As previously announced, actress Uma Thurman is the face of a new perfume by Givenchy called Ange ou Démon Le Secret. Her role? Femme fatale absolute! The new scent is described as a radiant and delicate "white" floral composition, which...
July 2009 Archives
Globalizing Ideal Beauty by Denise H. Sutton: Upcoming New Book
A potentially interesting book is appearing on the horizon. Author Denise H. Sutton is preparing to release a new title called Globalizing Ideal Beauty. It focuses on the impact that beauty copy-writing has had on the dissemination of archetypes of...
Christian Audigier for Women & for Men (2009) {New Fragrances}
Christian Audigier is going to release their third duo of perfumes after Ed Hardy for Women & Men (2008) and Ed Hardy Love & Luck (2008). The scents are called Christian Audigier for Women and for Men and were inspired...
Annick Goutal Mandragore Pourpre (2009): A New Facet of the Mandrake Root {New Perfume} - Update
Annick Goutal will release a variation on the mandrake root but not of the original Mandragore (2005) in August 2009 called Mandragore Pourpre (Crimson-Purple Mandrake). According to the press release, the perfume is a spicy aromatic chypre and is a...
Amouage Epic for Man & Epic for Woman (2009) {New Perfumes}
From the house of Amouage comes yet another operatic duo inspired by Turandot and new this time, by the fabled history of the Silk Road. The fragrances want to express the historic connections that existed and continue to exist between...
Sonia Kashuk Hidden Treasure Brush Set & Coral Reef Highlighter
Check out these new cosmetic brushes by Sonia Kashuk. Don't they look great and as summery as can be with this coral-branch theme going on? The Hidden Treasure Brush Set and the Coral Reef Highlighter need to be bought separately....
Q & A with Alexander Lauber Founder of WienerBlut around the Launch of Klubwasser {Perfume Q & A}
The Vienna Court Opera in 1902WienerBlut is a new perfume label that was founded by Alexander Lauber and launched with a first fragrance called Klubwasser (Club Water). My early contact with the brand is through the website. Its welcoming image...
Klorane Fortifying Treatment Shampoo with Quinine and B Vitamins: Fight Recession Hair Loss!
Klorane offers a very good line of shampoos - they are well-known for their plant research - and over the years I have tried many of their products. One I always go back to whenever I need some strengthening action...
Kylie Minogue Inverse (2009) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}
Kylie Minogue initially wanted to create her first men's cologne taking inspiration from her then boyfriend Olivier Martinez. Instead, and due to the vagaries of existence, Inverse bears the touch of her current paramour Andres Velencoso Segura who is fronting...
Juicy Couture Couture Couture (2009): More Info {New Perfume}
Couture Couture, the latest perfume by Juicy Couture as previously announced, is now available at Bloomingdale's. The ornate flacon seems to be inspired by 19th century ormolu work; it reminds me of a perfume bottle stand I purchased when I...
Creed Acqua Fiorentina (2009) Presented to Michelle Obama & More Information {New Perfume} {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Scents}
Today TSS learned that First Lady Michelle Obama was presented with the gift of the upcoming new fragrance by the house of Creed called Acqua Fiorentina (Florentine Water) to be launched in September in the US. Queen Rania of Jordan...
Mac Naked Honey & Africanimal (2009): The Blonde & The Brunette {Perfume Reviews}
Naked Honey Notes: freesia, honey, orange blossom, green cumin, woods.Africanimal Notes: freesia, honey, warm floral accord, pink peppercorn, bergamot, woods.MAC just recently in June introduced a limited-edition of two honey-based fragrances called Naked Honey, the lighter one of the two...
Chopard Cascade (2009): Drunk Insects & Beautiful Widows {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance}
The European advertising for the fragrance featuring model Michaela HlavackovaPerfumers: Béatrice Piquet and Juliette Karagueuzoglou of IFFPerfume notes: top: pink pepper, grapefruit flower, mandarin; heart: Belle de Nuit, Evening Maiden Orchid, Heliotrope; base: Living Precious Woods, musk, amber.Cascade is the...
How Perfume is Saving Haute Couture {The 5th Sense in the News}
An article in Le Monde summarizes the state of Haute Couture in the aftermath of the Christian Lacroix crisis. The figures are contrasted: haute couture caters to the material needs of a money elite that amounts to about 1000 persons...
Jacques Fath Irissime (2009): From Iris Gris to Irissime: A Contemporary Version of Iris Gris {New Perfume} - Q & A with Fabrice Biré of Panouge around the Launch of Irissime {Perfume Q & A}
Last year a rumor started circulating on the Internet that a classic perfume by couturier Jacques Fath, the mythical Iris Gris (Gray Iris), was going to be resurrected. It is nearly impossible to find it nowadays, although it surfaces on...