Isabel Derroisné, a brand which is part of the Yves Rocher Group, launched a new perfume called Eclat dOrient to pay homage to a changing China. The perfumer Karine Dubreuil composed a powdery-floral scent. She described it saying,"Its heart moved...
March 2009 Archives
Upcoming Perfume Launches by Interparfums in 2009 & 2010 {Fragrance News} {New Perfumes}
Interparfums have announced a number of new perfume launches to watch out for in 2009 and 2010 (I only mention the ones that were not featured on the site yet):• Féérie by Van Cleef & Arpels in an eau de...
Alfred Sung Always (2009): A Wedding Fragrance Inspired by Grace Kelly {New Perfume}
Canadian designer Alfred Sung will launch a new bridal perfume called Always in April 2009. He debuted in this genre of wedding perfumes with Forever in 1993. The scent was inspired by the description of Grace Kelly's wedding in a...
Coco avant Chanel, The Trailer + Video with Gabrielle Chanel: Compare {Cultural Notes}
You can now watch the trailer for the movie by Anne Fontaine, Coco avant Chanel featuring Audrey Tautou. It is going to be released on April 22nd 2009 in France.Plus d'infos sur ce filmWhat is apparent from this film is...
New Chanel No.5 Ad with Audrey Tautou by Jean-Pierre Jeunet {Fragrance News} {Perfume Adverts}
The first stills from the new commercial by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Chanel No. 5 have been released featuring actress Audrey Tautou and model Travis Davenport. The story manages to allude to the universe and era of Gabrielle Chanel in...
Hatshepsut's Perfume - Part 2 {Fragrant Reading}
The uncovered perfume bottle of HatshepsutThe other day we posted about the archeological project under way of resurrecting Hatshepsut's perfume, a 3,500 vintage whose only dessicated remains still exist. Is it more dream or reality, you decide. I somehow feel...
Fashionable Scents & Aromas in 2009: It's The Recession, Dummy {Fragrance News}
Persimmon will be en vogue in 2009Analysts have looked at recent data plus wiped their crystal balls clean to bring you several forecasts. The trend will apparently be driven by the kind of logic under which Frutarom will operate themselves,"Part...
Editions de Parfum Frederic Malle Geranium pour Monsieur by Dominique Ropion (2009): Bye-Bye Fougere, Hello Geranium {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}
Since Paul Parquet's Fougère Royale for Houbigant introduced in 1882 which created the abstract proposition of the scent of a fern in a forest thanks in part to the adjunction of the synthetic coumarin, so-called fougere scents have become the...
Sports Interactive Scent of Success (2009): Smells Like Winning Football Teams {New Perfume}
The designers of popular computer game Football Manager, Sports Interactive, have gone a step further with the release of a perfume meant to boost the flagging morale of football aficionados. Called Scent of Success, what makes it a unique and...
CPL Aromas Has Introduced a Range of 100% Organic Fragrance Ingredients {Fragrance News} {Green Products}
CPL Aromas is anticipating the growth of the organic green market and wants to participate in it. They have now launched a collection of organic (not just natural) raw materials which were available beforehand but were deemed not sustainable to...
Parfumerie Generale Will Be Carried by Aepure - Update {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Parfumerie Générale, a niche perfumery founded and led by perfumer Pierre Guillaume, will now be showcased in a brick-and-mortar store in Paris, France called Aépure from April 2009. Update: it is not the first flagship store of the brand as...
Liquid Memory Of Hatshepsut's 3,500-Year-Old Perfume {The 5th Sense in the News}
A releatively well-preserved perfume flacon of woman pharaoh Hatshepsut underwent initial analysis and could become the basis of the reconstitution of a liquid fragrance,"Hatshepsut's perfume is also presumably a demonstration of her power. "We think it probable that one constituent...
Kylie Minogue Inverse (2009): New Men's Fragrance + TV Commercial {Celebrity Perfume}
Kylie Minogue has been putting out a number of perfumes under her name since her debut one Darling in 2006. I have somewhat lost track of all of them because they resemble each others too much in names, colors, concept....
Signed Bottle of Stetson All American Giveaway {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
We have a special blog giveaway to announce today. Fans of Tom Brady and the Patriots, football fans or simply plain patriots (arguably) can enter a giveaway to win a collectible autographed bottle of the latest Stetson fragrance, All American,...
Avril Lavigne Black-Star Story Board Uncovered {Celebrity Fragrances}
Yesterday we posted about the upcoming scent Black Star by Avril Lavigne and only the name was known. Things move quickly in the internet age, don't they? This morning a reader sent us a link to the story board for...