Daphne Guinness is wealthy, her sartorial sense eccentric. She does not seem to give a damn what the trends are and what other people think. Although come to think of it she always does seem to wear the right on-trend...
December 2009 Archives
Avon Advertize Their Celebrity Brands {Perfume Images & Ads}
Avon have created a dedicated landing page for their celebrity perfume and beauty brands to better advertise all eight personalities belonging to the Avon celeb stable: Derek Jeter, Salma Hayek (no longer the face of In Bloom but of Today,...
Jovan Black Musk for Women & Men (2009): It's What Attracts {New Perfumes}
Musk addicts can now try a new duo of musk scents by Jovan called Black Musk for Women and Black Musk for Men. The original Jovan Musk was marketed by Bernard Mitchell and Barry Shipp in 1972 and still...
Two Retro Jovan Musk Commercials: 1981 & 1985 {Perfume Images & Adverts}
Musk is with civet the preeminent aphrodisiac aroma in Western perfume culture. Here are two TV commercials for mass-marketed drugstore brand Jovan Musk from 1981 and 1985. The latter is fronted by Billy Dee Williams. The original Musk was launched...
Peter Andre to Launch Signature Scent {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Singer Peter Andre, the ex-husband of Katie Price aka Jordan is following in his ex's footsteps. He announced that he is going to launch a masculine perfume in 2010 as well as a line of grooming products and promises that...
The Beautiful Mind Series Intelligence & Fantasy (2010) {New Perfume}
Aedes have announced the January 2010 launch of a new perfume label, The Beautiful Mind Series which will be inaugurated with Intelligence and Fantasy composed by perfumer Geza Schoen of Molecule-01 repute. The nose wanted to tie in his love...
Esteban Bois Plume & Bois Velours (2009) {New Fragrances}
Esteban have launched a duo of personal Eaux de Toilette called Bois Plume (Feathery Wood) and Bois Velours (Velvety Wood) in the collection Les Boisés (Woods) to "warm up and soften winter..." They "let their imagination take flight to far...
Histoires de Parfums Moulin Rouge 1889 (2009): Impressions, Scent Notes, Stories: A Demonstration of Its Ineffability? {Perfume Review}
The new Moulin Rouge 1889 by Histoires de Parfums is named after the famous Parisian cabaret, the birth place of French Can Can, and the date of its establishment. 1889 is also in the history of Western perfumery the year...
Yves Rocher Obituary - Décès d'Yves Rocher (April 7th, 1930 - December 26th, 2009) {Fragrance News}
Yves Rocher, President-Founder of the Yves Rocher Group, the world 18th leading business company, died in Paris at the hospital Lariboisière on December 26th, 2009 from a sudden vascular brain accident. Yves Rocher was born on April 7th, 1930 in...
Two Articles on Fragrance-Making: The Aesthetizing of Perfume Discourse {The 5th Sense in the News}
Two articles in Le Monde cover the topic of perfume and indirectly reveal some discrepancies between the discourses of the actors, namely the perfumers here, and the more hard-nosed and less poetic reality of the business of perfume-making. As a...
Is l'Heure Bleue an Impressionistic Perfume?: 25th January 2010 at the Sorbonne {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
For perfume lovers in Paris on January 25, 2010 there will be a program at the Sorbonne at 20:30 pm combining a live study of impressionism in music and perfume. The event is organized by the Service Culturel des Etudiants...
Byredo Baudelaire (2009): Les Fleurs du Banal {Perfume Review}
Baudelaire (1821-1867) by Nadar, 1856I am sorry to break Christmas truce so early (for those who celebrate it), but I urgently feel the need to defend Baudelaire's memory and name.Baudelaire EDP is a new offering by Swedish perfume label Byredo....
L'Artisan Parfumeur Al Oudh (2009): Taming The Oud or a Black Panther Turned Tortoise {Perfume Review}
The latest work for l'Artisan Parfumeur by Bertrand Duchaufour, Al Oudh, is an attempt it seems to capture the authentic, traditional personality of oud or agarwood (some of its other names are listed here) while taming it in advance in...
Mascara-Brush & Perfume Talk with Demi Moore & Rachel Zoe {Perfume Images & Adverts}
Christmas shopping offer from Demi Moore: If you buy any sizes of Wanted perfume (see review), you will get a free full-size Lash Queen Mascara at select Macy's. It's new and Rachel Zoe says she can tell it's good just...
Madonna Nudes 1979 Musical, Sensual (2010) {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Following the launch of an initial quatuor of Madonna Nudes 1979 scents in 2006, four more perfumes will be introduced in 2010. To begin with, Musical and Sensual will appear early next year. The collection is not endorsed by Madonna...