Aveda are launching a specially packaged Pink Ribbon Hand-Relief cream for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The tube becomes partly ribboned in pink and reminds you in English and French across the raspberry-colored strip, "Have you had your annual breast exam?"...
October 2010 Archives
3 Meetups with Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour in New York City {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Busy New Yorkers will have 3 different opportunities to meet and greet perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour on the occasion of the launch of the new Penhaligon's Sartorial and L'Artisan Parfumeur Traversée du Bosphore, both inspired by special atmospheric locales, from Savile...
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady (2010): Creative Improvisation {New Fragrance} {Rose Notebook}
The upcoming launch by Editions de Parfums, spearheaded by Frédéric Malle its founder publisher and self-described evaluator, is called Portrait of a Lady. It is a composition signed by perfumer Dominique Ropion for whom Malle professes great admiration. The nose...
Yves Saint Laurent Belle d'Opium (2010): Sacrificed {Fragrance Review}
Belle D'Opium is the latest addition to the Opium franchise and destined to be a turning point as "a next-generation, younger version of Opium." While Yves Saint Laurent parfums have consistently pushed for the creation of annual flankers to the...
Thymes Brings Back Filigree for the Holidays (2010) {Fragrance News}
With the tag line "The return of a fan favorite", Thymes is launching a Special Edition Filigree eau de parfum this Holiday season. The fragrance had been discontinued in 2009 but daily mails ensured that the brand could not ignore...
Fresh Reintroduces Old Favorites With The Fragrance Bar {Fragrance News}
Back-by-Popular-Demand could be the name of one of the latest trends to be shaping up this year. We said that Caswell-Massey brought back Casma. Thymes have just reintroduced Filigree caving in to customers' requests. The defunct B Never Too Busy...
Prada Infusion D'iris Eau de Toilette (2010): Want to Powder Your Décolleté? {New Fragrance}
Prada have finally released their latest perfume, Infusion D'Iris Eau de Toilette, which they had announced before for spring 2010 but which is only now making it to the boutique shelves. It might have been worth the wait as it...
Jordin Sparks Because of You (2010): It's All About Being Fan Friendly {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
TV personality Jordin Sparks who won Season 6 of American Idol, sang the national anthem for Super Bowl 2008 as well as for the soundtrack of Walt Disney Beauty and the Beast (you can see perfume bottles in her video...
Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce Fragrance Raises Public Health Concerns {The 5th Sense in the News}
The chain of stores Abercrombie & Fitch is in the habit of wooing its customers by spraying their fragrance Fierce in the atmosphere of their boutiques. This olfactory branding approach has just now been given the big thumbs down by...
Starting To Think About Halloween 2010 {Fragrance Lists} {Visual & Scent Styling}
Wu Qi, Untitled from the series "The Day Doesn't Know the Dark of the Night."Before we talk about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to offer a rewind on Halloween fragrances to get an early head-start on the season's celebrations...
How To Do A Sexy Dark Lip + Fragrance Tips {Beauty Notes} {Visual & Scent Styling}
Victoria Stiles from The Daily Makeover tells us how to get that Sexy Dark Lip look just done right and about some of her favorite lip products while The Scented Salamander offers fragrance tips to go with the 2010 fall...
Lolita Lempicka Minuit Noir (2010) {New Perfume}
French designer Lolita Lempicka is launching a new version of her annual midnight-inspired take on the original Lolita Lempicka Eau de Parfum. In 2010 the seasonal flanker is called Minuit Noir (Black Midnight.) Eve's apple becomes the color and depth...