Italian fashion designer Renato Balestra named his 2009/2010 Fall/Winter collection after his new fragrance Diamante Nero (Black Diamond) to honor its launch. The collection featured designs illustrative of the stone. The presentation culminated in an outfit called Il Diamante Nero......
December 2009 Archives
Frazer Parfum Opens Pop Up Perfumery & Launches Parfums Solides {Fragrance News}
South-Africa based perfume house Frazer Parfum will inaugurate a pop up perfumery at Hawksmoor Antiques from 15 December 2009 to 15 February 2010 in Cape Town. The house is an all-natural perfumery seeking inspiration in travels made to the sources...
Osmotheque Conference on Rigaud The Perfumer-Turned-Candle-Maker, Dec 15, 2009 {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
The Osmothèque is organizing a conference on Rigaud the 19th century perfumer est. 1852 famous for Eau de Kananga (1869) and Un Air Embaumé (1914). They are now mostly known for their candles and the iconic Cyprès candle in particular...
Fragrances of the World 2010 by Michael Edwards {Fragrance News} {Fragrant Reading}
International perfume expert Michael Edwards has published the 26th annual edition of his work with Fragrances of the World 2010/ Parfums du Monde 2010. The new edition lists 7000 fragrances including 800 new releases. The cover features an artwork by...
A Letter from Mayor Bloomberg to Creed on the Occasion of the Madison Boutique Opening {Fragrance News} {Perfume History}
The opening of a new Creed boutique on Madison Avenue received the attention of Mayor Bloomberg who sent a letter of welcome to the perfume house on the occasion of its inauguration.My French translation is available after the jump/Ma traduction...
Scarlett Johansson Replaces Gisele Bundchen as the Face of Dolce & Gabbana The One {Fragrance News} {Perfume Adverts} {Celebrity Scents}
The winter shopping season 2009 sees a new advertising and spokesperson for Dolce & Gabbana The One previously advertised with model Gisèle Bündchen who is an expectant mother. Scarlett Johansson was recently seen as the face of Dolce & Gabbana's...
Chanel Paris-Shanghai Pre-Fall Metiers d'Art Collection Highlights {Fashion Notes}
Before the showFor its eight edition of the Métiers d'Art collection the theme was devoted to the sophistication of a city, Shanghai and its imperial, Jazz Age and Maoist past. The pre-fall collection is meant to showcase the luxury artisan...
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Billboard in Paris Fall 2009 {Perfume Images & Adverts}
As part of the new Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male/Classique advertising campaign, a giant billboard purports to be a showstopper in the Paris landscape during the 2009 Holidays shopping season.The advertising plays on the ambiguity of a masculine image that...
New 2009 Advertising Campaigns for Le Male & Classique {Perfume Images & Adverts}
Perfume is the trace of oneself that one leaves behind in one's absence in the new 2009 advertising campaigns for Classique (1993) & Le Mâle (1995). They were respectively created by perfumers Jacques Cavallier and Francis Kurkdjian. Classique initially launched...
Coco Chanel Travels in Dream to Shanghai, Sprays No5 {Perfume Images & Ads}
Ensconced in the short 20 mn film signed Karl Lagerfeld called Paris-Shanghai: The Trip that Coco Chanel Only Made in her Dreams is a brief scene with the No5... in 1960s Maoist China. The story goes back in time evolving...
Serge Lutens to Open Standalone Store in Marrakech {Fragrance News}
According to Women's Wear Daily, Serge Lutens will open a store in La Mamounia in Marrakech where the founder's main residence is incidentally located. This is to respond to an interest in luxury goods emanating from the new Moroccan middle...
Upcoming Bottega Veneta Women's Perfume {Fragrance News}
Italian lifestyle and fashion brand Bottega Veneta just reached an agreement with Coty, Inc. They will launch a personal women's perfume in 2011 as their first foray into the fine fragrance world, to be followed by others. 2005 saw an...
Van Cleef & Arpels Oriens (2010) {New Perfume}
Van Cleef & Arpels will introduce a new women's perfume in March of 2010 called Oriens, Latin for the Orient. The fruity floral chypre was composed by perfumer Bernard Ellena of Symrise in collaboration with licence holder Inter Parfums SA....
Esxence The Scent of Excellence the 2nd Edition: Milano, March 25-28, 2010 {Fragrance News}
Inaugurated in April 2009, Esxence will convene for its second annual edition in Milan from March 25 to 28, 2010 at the Museo della Permanente, Via Turati. The event accessible by invitation only is dedicated to the promotion of artistic...
Annick Le Guerer Si Le Parfum m'etait Conte (2009) {Fragrant Reading} {Fragrance News}
Perfume author Annick Le Guérer will publish a new book from December 17, 2009 entitled Si le parfum m' était conté (If The Story of Perfume Were Told to Me) at Editions Garde-Temps made in collaboration with l'Osmothèque in Versailles....