August 2008 Archives

Friday, 22 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Space NK Quintet of Earth-Friendly Signature Scents (2008) {New Fragrances} {Green Products}

Space NK Apothecary is interested in spreading its DNA via five perfumes, including a relaunch of Laughter (1999). The four other compositions joining the stable are: Champaca, Jasamber, Tuberoli and Santalrosa. All were inspired by travel memories of Space NK...

Friday, 22 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Burberry The Beat for Men (2008) {New Fragrance}

Following The Beat (for Women), Burberry will launch the men's version in September, and like its feminine counterpart it wants to breathe a new young life into the brand while recreating a sense of "being young and effortless". To that...

Thursday, 21 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Calvin Klein Secret Obsession: Prelude to Love, Mmm...to a Review {Perfume Short} {Scented Thoughts}

The 39 Steps by Hitchcock via The Erotic ImpulseIn typical fashion for our general approach and perception of a perfume, images come first and then the first inhale. How much this precedence of the visual over the olfactory guides our...

Wednesday, 20 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Yves Saint Laurent Gloss Pur Black: Black & Blacker

This fall, the color black is going to migrate from nails and eyes to lips as Lancome (with the Piha set) and now Yves Saint Laurent will launch their house versions of onyx lips.It's a priori a daring move, I...

Monday, 18 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Lush Sees Link Between Naked Backsides & Packaging {Scented Picture of the Day - Perfume Images & Adverts}

Nudity on the street was a chosen theme for Agent Provocateur to advertise their lingerie line at the beginning of this year. Lush, another British beauty brand, is now seeing a link between proud derrieres offered to the four winds...

Monday, 18 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Trussardi Essenza del Tempo (2008): Slow Food, Slow Life {New Fragrance}

Trussardi will launch a new perfume in September called Essenza del Tempo (The Essence of Time) which illustrates an original concept in fine perfumery. This time, rather than to focus on a more classic seduction or fashion theme, the...

Sunday, 17 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Jil Sander Style Blush Pink, Tender Green, Soft Yellow (2008) {New Fragrances}

Jil Sander Style, the original scent (2006), will see the addition of three flankers all at once offering three olfactory variations inspired and evoked by pastel colors. The new perfumes are called Blush Pink, Tender Green and Soft Yellow. They...

Friday, 15 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Jessica Simpson Fancy (2008): Sweet Medley {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scent}

Jessica Simpson Fancy is the singer's first debut fragrance and second foray into the world of perfume following her dessert line of edible scents, which was based on a personal idea of hers. I do not remember exactly how I...

Thursday, 14 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

eBay Validated by Belgian Court {Fragrance News}

eBay has had to fight several luxury brands and groups lately (Hermès, LVMH, Tiffany, l'Oréal) who accuse the auction site of enabling illegal practices and of de facto allowing the sales of counterfeit products. The biggest blow has come from...

Thursday, 14 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

The War around the Uncensored Calvin Klein Secret Obsession Video Continues on You Tube {Fragrance News}

The controversial Secret Obsession video: as you can see, it's all left up to your imagination (credit: You Tube)In a gesture more symbolic than anything else, You Tube has decided to ban the controversial Eva Mendes video for Secret Obsession...

Wednesday, 13 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Three Stunners for Midsummer: Top 3 Perfume Picks for July {Perfume Shorts} - New Monthly Perfume Feature on Glam.com {Fragrance News}

My apologies, I have been so busy off line that I neglected to follow up on the news of my new monthly column which is now featured on Glam.com!Dear Readers, From now on, each month I will be choosing for...

Wednesday, 13 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Article about Perfume Imitation & Copyrights: The Dutch Position {Fragrant Reading}

Here is a very interesting article by Prof. Kamiel Koelman from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam which summarizes the position on perfume copyrights in Holland as based on the case of Trésor by Lancôme, which was examined by the courts...

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Perfumer Carlos Benaïm Presents Bulgari Jasmin Noir {Scented Photo of the Day - Perfume Images & Adverts}

Once in a while you get to happen on a publicized picture of a perfumer holding his or her oeuvre. Most often treated as "éminences grises", men and women of the shadows in the recent past in order not to...

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Aveda Ancient Attar Pure-Fume Spirit Aroma (2008) {New Fragrance}

Aveda will launch a new signature perfume in November 2008 to celebrate its 30th anniversary called Ancient Attar Pure-Fume Spirit Aroma Spray. The scent takes its roots in the multi-secular tradition of South Asian perfumery while offering a contribution to...

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 By Chant Wagner

Mumbai Takes a Sniff and Perfumes Landfills {The 5th Sense in the News}

Desperate situations call for desperate means. After local inhabitants repeatedly complained about the suffocating stench emanating from nearby landfills in Mumbai (Bombay), India, the city government decided to remedy the bad odors with an herbal perfume. We know the relationship...

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