. Even if you do not read French, you can still get the meaning of this style-exercise by looking at...
Zara Rosa Bulgara with Notes on Flor de Azahar, Lirio de Agua (2008) {Perfume Review} {New Fragrances} {Rose Notebook}
Zara is a Spanish fashion brand, famous for having made high fashion styles accessible to the demos. It was founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona, a notoriously reclusive personality, a fact that did not prevent him from becoming the richest man...
NoBs Alpha Male Fighter (2008): No B.S. Be A Man! & Become No B.S. Girl of the Year {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
NoBs Alpha Male is a fragrance company founded in 2007 entirely dedicated to catering to the perfume needs of a forlorn minority, the alpha males. In the midst of a gender-bending age, someone had to shout enough is enough....
Pierre Hermé Sucre de Bois & Herbe d'Amandes Candles (2008) {New Perfumes - Home Scent}
Fashionable Parisian pastry chef and macaroon specialist Pierre Hermé has launched two scented candles called Sucre de Bois (Woody Sugar) and Herbe d'Amandes (Almond-y Herbs) created respectively by renowned perfumers Olivia Giacobetti and Jean-Michel Duriez; the latter is the...
Afghans Try To Cultivate Perfume Crops Instead of Poppies {The 5th Sense in the News}
© David Gilkey/NPR Trying to break the cycle of financially rewarding poppies crops in Afghanistan, in demand in the heroin trade, proves a challenging task. A local entrepreneur and distiller Shafiq Azizi attempts to replace poppies with roses cultivated for...
Firefighters Knocked Out by Perfumes {The 5th Sense in the News}
Fire Rescue reports that some of their own had to be hospitalized after responding to a fire alarm at a perfume factory. Apparently the cause of their malaise is due to the overwhelming smell of fragrances to untrained and unprepared...
Kenzo Kenzo Power (2008): Trendy Masculinity By Way of Muji {Perfume Review} {Men's Cologne}
Kenzo Power by Kenzo, which rhymes with Kenzo Flower no doubt for harmonizing branding purposes, is destined to be the masculine counterpart to their best-seller feminine scent created by Alberto Morillas in 2000. Like its predecessor, the upcoming Power...
Celebrity Mirage Perfume {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Artist Biliana Velkova has something to say about celebrity fragrances, whose impact on pop culture she recognizes by organizing an exhibition called Breathless at the Jeffrey Boone Gallery in Vancouver. All the trappings of a celeb's launch are here...
A Rant About Men's Perfume Ads {The 5th Sense in the News}
The Sunday Times has a funny pamphlet against over-glamorous ads for men's fragrances. Call it a problem of the clash of egos and upsurge of competitive Testosterone. Looking at said ideal ads for the everyman - there is a...
Lynx Commercial {Perfume Ads}
After reading an article (see next post) about the kind of perfume ads that normal guys would prefer over the glamorous ones such as that of The One featuring Matthew McConaughey (we also learn that the dressed version is for...
Parlux Fragrances Signs Deal with Queen Latifah {Fragrance News}
Queen Latifah in the movie Chicago (2002) Parlux Fragrances, one of the companies specializing in celebrity perfumes with brands like Paris Hilton and Maria Sharapova, and also Jessica Simpson, GUESS, Nicole Miller, XOXO, Ocean Pacific (OP), Andy Roddick, babyGund, and...
Yves Saint Laurent Bids Us Adieu: The Man Who Would Wrap Us In Love {Fragrance News}
Fashion couturier Yves Saint Laurent died at the age of 71 at his house in Paris on Sunday. He had been ill for many years and his health deteriorated in the last week. He was born in Oran, Algeria...
A Q & A with Jean-Claude Ellena {Fragrant Reading}
Wallpaper loved the new Un Jardin Après La Mousson by Hermès and took the opportunity of the recent launch to ask in-house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena some questions about his creative process........