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March 2010 Archives
Thierry Mugler A*Men Sunessence Edition Orage d'Eté (2010) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}
Thierry Mugler have introduced the first limited-edition of A*Men called A*Men Sunessence Edition Orage d'Eté (Summer Storm Edition) for spring-summer 2010."The energy of the sun regenerates A*Men in the midst of a summer storm. Between a sensual warmth and an...
Guerlain Habit Rouge Gentleman Driver Edition (2010) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}
Courtesy pictureGuerlain has released a limited-edition green woody interpretation of Habit Rouge Sport called in French Habit Rouge Edition Gentleman Driver. It is in a manner of speaking a nesting flanker to a flanker. The original matrix of this line...
Jo Malone Cologne Intense Quartet, in the Words of Perfumer Christine Nagel {New Fragrances 2010}
{A fragrance review of Jo Malone Rose Water & Vanilla Cologne Intense has been added to the blog!}{A fragrance review of Jo Malone Iris & White Musk Cologne Intense has been added to the blog!} After announcing the upcoming release...
Nina Ricci Le Paradis de Nina (2010) {New Perfume}
Nina Ricci will launch a new perfume this spring in the Nina collection called Le paradis de Nina (The Paradise of Nina.) Each year now the brand puts out a flanker building on the success of the original from 2006....
Diptyque to Launch Vetyverio (2010) {New Perfume}
A page from the raw-materials story board for Vetyverio.Niche perfumery house Diptyque will launch a new perfume from May 2010 called Vetyverio. It is said to be inspired by the vision of the bird named Pada of Java taking flight...
Monday Morning Bouquet of Readings {Fragrance & Beauty Reads}
A view of Paris in the morning ©The Scented SalamanderThe Beauty Beat:• The First USA National Beard & Moustache Championships• The Lipstick that Won't Quit: L'Oréal Infaillible / Never Fail• Marion Cotillard Plays in Humorous Anti Sexual Harassment CommercialTrend to...
Mary J Blige My Life (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Since the fall of 2008, news started circulating that singer Mary J Blige was going to launch her own signature perfume in collaboration with Carol's Daughter......
Parfumerie Générale Gardénia Grand Soir (2010): Gardenia Garden Party {Perfume Short (Review)}
A girl helping friend pin a gardenia on her dress before the Smith College Super Dance, 1937 © Time, Inc/Alfred EisenstaedtGardénia Grand Soir is one of the two latest limited-editions by French niche perfumery Parfumerie Générale to appear this spring,...
Armani Acqua di Gioia (2010): Primeval Woman {New Perfume}
Giorgio Armani is preparing to introduce a new perfume for women called Acqua di Gioia in June 2010 which is said to represent "...the new Eve of Armani seduction." Armani was inspired by water, the feminine form, the sea, nature...
Parfumerie Générale Bois Naufragé (2010): Perfume Translation of a Still Nude {Perfume Short (Review)}
Bois Naufragé (Shipwrecked Wood) is one of the two new compositions by perfumer Pierre Guillaume from French niche perfumery Parfumerie Générale. It is inspired by the picture entitled Le Nu au Bois Flotté by Lucien Clergue (1971) (see above) the...
Tova Turquoisé (2010) {New Perfume}
Popular fragrance developer Tova has introduced a new perfume called Tova Turquoisé. It is debuting on the Germany QVC site. If the name of the fragrance seems to be an allusion to a blue marine scent, there is no sign...
8 New Upcoming Books on Smell {Fragrant Readings} {Fragrance News}
Little girl smelling a flower at John F. Kennedy's wedding reception by Lisa Larsen, via All Posters.The upcoming months, from May to September 2010 will see the release of no less than 8 new books focusing on the sense of...
Smell Forensics of Old Books or Material Degradomics {Fragrant Readings}
An article looks at a new technique called "Material Degradomics" now used to diagnose the state of degradation of a book by using the sense of smell to analyze the famously musty odor profile of old, dusty tomes. "Dr...
The Latest Teachings in Perfumery are the Oxymoron and New Depth + Jo Malone Cologne Intense Collection (2010) {New Perfume} {Scented Thoughts}
Le saut dans le vide / The Leap into the Void, with Yves Klein. By Harry Shunk via Wikimedia Commons.By Chantal-Hélène WagnerLately, a number of perfumes have started trickling into the market which present a common point: the oxymoronic structure.They...