Comptoir Sud Pacifique have issued three of their perfumes in higher concentrations or Eaux de Parfum this fall: Vanille Extrême, Aqua Motu and Aloha Tiare. The signature aluminium bottles have also been replaced by glass flacons to underline the change.Vanille...
October 2009 Archives
New Book on Chanel No.5 {Fragrant Readings}
There are not many perfumes in the world that can pretend to having a monograph dedicated to their sole trajectory but Chanel No. 5 is preeminently it. Author François Ternon has written Histoire du No.5 de Chanel: un numéro intemporel...
Robert Piguet Futur (1967/2009): Drama Queen Resurrected from Cryogenic Tomb {Perfume Review}
(Green border added to the original ad)When Futur by Robert Piguet was originally launched ca.1967 (based on the year of publication of a magazine ad that states it being "nouveau", i.e., new), couturier Robert Piguet (1891-1953) had been dearly departed...
Chloe Eau de Parfum Intense Advert (2009) {Perfumes Images & Ads}
As previously announced, a new flanker version of Chloe was launched in October 2009 called Chloe Eau de Parfume Intense. This is the new print advert for it featuring model Clémence Poesy.It's all in the gaze. How to convey the...
Kate Moss Vintage (2009): Smells Familiar & Not Just Because It Makes Me Think of a Gibson-Girl Plate {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Kate Moss Vintage is the most recent launch by the Kate Moss franchise after Kate (2007), Velvet Hour (2008) and Kate Moss Summer Time (2009), just introduced in September. It is billed as a "fruity-floral oriental" and...shock!...was created by perfumer...
Fergie of Black Eyed Peas Signs up with Avon {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Singer Fergie of Black Eyed Peas has been signed up by Avon to be the inspiration for their next celebrity fragrance. It is arguably a bolder move than usual as Fergie is not exactly someone you would think of painting...
Sarah Jessica Parker SJP NYC (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Sarah Jessica Parker is going to go fruity, to her own surprise. She is proposing a new facet of her personality with the upcoming SJP NYC to be launched in February 2010. It is all intended to mesh with the...
Enjoli, The Perfume for Transition Feminists: An Ad from the 70s {Perfume Images & Adverts}
Enjoli by Charles of the Ritz was launched in 1978 to the tune of "I'm a Woman" a 1962 song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller which was paraphrased in the commercial featuring a domestic goddess, a career woman and...
Sisley Eau du Soir Limited Edition for the Holidays {New Flacon 2009}
Sisley launched a limited-edition bottle of their classic Eau du Soir (1990) for the Holidays 09. It is now all decked in vivid turquoise and coral with the cap imitating a sculptured branch of red coral. The flacon looks even...
L'Occitane Valisette Voyage en Mediterranee {Shopping Tip} {New Flacon}
If you follow perfume news in this space you know that L'Occitane just released two new fragrances inspired by the Mediterranean region called Labdanum de Séville and Mimosa de l'Estérel. Currently and for just two weeks a limited-edition promotional travel...
Launch of Victoria's Secret Velvet (2009) {New Fragrance} {Perfume Images & Adverts}
Model Alessandra AmbrosioVictoria's Secret threw a photo call / launch party for their new perfume called Velvet at VS Lexington Avenue store in NYC today featuring spokesmodel Alessandra Ambrosio. There was a giant cake in the shape of the new...
Piper Heidsieck & Christian Louboutin Le Rituel Champagne {Fragrant Shopping}
My jaw dropped when I saw this beauty. It is not out yet but will be from October 26, 2009 at Colette, even sooner in the US where the launch takes place on October 19. Snaps out of contemplation to...
Marc Jacobs Lola Solid Perfume in a Ring {New Flacon 2009}
Lola by Marc Jacobs is soon going to be available in a new incarnation, a flashy cocktail ring topped with the same enormous soft plastic flower as found on the cap of the bottle. The flower part is 1.5" in...
Pamela Anderson Has Ideas about Perfume {Fragrant Reading} {Celebrity Perfume}
Pamela Anderson and David La Chapelle at the 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards -- Doesn't this dress look a little complicated yet almost made as if in desperation at the last minute? Is this a conceptual dress meant to express...
Robot Sprays Visitors with Blue Perfume {The 5th Sense in the News}
Can't you tell people are enjoying the fashion-forward experiment? In an effort to grab people's attention at a trade show, an IRB 140 robot was used to move gracefully about (so they say) while spraying either visitors or a canvas...