December 2008 Archives

Wednesday, 24 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Jean Paul Gaultier Musical Coffrets (2008), Bijou Parfume (2009) {Fragrance News}

Jean Paul Gaultier is bringing his designer's mind to perfume by offering more varied supports for it than the traditional fragrance bottle. The novelty trend, an always popular one during the holidays, will be illustrated with a charms necklace and...

Tuesday, 23 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Koto Parfums Hello Kitty (2008): Hello Me, You, Everyone {Perfume Review & Musings}

On April 26th, 2008 Koto Parfums, a French company which specializes in developing kids' scents based on popular movie franchises, launched two new perfumes for infants and toddlers on the one hand and little girls on the other hand called...

Monday, 22 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Prada Amber on the Silver Screen: Fallen Shadows {Fragrance News} {Scented Images}

Prada who would get bored if they had to run conventional advertising campaigns for their perfumes is once more turning to the silver screen to help promote both Prada Amber and the arts.Until December 31, 2008 Amber is the main...

Monday, 22 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Le Bon Marché Saint Germain des Prés (2008) {New Perfume}

The at once venerable (est. 1852), upscale and trendy Parisian department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche introduced a signature perfume for women called Saint Germain des Prés EDP.(If memory serves me well there is also a men's version spotted...

Saturday, 20 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Les Nez Parfums d'Auteurs Manoumalia (2009) - Part 2: More Information {New Perfume}

{Fragrance review of Manoumalia added here}Manoumalia is a creation offering an undeniable anthropological flavor in the method that gave birth to it. The latest perfume by brand Les Nez Parfums d'Auteurs (lit. The Noses -- Authors' Perfumes) we now learn...

Saturday, 20 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Les Nez Parfums d'Auteurs Turtle Vetiver Exercise 1 (2008), Manoumalia (2009) {New Perfumes} - 650 Perfume Samples Giveaway

Les Nez Parfums d'Auteurs after The Unicorn Spell, Let Me Play The Lion, L'Antimatière (see review of the latter) and a more recent special open-work project called Turtle Vetiver by Isabelle Doyen (see explanations after the jump) are going to...

Saturday, 20 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Annick Goutal Un Matin d'Orage (2009): Japonisant Art {New Perfume}

Portland Japanese GardenAnnick Goutal who has had, one realizes on the spur of the moment, a cryptic garden series of scents being developed over the years, without ever being systematically labeled as such, is going to launch a new perfume...

Friday, 19 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Narciso Rodriguez Essence (2009) {New Perfume}

The upcoming Essence for Her; Narciso Rodriguez at the Alma Awards on August 17, 2008Designer Narciso Rodriguez will launch a new perfume for women in March (US only) - April 2009 called Essence. It succeeds to the Narciso Rodriguez for...

Friday, 19 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Samsung E 250 Cacharel Cellphone Smells of Amor Amor...ou presque {Fragrance News} {Fragrant Shopping}

Samsung is continuing to play the olfactory card and this time hopes to attract female customers that are attuned to the perfume and beauty worlds as well as brands. After their anonymous aromatherapeutic lavender-scented cellphone, the Korean brand now just...

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Parfums Grès Mythos, Sphinx, Goddess: Hommage a Greta Garbo (2009) {New Perfumes} {Celebrity Fragrances}

Greta Garbo in 1934 © Time, Inc.A year after the release of Hommage à Marlene Dietrich, Parfums Grès is preparing to launch a new trio of scents dedicated this time to Greta Garbo called Hommage à Greta Garbo which will...

Monday, 15 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

The Scented Salamander Perfume Holiday Gift Guide 2008 - Part 4: Fragrance Kits A Gogo {Shopping Tips}

Perfume kits are a great way to play with scents and constitute presents that people will enjoy even more over time adding the thrill of exploration and even creation to their usual experience of fragrancing. You can also look at...

Monday, 15 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

The Scented Salamander Perfume Holiday Gift Guide 2008 - Part 3: Stocking Stuffers {Shopping Tips}

Today, au menu du jour: Stocking Stuffers for both men and women!Do you need those special little tit bits that will make your Christmas stockings look plump and ready to celebrate?Here are some options for the scentaholics, perfume lovers, aromatherapy...

Sunday, 14 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Legendary Fragrances Treasure Island (2008) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

Legendary Fragrances launched a new men's cologne called Treasure Island (L'Île au Trésor). The Eau de Toilette is described as being a fresh and fruity woody scent. "The Legend of Treasure Island goes back 300 years ago, when buccaneers used...

Saturday, 13 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

Versace Gianni Versace - Ulric de Varens Varensia {Perfumista on a Shoestring - Twin Frags} {Hasty-Reviews}

The world of fragrance - and this has to do with its artisan side - abounds with more or less derivative works. This time we mention one that is more than an inspired copy, a faithful copy but made...

Friday, 12 December 2008 By Chant Wagner

CB I Hate Perfume November, Gingerbread, Walking in the Air (2009): Smells of Fall & Winter {New Perfumes} - Mango, Outside {Hasty-Reviews}

CB I Hate Perfume, a Brooklyn-based perfume house, has introduced three new scents: November, Gingerbread, a December-only limited edition that appears annually and Walking in the Air, a home fragrance which recreates the pure scent of snow soon to be...

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