After the launch of Leiber by Judith Leiber in 2007 and a hiatus, the luxury clutch maker to the stars is going back to the world of perfume and preparing to launch a new women's fragrance from January 2011...
December 2010 Archives
Natura Brasil Essencial Exclusivo (2010) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
Brazilian beauty brand Natura Brasil have introduced a new men's perfume called Essencial Exclusivo. "The first inhale of this warmhearted fragrance expresses with simplicity the very essence of man." The scent is said to rest on the force of woodsy...
SC Johnson Takes the Lead with Fragrance-Ingredient Family Standard of Transparency {Fragrance News}
Company SC Johnson have announced the introduction of a new Family Standard of Transparency which goes beyond industry standard and will include full disclosure of fragrance ingredients on products, as well as of dye ingredients. From November 25, 2010 an...
Perfumes that Bring Good Luck {Trend Alert} {Fragrance Shopping List}
Perfumes were invested with magical powers by the archaic mind. It is therefore not surprising to rediscover this running thread in the history of fragrances to be still well and alive in today's neon-lit stores and supermarkets. There are...
Dita Von Teese is Shopping for a Fragrance Deal {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
This post could be titled "The angst of birthing a celebrity fragrance" According to WWD, burlesque icon Dita Von Teese, who is now living between Paris and LA, has been shopping around for a fragrance deal. A triggering event has...
Robert Piguet Calypso (2010): The Archetypal Vagueness, Conviviality & Lived-in Signature of a Parisian Chypre {Fragrance Review}
Balmain (blue) and Piguet (pink) models in 1951 Calypso is the latest recreation by the Robert Piguet label which aims to offer the luxury of vintage flair in a world full of recent launches, by building in part on...
Perfumer Gilles Romey Talks about Coffee {Perfume Images & Ads}
A perfumer emerges froms the shadows In this 2001 commercial for the French brand of coffee Carte Noire, a parfumeur-créateur, Gilles Romey, appears in a rare occurrence of use of a perfumer as a public figure......
When the Parisian Metro Smelled of Carnation in 1959 {Perfume Images & Ads}
L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) holds quite a reserve of perfumes reels. In this one, you can watch a segment on the Parisian metro filmed in 1959 where a journalist, Michel Péricard, asks an RATP engineer, M. Mamier, about the...
Bath & Body Works Secret Wonderland (2010) {New Fragrance}
Bath and Body Works have launched a new fragrance in the Signature Collection called Secret Wonderland. It is a fantasy perfume resting on an accord of strawberries and snow-covered jasmine,"Master perfumers have blended luscious strawberry and frosted jasmine petals with...
Zippo The Original (2010) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
The American brand of lighters Zippo created in 1932 in Bradford, PA have launched their debut fragrance for Men called Zippo The Original. The brand put emphasis on the iconicity of the lighter's design and reveal that they have...
The Body Shop Midnight Bakula (2010) {New Fragrance}
The Body Shop is offering a new white-floral composition baptized Midnight Bakula (Mimusops Elengi) inspired by an ancient plant used in Ayurveda medecine. Its flowers have the property of retaining their fragrance for a long time, even after they have...
Avon Diamond (2010): Fronted by Salma Hayek {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
French Avon have released a new fragrance called Diamond, not to be confused with Rare Diamonds also new this year in the American market. While the latter is billed as a floral-oriental scent, the first one is presented as a...
Marilyn Miglin Zanzi (ca. 2010): Feel Like You're in an Uninhabited Jungle {New Perfume}
Marilyn Miglin has launched a new fragrance called Zanzi. It is inspired by a trip the beauty entrepreneur took to Zanzibar and in particular by a scent which permeated the air wherever she would go without being able to identify...
The Body Shop Dreams Unlimited (2010): The Authorial, Inspirational & Ecological Edges {New Fragrance}
The Body Shop have launched a new feminine perfume called Dreams Unlimited. In what looks like a first for the brand, the USA website is also advertising the names of the two perfumers who composed the fragrance: IFF's Loc Dong...
The Body Shop Sparkling Apple / Pomme Pétillante (2010) {New Fragrance}
The Body Shop have released a new Eau de Toilette called Sparkling Apple / Pomme Pétillante which is described as a green scent, one of the rarer fragrance families available on the market according to Fragrances of the World...