The first remarkable aspect of the upcoming perfume Fourreau Noir by Serge Lutens that meets the eye is the interplay of brown, gray and purple shades that fade into each other in the light and make up the color of...
July 2009 Archives
Essential Faith Oils (2005) {Perfume Review & Musings}
To me, perfume oil is as American as apple pie. A certain kind of fragrance oil that is at least. Not the kind sold in the souks or boutiques of the Middle East redolent of roses, jasmine and oud....
The Anti-Perfume-Celeb Trend by Celebs - Scented Quote of the Day, from Emma Watson:
After the surge of shamelessly self-promoting, attention-seeking celebs - the most numerous contingent, apparently - we get to hear from the less egotistical ones, apparently. The other day Justin Timberlake said he couldn't dream of making a celebrity perfume bearing...
Shopping Q & A with Etienne de Swardt of Etat Libre d'Orange {Fragrant Reading}
A questionnaire on personal shopping habits and quirks was put to Etienne de Swardt founder of Etat Libre d'Orange, an alternative fragrance label based in Paris. Here are his rather revealing answers. For your reassurance and in reference to answer...
Passport to Perfume: New PC/Mac Game {Fragrance News}
A new perfume development computer game called Passport to Perfume by Play First is appearing this July. Perfumer Yosh Han was consulted to make the game feel more realistic."Passport to Perfume is a PC/Mac game that offers players the chance...
Michelle Obama's Signature Perfume is... The Scoop by the Washingtonian {Celebrity Fragrance - What Celebrities Like to Wear}
Michelle Obama's Signature Perfume Is... After months of speculation, first about the waft of a cherry scent, next with the report on perfume purchases of Boadicea fragrances in London, then with the report of a privileged gift from Creed,...
Narciso Rodriguez New Limited-Edition Musk Collection for Her & Him: Narciso Rodriguez for Her Eau de Parfum Intense & Narciso Rodriguez for Him Eau de Parfum (2009) {New Perfumes}
Narciso Rodriguez under the umbrella of Beauté Prestige International (BPI) will further expand his collection of musk fragrances this fall with two limited-edition flankers which despite the similarities in names are advertised as being significant variations on the originals. The...
Upcoming 2010 World Shanghai Expo Inspires L'Eau de Parfum Pavillon France & Shanghai Bouquet (2009): Homages to Magnolia {New Perfumes} {Fragrance News}
As a fore taste or rather smell of the upcoming 2010 World Shanghai Expo (Exposition Universelle Shanghai Chine 2010) which will take place from May 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010, four fragrances, two French and the other two Japanese,...
Illamasqua to Debut at Sephora Times Square on July 31, 2009
A little bit of British alternative culture is coming soon to the United States. Creative makeup brand Illamasqua whose motto is "discover your alter-egos" will debut in the United States at the new Sephora store at 5, Times Square on...
Beauty Quote of the Day, from Paul Newman:
"To work hard, as I've worked to accomplish anything, and then have some yo-yo come up and say, "Take off those dark glasses and let's have a look at those blue eyes" is really discouraging."Picture: art.com...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Justin Timberlake:
In Berlin on July 1, 2009 for the presentation of William Rast at the Bread & Butter fashion trade show.Asked if he would develop a Justin Timberlake fragrance, the singer answered in the context of a wave of celebrity fragrances...
Penhaligon's Anthology Part 1: Eau de Verveine (1949), Extract of Limes (1963), Gardenia (1976), Night Scented Stock (1976): Archival Papers Dipped in Contemporary Solutions or Duchaufour Unleashed {Perfume Reviews} {New Fragrances}
Penhaligon's Anthology is a new collection of fragrances launched this month by an old British house established in the late 1860s by newly arrived barber William Henry Penhaligon (no one seems to know the exact year of foundation). As...
Du Bousille au Musee Sylvie Guerlain: Presentation of New 2011 Guerlain Museum June 27 - September 6, 2009 {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
A new Guerlain museum is in the making. To begin to discover it, there is an exhibition which should delight Guerlain collectors and followers which opened on June 27, 2009 in the city of Eu near Dieppe in the Normandy...
Earthly Scents - Heavenly Pleasures: A Cultural History of Scents by Günther Ohloff: New Book {Fragrance News} {Fragrant Reading}
Picture courtesy of the MET. Wedding casket (1500-1530) from Ferrara or Venice decorated with pastiglia made of "musk paste", a mixture of white lead paste, binding egg white and scented musk. "The scent was thought to have aphrodisiacal properties, which...
A Young Al Franken Gets a Friendly Olfactory Tip: You Need Heavy Changes Ego Spray {Perfume Images & Adverts}
The new junior senator of Minnesota Al Franken who was a comedian in his previous life played in the movie Tunnel Vision in 1976. In it there is a passage where he pins his difficulties in dating chicks on body...