To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the brand's landmark building, Elizabeth Arden have launched a new 100th anniversary / 100ème Anniversaire Red Door Edition for the perfume described as a "sensuous and sophisticated mélange of rare florals." The...
December 2010 Archives
M. Micallef Shanaan (2010) {New Fragrance}
M. Micallef have added a new fragrance to their collection Les Exclusifs called Shanaan. Known for her sense of sparkly whimsy as applied to perfume flacons, co-founder Martine Micallef is also able to offer regular output of new fragrances in...
Emmanuel Ungaro's Diva Dresses in Gold & Silver for the Holidays 2010 + An Aside on Perfume Authorship {Fragrance News - New Flacon}
A Limited-Edition of one of the most representative perfumes of the 80s, Diva, has been introduced to fête the Holidays 2010. Originally launched in 1983 and manufactured by Chanel, it has been officially attributed to perfumer Jacques Polge for the...
M. Micallef Pomme d'Amour (2010) {New Fragrance}
M. Micallef, a luxury artisanal niche perfume brand from the south of France, have released a new packaging and a new name for a fragrance formerly known as Vanille-Mandarine which had been introduced in 2007 as part of the exclusive...
Dana Tabu Diamond & Diamond Pink (2010) {New Fragrances}
Dana have launched a duo of flankers to the quasi unsung masterpiece Tabu (1932) - now called Original Tabu - in the Australian market. They are baptized Tabu Diamond and Tabu Diamond Pink."Australia's number 1 selling fragrance, Tabu is even...
Balmain Carbone (2010) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
Following up on their feminine launch of 2008, Ambre Gris, Balmain just introduced a new men's fragrance called Carbone. Its name is a reference to the masculine universe of an aesthet who lives both for high art and high technology...
Dior Diva Auction: Win a 5-Day Perfumery Course in NYC with Nose Jean Guichard {Fragrance News}
François Demachy: visual for the Dior Diva Auction campaign Dior are organizing several exclusive auctions to benefit the Look Good, Feel Better foundation, entitled the Dior Diva Auction. The one event which has to do with the 5th sense is the...
P & G or the Scent-Marketing Edge Applied to the Dry Cleaning Business {Fragrance News}
An article in the New York Times reports on the renewed attempt by Procter & Gamble to nail down the dry cleaning business with a new chain called Tide Dry Cleaners. A notoriously difficult industry to succeed in,.......
Barbara Orbison Pretty Woman (2009): Soft Olivine-Green Oriental {Fragrance Review} {Niche Celebrity Fragrance}
Pretty Woman is the debut fragrance of Barbara Orbison, the widow of singer Roy Orbison. It was named after the 1964 hit song "Oh, Pretty Woman" which was later made part of two film soundtracks, American Graffiti (1973) and...
Escada Taj Sunset (2010): Inspired by Sweet Goa {New Fragrance}
Escada have opted for an early release of their 2011 limited-edition fragrance Taj Sunset as it is already available in the USA at Sephora for the Holidays 2010. The initial Feburary-2011 launch date was apparently advanced......
Bases & Specialties in Perfumery: Lecture by Perfumers Jean Kerléo & Pascal Sillon on December 11, 2010 {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
The Osmothèque in Versailles is a relatively little known resource that can be tapped into by the general public who want to be more versed in the history of perfumery. Erudition shouldn't be considered off-putting as it is supported by...
Brecourt, A New French Perfume House (2010) {Fragrance News} {New Perfumes}
Don't you love discovering a new niche perfume house which is truly flying under the radar (I have a second one coming up and maybe a third and a fourth)? I just happened on the site of a new fragrance...
Avon Slip Into (2011): The Transformative Power of High Heels: Fronted by Christy Turlington {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
Avon will launch a new women's fragrance from January 2011 called Slip Into.When I first read the name of the new perfume I thought about lingerie. But no, it turns out to be about shoes... and empowerment, a very feminine...
New Advert for Dana English Leather Does Not Exactly Hit the Subtle Spot {Perfume Images & Ads}
One way to revive the classics is by making them look cooler. Here the new advert for English Leather by Dana initially released in 1949 deliberately plays with distanced tool-itude and a fratboy type of humor. Did they go overboard...
Steal Taylor Swift's Makeup Secrets! {Beauty Notes}
An editor at the Daily Makeover had an opportunity to sit down with Taylor Swift and pry some of her beauty secrets from her hands. Read below to see how creative Swift can get when in a fix.Photo: © Rick...