The latest perfume by Serge Lutens, Bas de Soie (Silk Stockings) offers two obvious lines of continuity with the Palais Royal collection. First, it now composes a quatuor with the previous more or less loosely fashion-themed fragrances Serge Noire (Black...
May 2010 Archives
Paco Rabanne Lady Million (2010): Snapping My Fingers Right Back at You {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
Paco Rabanne have unveiled their upcoming new feminine fragrance, the counterpart to best-selling 1 Million. It is called Lady Million and is fronted by model Dree Hemingway snapping her fingers like her male predecessor. One of the playful concepts for...
Roja Dove Diaghilev (2010): V & A Pay a Chypré Homage to Founder of Ballets Russes {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
Fragrance expert Roja Dove has collaborated with the Victoria & Albert Museum to release a limited-edition perfume from September 2010 inspired by the personality and art of Serge Diaghilev, the impresario of the legendary Ballets Russes. The V & A...
Paul & Joe Blanc, Bleu (2003) have been Repackaged {Fragrance News - New Flacons}
Fragrances Blanc and Bleu by Paul & Joe design label which were launched in 2003 in cute retro-boudoir styled bottles similar to the packaging used for the foundations and nail polishes of the brand have now doned on new garbs....
Avril Lavigne Forbidden Rose (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Avril Lavigne will roll out a new fragrance called Forbidden Rose in July and at the beginning of August 2010 following her debut scent Black Star. The tag line is "Dare to Discover" which is said to be a message...
Meetup with Camille Goutal at Le Bon Marché, May 29th, 2010 {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Camille Goutal the daughter of Annick Goutal founder of the house of Goutal who now acts as its artistic director will be at Parisian department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche on Saturday May 29th, 2010 from 3 pm to...
Christopher Brosius Talks with the Wall Street Journal {The 5th Sense in the News}
Perfumer Christopher Brosius of Brooklyn-based CB I Hate Perfume, whom we interviewed once, on the blog retraces his career itinerary with the WSJ and says he plans to maybe open a store in Manhattan, move to a bigger plant thanks...
Hampton Sun Privet Bloom (2007): Too Little and Too Much {Fragrance Review}
Hampton Sun is a sun care luxury brand dedicated to "smart serious sunbathing." They launched Privet Bloom edt and edp in 2007 which are inspired like the rest of the brand's products by the "beautiful beaches of the Hamptons." The...
Do Men Like Short Hair? {Beauty Notes}
©GettyThe ladies over at The Daily Makeover did a poll this week on men's tastes for short hair on women."With sexy celebs like Hayden Panettiere and Renée Zellweger chopping off their long locks in favor of shorter styles, we had...
The Art & Technology of Luxury Fragrance Bottles: Not only the Look but the Weight & the Sound Matter...So True {Fragrant Reading}
A February 2010 article in Cosmetics Business reports about recent trends in fragrance-bottle making and what makes a luxury perfume flacon truly tick. I especially loved the passage where specialists point out to the importance of the feeling of weight...
W Magazine Visits Serge Lutens's Abode in Marrakech {Fragrant Readings}
The June 2010 issue of W Magazine has a story on the house designed by Serge Lutens in Marrakech. The place itself is reportedly little lived-in as Lutens prefers the more humane proportions of a modest studio on the outskirts...
Le Jardin Parfumé (2010): New Reference Book on Scented Plants, with a Foreword by Jean-Paul Guerlain {Fragrant Readings}
A new book entitled Le jardin parfumé (The Perfumed Garden) dealing with the topic of how to select 450 of the most fragrant and diffusive species to plant in your garden is out since March 2010. It is authored by...
Chanel Taps into House Symbols for New Masculine Scent while Asking Scorsese to Direct his Bleu {New Perfume}
Chanel have let out further information about their upcoming masculine fragrance after releasing preliminary information in February 2010 which confirmed the participation of Martin Scorsese as the director for their new advertising campaign. A picture bathed in blue light from...
Olfactory Reference Syndrome: The Illusion of Smelling Bad {The 5th Sense in the News}
A rare form of obsessive compulsive disorder called Olfactory Reference Syndrome (ORS) has been identified and referenced more or less informally for more than a century but still awaits fuller recognition to enter an official classification of mental disorders, namely...
Gucci by Gucci Sport pour Homme (2010): Escapist Fig {Perfume Review} {Men's Cologne}
Gucci by Gucci Sport pour Homme is a follow-up to Gucci by Gucci pour Homme (2008). I miss somewhat the retro glamor of the Tom Ford period and the less-than-tepid personality of his art-directed Gucci pour Homme (2003), but Gucci...