Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier will introduce a duo of fragrances for women and men called Hearts & Daggers in the first quarter of 2010. The perfumes are meant "... to reflect the striking nature of the clothing brand." The...
November 2009 Archives
Editions de Parfums Opens in Manhattan {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Two years ago, an informed rumor surfaced on the internet via the fashionweekdaily.com announcing that Frederic Malle of Editions de Parfums was hunting for a store in New York City. The new boutique is now open. It is "...a 900-square-foot...
Byredo Baudelaire (2009) {New Perfume}
As previously announced, Sweden-based perfume house Byredo have released their ninth perfume which pays homage to the poet Charles Baudelaire. It is called Baudelaire. The perfume was inspired by a passage, 5-8, from a poem from Les Fleurs du Mal...
My DNA Fragrance Antiquity Line Based on the DNA of Dead Celebrities (2009) {New Perfumes} {Celebrity Fragrances}
As I already remarked in 2007, there is a sub-branch of the celebrities fragrances business that is that of the dead-celebrity perfume. Now My DNA Fragrance which specializes in harvesting your DNA to propose custom-tailored scents replicating your pheromones has...
Guerlain Habit Rouge Edition Beau Cavalier (2009): New Print Advert {Perfume Images & Ads}
I mentioned earlier on that Guerlain was preparing to launch a special edition of their classic men's perfume beloved by women, Habit Rouge. The advertising campaign has started with this new advert featuring an ornate, metalized bottle for the edition...
Smell Expensive for Less with these 6 Perfumes: Your Practical Shopping Guide to the Scent of Moneyed Privilege
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) How to smell like you have gold ingots in the bank while keeping this idea as a hypothetical? Here is your shopping guide to smelling expensive. Some perfumes just smell like mink fur, and...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Jacques-Henri Lartigue:
"Je suis triste de ne pouvoir photographier les odeurs. J'aurais voulu, hier, photographier celles de l'armoire à épicerie de grand-mère.""I feel sad not to be able to photography aromas. I would have liked, yesterday, to photography those from grand-mother's spice...
North-American Originals: Perfumers on Fall & Winter 2 {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List} {Shopping Tip}
A view of Paris fall from last year. You can spot the French gardening principle right away: trees need to look tailored, like clothing. Isn't Paris the capital of fashion? The lines were so straight I had to make them...
Natori by Josie Natori (2009) - Sensual Yet Pointing To No Visible Body Parts {Perfume Review}
Natori by Josie NatoriThe perfume starts with a subtle, surface powdery impression soon followed by a beautiful both intense and understated aldehydic white floral bouquet like a cleaner but no less feminine Joy by Patou. It is a Joy Americanized,...
North-American Originals: Perfumers on Fall & Winter {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List} {Shopping Tips}
North-American Originals: Perfumers on Fall & Winter You can read Part 2 here; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5 American perfumery is as varied as its landscape. One of its most notable traits is the fact that...
Barbara Orbison Pretty Woman (2009) {New Perfume}
Barbara Orbison, the widow of singer and composer Roy Orbison, has launched a fragrance inspired by the song Pretty Woman composed by her husband. Elvis Presley said about the musician that "Roy Orbison is the greatest singer in the world,"...
Two Versions of the Ricci Ricci by Nina Ricci Commercial + The Behind-the-Scenes {Perfume Images & Adverts}
There is apparently a cute, girly and mischievous version of the TV commercial for Ricci Ricci by Nina Ricci featuring model Jessica Stam. It plays either in English or French. Here is the French version, Then there is an alternate...
Design Thierry Bogaert Voile de Beton (2009) {New Perfume}
If you love architecture and deplore our loss of connectedness to our sense of touch not just to smell, you will have to check out this new perfume whose core concept was created by architect Thierry Bogaert. The idea for...
Scented German Calendars {Fragrant Shopping}
Apparently, the Germans love their calendars to be more than visually appealing, they also appreciate a little scratch-and-sniff action. You can find a series of such scented calendars called Duftkalendar on the Germany site of Amazon, Amazon.de. They either revolve...
Lubin Parfumeur Has a New Website {Fragrance News}
Lubin, perfumer since 1798, have completely relooked their website. Entering it now is like walking through different rooms, galleries, or atmospheres also created by varied musics and animations. The text clarifies some sources of inspiration like the medieval one for...