July 2010 Archives

Friday, 30 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Beyoncé Heat Ultimate Elixir (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

Singer Beyoncé Knowles will follow up on the success of her debut fragrance launch Heat (review here) with a new limited-edition flanker to be introduced in September 2010 called Heat Ultimate Elixir by Beyoncé. The concentration is dubbed a "parfum"...

Thursday, 29 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Dita von Teese Will Wink at You if You Order a Perrier {Beauty Notes - Icons}

You're on vacation and you order a Perrier water with lemon wedges, one of the eternal drink staples of café society and ideal holiday sips after a day of dehydration and salt overload. Little did you suspect that your classic,...

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

30 of the Very Best Beach & Marine Fragrances - Part 1 {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List}

Countryside by the sea © The Scented Salamander 30 OF THE VERY BEST BEACH & MARINE FRAGRANCES - PART I It's beach time! (in your mind)We could look at beach and marine fragrances from a purely practical and functional...

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Beach Edition Coming Up

I am not exactly living under the roof of this charming little house, but not far. Since I had to go to the beach to be inspired to do a Beach Edition, we'll be reporting back from the sand and...

Friday, 23 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Miller Harris at the White House, in Perfumed Spirit Form {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Scents}

London-based Miller Harris are bouncing with joy today as the news have spread in national newspapers that four of their scented candles were selected by wife of British Prime Minister Samantha Cameron to offer to First Lady Michelle Obama. Samantha...

Friday, 23 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

The Pros & Cons of Modern Fragrance by IFRA, September 9, 2010 in Paris {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}

IFRA (International Fragrance Organization) is organizing a new edition of their half-day conference entitled The Pros and Cons of Modern Fragrance, to be held this year in Paris on September 9, 2010 from 9 am to 13:15 pm. Last year...

Thursday, 22 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Aniston says Last Minute Change of Name Lolavie due to Lola by Marc Jacobs {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}

©Mike Marsland, croppedJennifer Aniston, when asked during the launch of her debut scent at Harrods by Reuters why it is that she changed the name of her fragrance at the eleventh hour (not for the first time though), answered that...

Thursday, 22 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

4 Sexy Paris Sillages: Perfumes that Say Follow Me, Fragrances that Say Remember Me {Fragrances of Paris} {Perfume Streetwear}

How best to report on sexy fragrances but as a form of up-to-the-minute account of what you encountered on the street when you were involuntarily pulled into the aura of seduction of a perfume?The following are four perfumes that made...

Thursday, 22 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Katy Perry Purr (2010): California Gurls Meet Catwoman {New Fragrance} (Celebrity Perfume}

Pop singer Katy Perry will launch her debut signature fragrance in November 2010. It is called Purr and is inspired by a sartorial accessory, a catwoman suit of hers, as well as clearly the oh-so-fun over-the-top candy-park theme of her...

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

First Look at the Outer Packaging for Jennifer Aniston EDP The Debut Fragrance {Perfume Images & Ads}

©Mike MarslandWe reported earlier on today that a new fragrance name had been proposed by Harrods for the new Jennifer Aniston perfume on the occasion of its worldwide premiere in London. Now entitled The Debut Fragrance on their merchant website,...

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Latest Update on Jennifer Aniston's Fragrance's Name: It's Now Called "The Debut Fragrance" {Perfume News} {Celebrity Fragrance}

© P. Le SegretainIn the latest twist concerning Jennifer Aniston's perfume, we learn via Harrods newsletter this time that it's now been titled on their website "The Debut Fragrance." If they had put back "Lolavie" after telling us it was...

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Marc Jacobs Lola (2009): Femme-Fatale Accord for a Real-Life Screen Siren {Perfume Review & Musings}

Lola by Marc Jacobs, we were told when it was set to come out last year, is a more smoldering Daisy. The different flacons containing the perfume look fab; they are putting frilly back into fashion. When the bottles seem...

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Video Interview with Perfumer Calice Becker from 2008 {Scented Thoughts}

Perfumer Calice Becker, the author of J'Adore by Dior, Tommy Girl, Estée Lauder Beyond Paradise for Men and Women, Calvin Klein Secret Obsession, Marc Jacobs Lola, Vera Wang Rock Princess and more, who works in New York City is interviewed...

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Britney Spears Unveils Teaser for Radiance (2010) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}

Singer Britney Spears will release a new fragrance from September 2010 called Radiance following up on last year's Circus Fantasy. It will be her ninth perfume.The look of the packaging is novel; there's been an effort to think outside of...

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 By Chant Wagner

Lolavie is Out, Jennifer Aniston is In: Name-Change Shocker, or Not {Fragrance News} {New Perfume} {Celebrity Scent}

In interesting - no, wait, make that earth-shattering fragrance-onomastics news, we learn through the press office of Harrods of London that the new perfume by Jennifer Aniston to launch tomorrow at the department store is not called Lolavie anymore but...

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