British lingerie brand Agent Provocateur have released a new flanker to the original Agent Provocateur launched in 2000 - now called Agent Provocateur Signature. It is entitled L'Agent. The Eau de Parfum is reportedly a darker, deeper and more...
March 2011 Archives
See, You've Got to Love Fragrance to Sign a Celeb-Scent Deal: Case in Point George Clooney {Celebrity Perfume}
Spike TV Guys Choice Awards, June 2010Actor George Clooney was reportedly only mildly interested in making a fragrance line under his name in collaboration with Coty, Inc, which specializes, among other things, in celebrity scents. They are the people behind...
Shalimar Parfum Initial (2011): A New Nuance of Eroticism {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance}
Shalimar Parfum Initial is part of the cultural and marketing movement at Guerlain to revamp the classics-of-the classics that the house are famous for. Its name alludes to a song by Serge Gainsbourg, "Initial B. B.", while evoking a...
L'Occitane Plum Blossom - Fleurs de Brignolles EDT & Intense (2011) {New Fragrances - LImited Edition}
L'Occitane have launched a new spring-y perfume for the American market called Plum Blossom in English and Fleurs de Brignolles in French. The latter name pays homage to the celebration of the plum blossom season which takes place in the...
Top 10 Oscars Hairstyles {Beauty Notes}
Are you looking for some recent red-carpet inspiration for your do? Here are the Top 10 Oscars Hairstyles selected by the editors at Daily Makeover. The one question I have to ask is: if Reese Witherspoon's revivalist 60s, sophisticated ponytail...
Chanel Team Up with Colette for Giant Pop-Up Store, March 1st-10th 2011 {Fashion Notes}
Fashion likes to mix styles, they say. Chanel together with Parisian concept store Colette are illustrating this adage from March 1st to March 10th 2011 with the temporary set-up of a creative space of expression within the walls of a...
More Grease, More Porn, Thanks to Megan Fox for Armani Code Sport {Perfume Images & Ads}
If you felt like you needed to do a double-take for the new ads featuring Megan Fox for Armani Code Sport, their upcoming fragrance for men in June 2011, you are not the only one. After Marc Jacobs got fully...
Seveline Nature Vanille Gourmande, Pêche Sublime, Rose Intense {2011}: Organic and Cheap {New Perfumes}
Seveline is French brand of mass-marketed perfumes, part of the umbrella brand Laurence Dumont. They have released a collection of three natural and organic perfumes in the new Seveline Nature range. They are called Vanille Gourmande, Pêche Sublime and Rose...
Essence Blossoms Etc...Eau de Toilette (2011) {New Fragrance}
German beauty brand Essence will launch a new perfume as part of their spring 2011 makeup collection entitled Blossoms Etc...Sold in drugstore outlets in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and at Ulta in the US, their products are priced at the lower-end...
Paul Smith Rose Summer Edition 2011 {New Fragrance - Limited Edition}
Paul Smith will launch a new summer edition of the original Paul Smith Rose (2007), built on the eponymous variety. "Paul Smith Rose", the bloom, which was created by botanist Peter Beales, who first presented the new varietal at...
Dior To Let Go of John Galliano: When Provocation Goes Way Too Far {Fashion Notes}
Dior hired John Galliano in 1996 for a reason, because they wanted to rejuvenate their image with a huge dose of eccentricity and provocation. On March 1st, 2011, they decided it just went too far and did a disservice to...
Jo Malone Sakura Cherry Blossom (2011) {New Fragrance - Limited Edition}
Jo Malone will launch a new, limited-edition perfume from May 2011 called Sakura Cherry Blossom destined to celebrate the beauty and transiency of blossoming cherry trees in the springtime. The composition was created by perfumer Christine Nagel working in tandem...
The Different Company Pure Virgin (2011): Naive, Comfortable & Fresh {New Fragrance}
The Different Company have launched a new perfume for men and women called Pure Virgin. The tongue-in-cheek humor is used to designate a fragrance which was devised to evoke simplicity and the textural effect of a silk-and-cotton blend thanks to...
Cousu de Fil Blanc Absinthe, Poppy and Hemp (2011) {New Fragrances}
Cousu de Fil Blanc, a new brand established by co-founders Carole Dichampt and Caroline Burzynski-Delloye started off as an artisanal soap brand with recherché ingredients such as chestnut milk, mountain milk smelling of mountain pasture, and arty paper packaging as...
Rechristening of Perfumes at l'Artisan Parfumeur and Odin {Fragrances News}
Two perfumes (at least) have changed their names in the recent past. Lest this might spoil your fragrance experience by getting you confused, here are reminders of those changes. L'Artisan Parfumeur initially launched a vanilla composition under the name Havana...