Sean John did so well for his first time on HSN that his perfume I Am King sold out in the first 15 mn of the show. After a caller asked if he would create an I Am Queen Perfume,...
December 2009 Archives
Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan Pocket-Sized + Chergui Miniature GWP {Shopping Tip}
Muscs Koublaï Khan by Serge Lutens is now available in the flat pocket-sized 50 ml spray bottles also called export bottles for a limited time only in the Collection Ephémère (Ephemeral Colleciton)."Le singulier pluriel... raffinement, cruauté, complexité des sens dans...
Nasomatto Black Afgano Extrait: Oversize This {New Flacon} {Luxury Perfume}
Nasomatto the Italian perfume brand that claims to be the work of a "crazy nose" might finally convince the last of the remaining skeptics that this is not just marketing. Black Afgano, an ink-colored hashish-based fragrance reportedly painstakingly sourced from...
JLO Blue Glow (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Jennifer Lopez just released a perfume called My Glow inspired by motherhood topped with a cutesie cherub. While her twins are growing, the Glow portfolio obviously wants to do the same. In February 2010, there will be a new Glow...
Aftelier Trevert (2009) {New Fragrance}
Mandy Aftel the owner of and perfumer for Aftelier the all-natural perfumery has released a new perfume called Trèvert, a portmanteau word meaning "very green" in French. "Verdant pine absolute, leafy flouve absolute, and ambery clary sage contribute to this...
Jaye Hersh It fragrance: So L.A. {Spotlight on a Brand}
I know there is that special brand of perfumes that incurs the favor of Californians and especially L.A.-based celebrities. My personal theory is that the largest egos do not wear perfume and when they do, they need hush-hush perfumes that...
16 Baby Approved Perfumes {Fragrance List} {Shopping Tips}
We are so used to representing to our selves the scents of babies as eminently desirable that the reaction to the idea of perfuming your little bundles of love can be one of incredulity or sarcasm. I remember years...
Sean John Unforgivable Night & I Am King of the Night (2009) {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Perfumes}
Sean John aka P Diddy is entering winter with two new nocturnal perfumes, Unforgivable Night for Men cologne, a flanker to Unforgivable and I Am King of the Night for Men, a variation on I Am King. The "night" motif...
Balenciaga Paris EDP: More News {New Perfume}
Balenciaga decided to launch their new perfume Balenciaga Paris which signs their return to the fragrance world in London yesterday on December 1, 2009. Coty Prestige UK Managing Director Liz Garrett stressed the importance of the event by calling it...
Keeping Up with the Kardashians Season Four {Cultural Notes}
Keeping Up with the Kardashians has nothing to do with Kim Kardashian perfume, yet everything to do with it. Reality TV is one of the passions of 21st century society and it is going to help create the publicity necessary...
Red Lipstick Series Starts with Crazy Horse Cabaret Lippie {Beauty Notes}
I have started The Red Lipstick Series to brighten the long winter days on Beauty & The Salamander. Check out Rouge Crazy today, inspired by the Crazy Horse Cabaret in Paris....
Another Episode in the Dispute between LVMH & eBay {Fragrance/Luxury News}
2009 Holidays window display at Louis VuittonNumber one luxury group LVMH has felt particularly targeted by the gray market and vulnerable to counterfeiters operating on the #1 online auction site eBay. In a step-up of their demands (see series...