November 2009 Archives

Humiecki & Graef Clemency (2009): The Scent of a Mother {New Perfume}

Tuesday, 24 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Humiecki & Graef Clemency (2009): The Scent of a Mother {New Perfume}

Humiecki & Graef continue to develop their artistic project of an emotional perfumery in collaboration with perfumers Christophe Laudamiel and now Christophe Hornetz with the addition this year of a new scent called Clemency. The composition aims to offer an...

North-American Originals: Perfumers on Fall & Winter - Part 4 {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List} {Shopping Tip}

Monday, 23 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

North-American Originals: Perfumers on Fall & Winter - Part 4 {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List} {Shopping Tip}

If you missed our previous posts, you can find them here: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3 Today, we feature Brent Leonesio of Smell Bent and D.S. & Durga. Both are newcomers to the scene of independent perfumery, with...

Perfume Meetup in the Toronto Area on November 28, 2009 {Fragrance News}

Monday, 23 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Perfume Meetup in the Toronto Area on November 28, 2009 {Fragrance News}

Daniel Joffe, a Basenoter, has organized a fragrance meetup in the Toronto area. Here are the deets for readers who would like to attend:"Date: Saturday November 28th, 2009Location: Noor Boutique, Yorkville Time: Let's aim to meet at noon (12:00) for a...

Sarah Palin Eau de Maverick (2012) {New Perfume}

Monday, 23 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Sarah Palin Eau de Maverick (2012) {New Perfume}

Okay, no, not really. We don't know if there will be an Eau de Maverick by Sarah Palin in 2012 although someone had the idea of doing a spoof inspired by the opening paragraph of her memoir, Going Rogue, which...

Avon Aromadisiac for Her & Him (2010) {New Perfumes}

Monday, 23 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Avon Aromadisiac for Her & Him (2010) {New Perfumes}

Right on time for Valentine's Day, Avon will release a duo of perfumes from January 2010 getting inspiration from the aphrodisiac, sexual tradition of perfumery. The new scents are called Aromadisiac for Her and Aromadisiac for Him. Aromadisiac for Her...

Perfumer Francois Demachy on a Fact-Finding Mission in Korea {The 5th Sense in the News}

Monday, 23 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Perfumer Francois Demachy on a Fact-Finding Mission in Korea {The 5th Sense in the News}

Perfumer François Demachy who is responsible for the Dior portfolio of fragrances but also associated to the development of several other perfume brands owned by the Louis-Vuitton-Moët-Hennessy group (LVMH) like Guerlain, Givenchy or Acqua di Parma is reported to have...

Monday, 23 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Axe Commercial: If you use a woman's soap, you'll smell like one

Axe commercials are well-known for their humor and creativity. They also rely on a heavy-handed gender message to sell their scents, from making women go wild to reminding guys that they better stick to their Axes rather than take the...

How Michelin Food Critics Work: To Shmooze or To Critique, That is The Question {Fragrant Reading}

Saturday, 21 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

How Michelin Food Critics Work: To Shmooze or To Critique, That is The Question {Fragrant Reading}

The Untouchables, 1959 via dga.orgMichelin hotel-and-restaurant guides are arguably the Rolls Royce of gastronomy reviews guides. Or rather one could propose, The Untouchables of the food reviewing world.In what looks like a scoop, The New Yorker was able to investigate...

Gerard Butler Wants a Perfume Line {Celebrity Fragrances}

Saturday, 21 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Gerard Butler Wants a Perfume Line {Celebrity Fragrances}

Gerard Butler not groomed and groomed One of the perks of doing celebrity-perfume blogging is that you get to virtually meet all sorts of people you had barely heard of before. The universe starts feeling more peopled all of a...

Interview with Maurice Roucel: Everyone Knows the Alphabet but Few Can Write a Good Novel {Fragrant Reading}

Friday, 20 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Interview with Maurice Roucel: Everyone Knows the Alphabet but Few Can Write a Good Novel {Fragrant Reading}

In an interview given to an Italian publication, perfumer Maurice Roucel of Symrise compares the art of perfume composition to the art of writing. He underlines the differences between the technical aspect of perfumery and the more intuitive, creative one....

Dior Dressing Tables at Claridges {Fragrance News} {Beauty Notes}

Friday, 20 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Dior Dressing Tables at Claridges {Fragrance News} {Beauty Notes}

Claridges have partnered with Christian Dior to offer a supplementary luxury room service with the creation of the Dior Dressing Tables. "The Dior Dressing Table includes a carefully curated range of timeless accessories, including an elegant silk Claridge's dressing gown...

Challenges of the Perfume Industry in Grasse {Fragrant Readings}

Friday, 20 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Challenges of the Perfume Industry in Grasse {Fragrant Readings}

For those who can read French (you can also try using Babelfish or Google Translate to get the gist of the online articles) there is an informative report on the state of the perfume industry in Grasse in L'Express.fr. There...

New Serenascent is Undetectable but Relieves Stress & Anxiety {Fragrance News}

Friday, 20 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

New Serenascent is Undetectable but Relieves Stress & Anxiety {Fragrance News}

A team led by Dr. Nick Lavidis from Queensland University Australia has developed a scent that smells of cut grass at higher doses but is virtually undetectable by the nose at lower levels yet impacts the functioning of the...

Bond No.9 High Line (2010) {New Fragrance}

Friday, 20 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Bond No.9 High Line (2010) {New Fragrance}

Bond No. 9 will release a new fragrance in March of 2010 inspired by yet another corner of New York City. This time the subject of inspiration is the original idea of the reconverted High Line into a green public...

Monocle x Comme des Garcons Scent Two: Laurel (2009) {New Perfume}

Thursday, 19 November 2009 By Chant Wagner

Monocle x Comme des Garcons Scent Two: Laurel (2009) {New Perfume}

Magazine Monocle have released a second fragrance created in collaboration with Comme des Garçons following Hinoki in 2008. It is called Scent Two: Laurel. Interestingly, the creative team cites as a source of inspiration one that is often decried by...

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