MDCI Paris (Marchal Design & Créations Indépendantes), an exclusive niche perfume house founded by Claude Marchal which debuted in 2006 with a catalogue of five perfumes created by well-known noses Pierre Bourdon, Stéphanie Bakouche and Francis Kurkdjian will add three...
January 2009 Archives
Rich Hippie Introduces Purse-Sized Roll-Ons {Fragrance News}
Rich Hippie whose tag line is "Organic, Wildcrafted Perfumes" have launched a new packaging option for their scents consisting in smaller 1/8 oz roll-ons to be slipped in your purse or pocket......
Parfum Sur Mesure: A New Bespoke Fragrance Service {Fragrance News}
Parisian perfumer Stéphanie de Bruijn has created a new bespoke fragrance business whose core mission is to provide the same kind of service one can get from Guerlain or Cartier but at more democratically priced rates.After watching the Obama campaign...
Jennifer Lopez Sunkissed Glow (2009) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
Jennifer Lopez who single-handedly revived the celebrity fragrance market at the beginning of the 21st century, as it had been left somewhat fallow before her is continuing to expand her franchise. A new scent called Sunkissed Glow will be launched...
Chanel Spring 2009 Bohemian Fantasy Makeup Collection - HNY 2009! - My Beauty Beliefs
We have a ton of beauty stories waiting in the sidelines, but while we are still working on organizing things, here is our first post of 2009. Happy New Year 2009 to our beauty readers by the way! Right now...
Serge Lutens Chergui Now in Export Format {Fragrance News}
Chergui, a best-seller of the Serge Lutens non-export range (the bell-jar collection) is now available in the export range. It is priced at 79 € for 50 ml.Via Beauté Addict...
Odore Di Femmina by Johan Creten {Perfume History & Facts}
Odore di Femmina by Johan CretenThis is a picture of a female torso in ceramic called Odore di Femmina created by Johan Creten while he was artist in residence at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres. It was meant to be...
Serge Lutens Nuit de Cellophane (2009) {New Perfume}
Serge Lutens has unveiled his latest opus called Nuit de Cellophane (Cellophane Night). The fragrance is scheduled to launch in March of 2009.While the nocturnal thematic will not be unfamiliar to Serge Lutens followers, in particular by those who follow...
Valentino Eau de Parfum (2009) {New Perfume}
Italian fashion designer Valentino has launched a new perfume which is currently exclusive to Neiman Marcus. Bottled in a strikingly designed diamond-cut flacon, the fragrance is described as a "modern aldehydic floral" with fresh facets......
Third-Hand Smoke Best Detected By The Nose {The 5th Sense in the News}
A new term has been coined to designate those remnants of smoking that are not associated with visible smoke but with the smells it leaves, "third-hand smoking". Those odors, like the cold tobacco odor, ought to signal danger because they...
Interesting Hybrid Perfuming Concept by Memo: Grapefruit from Argentina & Orange Blossom from Italy (2008) {Fragrance News}
Belatedly but still interestingly we learn that French niche brand Memo launched two organic companion scents, certified Ecocert, to their latest release Jannat. It looks like what the Mediterranean diet is to vegetarian diet, that is less purist in terms...
Joop! Thrill for Her & Him (2009) {New Fragrances}
German fashion brand Joop! continues to develop a dynamic perfume portfolio and will introduce a duo of scents called Thrill for Her and Thrill for Him. The fragrances are licensed to Coty Prestige and were developed with giant perfume company...
Kusmi Tea Detox (2007): Review {Fragrant Gourmet Notes}
So you have partied, re-partied, re-re-partied during the Holidays, crossed over to the new year 2009 and tomorrow is Epiphany day, yet another opportunity to feast on a traditional dessert, the galette des rois, a buttery mille-feuilles delight filled with...
Alice Temperley Loves... {What Fragrances Celebrities Love To Wear}
Alice (on the left) and Mathilda TemperleyBritish designer Alice Temperley confesses to having a weak spot for niche perfume house L'Artisan Parfumeur. She loves in particular to go to their store on rue du Bourg Tibourg (where the Mariage Frères...
I Never Noticed Lacoste Pour Homme, Until... {Perfume Images & Adverts}
...I saw this commercial ad for the cologne Lacoste pour Homme featuring model Ian Lawless. There is such a discrepancy between the conservative and even arguably dull packaging for the scent and the ad which is meant to reach out...