Michael Kors starts as a big tuberose perfume with a carnal, fleshy and gasoline character sweetened by light amber and attenuated further by a soft velvety iris impression that the brand likes to call "blue orris".......
January 2010 Archives
Worth Couture is Back {Fashion Notes}
Fashion editor Suzy Menkes jotted down a few notes about the return of the house of Worth......
The Scented Salamander at Number 25 in Wikio Fashion Top Blog Ranking {Fragrance News}
Peter George d'Angelino Tap, UntitledTwo Wikio editors contacted me over a period of two weeks to let me know that The Scented Salamander was ranked at number 25 in their Fashion Top Blog ranking......
Sex in the City Love {Flacon Faux Pas}
"Finding the fugliest flacons so that you don't have to,"......
Michael Todd Swingle (2010): Whichever Way You Swing {New Perfume}
I wanted to present these perfumes to you because I find it so interesting that perfume is more that an assemblage of aromatic drops but reflects the preoccupations of society as well. Here the main distinguishing feature calling our...
Kim Kardashian Eau de Parfum (2010): Bombshell White Floral with a Touch of Sorrow {Perfume Review} (Celebrity Fragrance}
Kim Kardashian Eau de Parfum Review: Clowns and BellesKim Kardashian EDP opens on a white gardenia note with airy nuances and transparent orange-y overtones which evolves into a creamier and more powdery white floral accord including tuberose and jasmine. These...
You're Invited to the Live Show of Dior Homme 2010-2011 Tomorrow at 3 PM Paris Time {Fashion Notes}
Interview with Stephen Weller, IFRA Director of Communications: Fragrance Safety vs. Perfume Creation? {Perfume Q & A)
Introduction There have been many concerns expressed in the world of fragrance consumers - of fine fragrances in particular - about the regulatory activities of the International Fragrance Association or IFRA. We don't think we are too far off...
Meet Lev Glazman of Fresh at Sephora Boston January 22, 2010 {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Serge Gainsbourg Loved to Wear...{Celebrity Perfume - What Celebs Wear}
You can now smell Like singer Serge Gainsbourg if you wish to as Van Cleef and Arpels have released official information about his signature cologne which happens to be one of their offerings......
Les Parfums de Rosine Rose d'Amour (2005): Uncompromising Constructivist Rose {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
Rose d'Amour (Rose of Love) is a rose composition inspired by Chanel No5 and its original dwarfing overdose of aldehydes. What I like about this perfume is that perfumer Camille Latron managed to convey the modernist, daring and revolutionary sides...
Mally: The Fragrance (2009): Sampaguita or Gamma-Decalactone Fantasy Tropical Soliflore {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Mally Roncal is a makeup artist to celebrities, the likes of Beyoncé, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez and many more. She launched a cosmetics line which she sells on QVC and Mally Beauty. She also founded a company called Mally Girl....
Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio (2010): Dual Spiritual and Gourmand Fig {Perfume Review & Musings}
Ninfeo Mio is named after a masterpiece of garden art, the latter the happenstance result of the Italian Duke Onorato Caetani having married an English woman, Ada, with a passion for greenery. The Giardino di Ninfa located in the vicinity...
Issey Miyake A Scent (2009): Green Spa Tranquillity {Perfume Review}
