A King Kong poster from 1933, via All Posters Vanillary by Lush was originally inspired by "the extraordinary desserts at Heston Blumental's amazing restaurant, The Fat Duck at Bray", a multi award-winning temple of cutting-edge molecular cuisine. It was...
May 2009 Archives
Christophe Laudamiel Co-Signs Scent Opera at the Guggenheim, May 31-June 1 2009 {The 5th Sense in the News}
Aspen Green Persian by Dale ChihulyPerfumer Christophe Laudamiel, who has left major fragrance company IFF to become an independent consultant and dedicate his time to the pursuit of fragrance as art is co-signing a sound-and-smell opus called a "scent opera"...
Creed Acqua Fiorentina (2009): A Promise of Harmony {New Perfume}
This spring Creed is launching a new perfume in its Millésime collection called Acqua Fiorentina. The scent is said to be built around the idea of " a promise of harmony." The perfume is co-signed by father and son parfumeurs...
Chantal Thomass Osez-Moi! (2009): Scent of a Boudoir {New Perfume} {Fragrance Advert}
Lingerie mistress Chantal Thomass has introduced a new women's perfume cheekily called Osez-Moi! (something like "dare try me!"). The designer says that it is "a very feminine fragrance in line with my lingerie: precious details and noble materials with a...
Cacharel Scarlett (2009) {New Perfume}
Cacharel will launch a new women's perfume from mid-July 2009 called Scarlett in reference to an archetypal feminine heroine. The brand wishes to go back to the roots of what made it successful in the 1970s thanks to Anaïs Anaïs,...
Cartier Les Heures du Parfum: Number 1 L'Heure Promise, Number 12 L'Heure Mysterieuse & More (2009) {New Perfumes}
Cartier have announced that they will introduce a collection of high-end fragrances called Les Heures du Parfum (The Hours of Perfume) this fall 2009 in the US saying that "The inspiration came from the fact that memory is always linked...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Lev Glazman:
"Glazman said living at the age of six in Russia, there were only two fragrances on the market and both were called Red Moscow. In a country where "everybody smelled the same," Glazman recalled one particular morning, when he and...
Byredo Bal d'Afrique (2009): Cake-Walking at the Bal d'Afrique {Perfume Review & Musings}
How It Wafts, At FirstWhat they say:A warm and romantic vetiver inspired by Paris in the late 20's and its infatuation with African culture, art, music and dance. A mix of the Parisian avantgardism and African culture shaped a unique...
Tova Signature Platinum (2009): Trying To Recapture The Old Mystique {New Perfume}
Tova Beverly Hills just added a new fragrance called Tova Signature Platinum to the Tova Beauty line. More than a new perfume it is a newly baptized perfume officially aiming to recapture the original formulation and lustre of Tova Signature....
All Twelve Chanel Les Exclusifs To Be Available Online Soon {Fragrance News} {Shopping Tip}
Chanel have announced that they will soon be offering the line of the 12 Les Exclusifs fragrances online on Chanel.com, date to be confirmed. This is a significant perfume marketing decision to take a boutique-exclusive collection to the internet to...
HSH Prince Nicolo Boncompagni Ludovisi L'Aurora & Giove Nettuno Plutone (2009): Art, Love & Italy {New Perfumes} {Historic Fragrances}
HSH Prince Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi have released two debut perfumes which can be called new and ancient at the same time. The multi-secular family archives as well as the art of Villa Aurora in Rome the ancestral home of...
Flirt! Flowerific (2009): Eye-Popping Flowers {New Perfume}
From the upbeat name, Flowerific, to the eye-popping colors of the petals on the flacon and finally hopefully ending on equally fluorescent perfume notes, the latest Flirt! fragrance promises that "This vibrant and exhilarating fragrance imparts a fresh, playful lightheartedness...
Winners of the Makeup Giveaway Are...
Jean-Noël L'Harmouroult, Make Up ICongrats to Milaxx and Rita who have won 2 entries to the Makeup Show in NYC, 17-18 May 2009. The winning entries were selected by a random number generator. Please send me your names. Other interested...
Parfums 137 Hollywood Stromboli 1950 (2009): Betty, a Moll & a Dame-Perfumer All The Way From Hollywood to Sicily {New Perfume}
Parfums 137, co-owned by Alexandre Bigle and Richard Ekert have released their latest opus in their library of coffrets of perfumes-to-be-layered (or not) inspired by true yet little known chapters of the history of perfumery. Following Nara 1869, the new...
L'Occitane Intense Rose Nuit de Mai & Eau de Toilette (2009) {New Perfumes}
For Mother's Day (in France), L'Occitane have introduced a duo of fragrances in two different concentrations built around the May Rose. The new perfumes are called Intense Rose Nuit de Mai and Rose Nuit de Mai Eau de Toilette. They...