Mélanie Thierry just received the César prize for "meilleur espoir feminine" (best up-and-coming female actress). Although celebrity and perfume do not seem to mesh as well in French culture as in American pop culture, lately an effort has been made...
March 2010 Archives
Jennifer Aniston To Pour Her Anger (lina) into a New Perfume Instead of Drinking It...Just Kidding - Update
As reported back in 2007, the rumors then started circulating of a possible upcoming perfume signed by Friends icon Jennifer Aniston. Three years later, it seems that the rumor has been confirmed by a source close to the actress. The...
Issey Miyake Will Launch A Scent Eau de Parfum Florale (2010): Floral Twist {New Perfume}
{A fragrance review of Issey Miyake A Scent Eau de Parfum Florale has been added to the blog!}From April 15th 2010 designer Issey Miyake will launch a new iteration of the 2009 A Scent {see review} introduced last year as...
Lanvin Albert Elbaz Signs Two Parisian-Chic Postal Stamps {Fashion Notes}
On January the 10th 2010, the French postal services released two limited-edition postal stamps bearing the smart Lanvin label and signed by its artistic director Albert Elbaz (one of the two I scanned above as they are sold)......
Alexander McQueen at Neiman Marcus: Fashion Giggle of the Morning {Fashion Notes}
So this morning I see this link to Alexander McQueen in my newsletter from Neiman Marcus: The Art of Fashion. I click on it, I see the "Mermaid Racerback Tankdress." Then I scroll down to look at other models and...
Jacomo Art Collection #02, #08, #09 (2010): Anti-Consensual Gourmands {New Perfumes}
Jacomo Parfums, whose last perfume launch was the flanker to the quasi classic Silences (1978), Silences Purple in 2004, has launched a series of three feminine perfumes in February 2010 called Art Collection by Jacomo which includes three scents...
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Bouquet No.1 (2010) {New Perfume}
A second Aqua Allegoria called Bouquet No.1 will launch this spring and will be more widely available from April 2010, a month after the introduction of the upcoming Flora Nymphéa......
Jun Takahashi Comme des Garçons Undercover Holygrace and Holygrapie (2010) {New Perfumes}
Designer and artist Jun Takahashi has collaborated with perfume brand Comme des Garçons to release two new perfumes named after his own fashion label Undercover and inspired by his enigmatic universe, in particular his fantastic plush animals, the Graces. The...
Lush Turns To Bath and Body Products For Fragrance Inspiration (2010) {New Perfumes}
Following a perfumery trend which attempts to blur boundaries between Haute and Low Perfumery, i.e., bath and body products usually referred to as functional perfumery, Lush have turned four of their popular toiletry scents into limited-edition perfumes. They are So...
Jean Paul Gaultier Ma Dame Eau de Parfum (2010): Black Vinyl Roses {New Perfume}
John Galliano this spring may be going in a lighter direction with his new Eau de Toilette, but Jean Paul Gaultier is doing the reverse and proposing a darker, more rock n' roll and glamor version of Ma Dame EDT,...
John Galliano Eau de Toilette (2010): Le Parfum No.2 de John Galliano {New Perfume}
John Galliano is proposing a new twist on his debut signature perfume John Galliano Eau de Parfum, a composition which was inspired by the scent of Haute Couture ateliers. From April 2010, the designer will launch John Galliano, the Eau...
Balenciaga Paris Eau de Parfum (2010): The Story of Balenciaga in 3 Acts or The Pure White Violets of the Future {Fragrance Review} {Violet Notebook}
Balenciaga Paris is the new perfume of the renascent perfume house of Balenciaga, a project which was first announced in October 2008. The scent was launched for the press in December 2009 and released this spring 2010. Developed under the...