Yes, you read the title right. The City Exclusives by Le Labo will be all reunited for just one month in the City of Lights Perfumes at Le Labo counters and boutiques to, I don't know, bitch about the stringent...
October 2009 Archives
Mally Roncal Mally (2009) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Makeup artist Mally Roncal will add a new type of beauty item to her collections and launch her signature perfume on October 29, 2009. The name of the fragrance saves on the number of letter fonts: it is just called...
Frapin L'Humaniste (2009): Clarity is to be Found in a Glass of Wine {Perfume Review} {Men's Cologne}
L'Humaniste is the latest perfume by Parfums Frapin, the perfumery branch of Cognac Frapin. For more background information you can go here as we already reviewed several of their perfumes which are all inspired by a love of wine...
Yves Saint Laurent Opium EDP {New Flacon 2009}: Swoon-Worthy
The flacon of Opium by Yves Saint Laurent is instantly recognizable in its exceptional, both literalist and glorified borrowing of the shape of a Japanese Inro case. Over the years it has undergone a number of redesigns for limited-editions like...
Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey Edition Ettore Sottsass {New Flacon 2009}
L'Eau d'Issey is going to be bottled in a limited collector edition created to pay homage to architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. The design is directly inspired by one of his drawings which make up an important body of works...
Pitti Immagine Fragranze 2009: Glimpse at a Perfume Show {Perfume Images & Adverts}
Maison Dorin, a revivalist perfume and beauty brand originally established in the 18th century, has sent us a video of the perfume show that took place in Florence last month, Pitti Immagine Fragranze. I don't know if this will appeal...
Scientific Explorer Ultimate Spa & Perfume Kit {Fragrant Shopping Tip}
Here is a fragrant gift idea for children. Scientific Explorer has a kit for children 9 years and up called the Ultimate Spa & Perfume Kit. It won the Oppenheimer Toy Portfolio Best Toy Award, Gold Seal. The brand has...
Isabel Derroisne Gandali (2009): Inspired by the Women of India {New Perfume}
Isabel Derroisné has launched a new fragrance for women called Gandali described as a "flamboyant fruity-floral". The name comes from Sanskrit Gandhali and means "perfumed" or "fragrance of flowers"; it is a girl's name in India......
Scented Quote of the Day, from Herve This: About Note a Note Numero Un
Herve This, a chemist specialist of molecular gastronomy, described what he calls the first molecular dish composed note by note, signed by his friend chef Pierre Gagnaire in Hong Kong in April 2009. It is dubbed Note à Note Numéro...
Profumum Roma Aquae Nobilis, Oxiana (2009) {New Perfumes}
Niche Italian brand Profumum Roma is preparing to release two new scents called Aquae Nobilis and Oxiana. Aquae Nobilis is a blend of geranium, vetiver, musk and green faerie or absinthe."nobility of soul,nobility of heart and expression...nobility in her clearest...
Online Perfume Design with P&G Downy Simple Pleasures: Be a Nose! {Fragrance News}
Procter and Gamble have set up a dedicated space for inviting consumers to try their hands at online perfume designing with the tag line, Express yourself. It's simple. There is perfume designer Kavin Morgan who guides you through the different...
Strange Article on Patriotic Bestseller Perfumes: Discuss {Fragrance News} {Scented Thoughts}
"Judging from besteller lists of fragrances around the world, shoppers prefer scents created by or associated with their compatriots.Fair enough. Here is an article in the fashion section of The Independent today entitled Trendwatch: Global beauty customers are patriotic with...
Tova Signature Autumn (2009) {New Perfume}
Tova has released a new flanker to their original Signature perfume called Signature Autumn. According to the QVC website, it is not a faux flanker (in name only) but a real one: you can still find the characteristic scent of...
Faguenat, Faganat: How The French Described a Host of Stinky Odors after Rabelais with Notes on Fug {Perfume Vocabulary} {Scented Thoughts}
Faguenat, Fagana...FugFaguenat, Faganat are two very interesting words as they are all but forgotten in contemporary French, omitted by the contemporary dictionaries I checked, yet have rich, precise and diverse historic meanings in the field of historical olfaction. In this...
Kilian Hennessy is Making his Way to Boston {Fragrant Reading}
The founder of perfume brand By Kilian, Kilian Hennessy, is heading to Boston next week and answers a Q & A on the Boston Herald blog, The Edge, in the days leading up to the local launch of his line.What...