WWD have announced that Gucci will launch a new feminine fragrance (release date and name still under wraps) which will be fronted by young actress and singer Rachel Evan Wood who was picked for her mix of international recognition and...
June 2010 Archives
Paco Rabanne Lady Million (2010): Definining Femininity & the Amorous Code {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance}
Lady Million is the new, much anticipated release by Paco Rabanne following the top-of-the-chart successful men's version 1 Million which launched in 2008. So hooked are people on the original cologne that a 200 ml size oversized flacon was released...
Salvador Dali Laguna Maravilla (2010) {New Perfume}
Parfums Salvador Dali will launch a new women's perfume called Laguna Maravilla. It is a flanker to Laguna (1991) and was created by perfumer Marc Buxton of Symrise the original composer of Laguna. The fragrance, which is said to invite...
Meet & Greet with Etienne de Swardt from Etat Libre d'Orange in NYC June 15th, 2010 {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Founder of Etat Libre d'Orange Etienne de Swardt is in town to present one of the brand's latest launches Tilda Swinton Like This. The Meet-and-Greet is tomorrow Tuesday June 15th, 2010 at the New London Pharmacy in New York City...
Quintessentially Perfume is New Tome on Fragrance {Fragrant Reading}
Quintessentially Publishing Ltd have released a new book on perfume comprising 9 chapters and 212 pages covering this history of 40 brands, both designer and niche ones. The book entitled Quintessentially Perfume is a collection of interviews and articles by...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Dmx:
What smells good does not necessarily taste good when it comes to perfume. Rapper Dmx recalls his abusive mother and how as a kid he was driven to drink her perfume out of sheer hunger......
An Eye for Perfume, Always {Scented Thoughts}
When I watch movies, of course, I tend to notice more than your average person perfume scenes. In the past, I wrote about the movie in this regard, Perfume (I know, the 2nd part is still to be written) and...
Diptyque Eau Duelle (2010): Dual Vanilla {New Fragrance}
Niche perfume house Diptyque, which just launched a new vetiver scent Vetyverio, is preparing to introduce a novel vanilla composition this fall which takes inspiration from the spice trade and the meeting of civilizations between East and West. The tag...
Estée Lauder Pleasures Bloom (2010) {New Perfume}
Estée Lauder will introduce a new companion scent to their best-seller Pleasures (1996) created by Alberto Morillas called Pleasures Bloom from July 2010. The fruity-floral scent is said to be have been updated in order to feel more contemporary and...
Alexa Chung to be Face of New Lacoste Perfume {Fragrance News}
Alexa Chung in a Marc Jacobs dress at the CFDA Fashion AwardsAlexa Chung, the it-girl with an it-bag, the "Alexa"by Mulberry inspired by her, is going to lend her face and name to yet another good with her participation in...
Yves Rocher Vanille Noire (2010): Triple Vanilla {New Perfume}
Yves Rocher will introduce a new fragrance as part of their more select collection entitled Secrets d'Essences which year after year showcases a qualitative natural perfumery material benefiting from careful selection, state-of-the-art extraction methods and a famous perfumer's signature. After...
Nina Ricci Nina L'Elixir (2010): Fronted by Pop Singer Florrie Arnold {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Nina Ricci will launch a new variation of the original Nina (2006) from mid-August 2010 called Nina L'Elixir. The ad campaign has been refreshed as well with a new icon to embody the Nina princess: up-and-coming British pop singer Florrie...
Penhaligon's Jubilee Bouquet, Zizonia (2010) {New Perfumes}
Penhaligon's will release two new perfumes in their Anthology series from August 9th, 2010 called Jubilee Bouquet and Zizonia. The collection has been majoritarily used to showcase, quite unexpectedly at first but famously by now, modern reformulations of classics by...
Article about Naturel Perfumers: Nature's Bounty vs. Man-Made Stench {The 5th Sense in the News}
The NYT has an article about several American natural perfumers and the passion that drives them to source ingredients from their gardens, leave more lucrative jobs and believe that there can be a craft of natural perfumery which runs parallel...
CK Obsession for Men more Important than Food to Big Felines {The 5th Sense in the News}
The best customers for CK Obsession for Men might be jungle cats or rather the zoologists who research (and enable) them. In a procedure called "scent enrichment" conservationists use all sorts of scents to "enhance" the lives of big cats...