Last year, Parfums de Nicolaï released a new perfume dedicated to the heliotrope flower baptized Kiss Me Tender. While not totally absent from perfumery, it is not one of the most popular floral notes to be experienced today. Treated...
May 2011 Archives
Calvin Klein CK One Shock for Her & CK One Shock for Him (2011) {New Fragrances}
Calvin Klein will launch a new duo of fragrances called CK One Shock for Her and CK One Shock for Him from August 2011. As is understood from the tag line with which the perfumes are advertized, the scents address...
Patriotic Soft Soaps for the 4th of July {Shopping Tip of the Day}
It's never too early to shop for the 4th of July and get ready to dirty your hands on barbecue bits, then clean them. Bath and Body Works are having a sale for a set of soft soaps in flaming...
Victoria's Secret Become Fragrance Collectors for Summer 2011 {New Perfumes}
Lingerie and beauty brand Victoria's Secret have launched a collection of special, limited-editions for the summer of 2011 for four of their permanent perfumes. They are Bombshell Summer, Sexy Little Things Noir Summer, Dream Angels Heavenly Summer and Very Sexy...
DKNY Be Delicious New Pluralistic Ad Campaign with Chanel Iman & Fei Fei Sun {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Ads}
To reignite interest in the scent Be Delicious by DKNY, the brand has turned to the idea of a pluralistic advertising campaign giving more visible presence to so-called "minorities", which from the standpoint of the U.S. are becoming the majoritarians.......
New Chloé Ad Campaign with Imogen Poots & Camille Rowe Pourcheresse {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Ads}
Imogen & CamilleChloé, to fête the success of their pilar fragrance, Chloé (the one I sub-titled the Closet Rose Soliflore), will launch a new advertising campaign from September 2011. The two new faces for the perfume are British actress Imogen...
Hussein Chalayan Airborne, with Comme des Garçons (2011) {New Perfume}
Fashion designer Hussein Chalayan will launch his debut fragrance in collaboration with perfume and fahsion house Comme des Garçons. The perfume is named Airborne, like his 2007 fall-winter collection. The story behind the scent was to recreate his itinerary from...
Delarom Envolée de Freesia (2011): Wellness Water {New Fragrance}
Delarom, a French beauty brand specializing in aromachology which aims to promote wellness through scent carried either by alcoholic perfume or cosmetics, have released a new perfume called Envolée de Freesia (Surge of Freesia) Eau Parfumée. It follows up on...
Kat Von D Saint Angeles Eau Fraîche (2011) {New Fragrance - Limited Edition}
Tattoo artist Kat Von D introduced a new summertime version of Saint called Saint Angeles Eau Fraîche. It is exclusively available in a rollerball form. I like the fact that she gave a new, derived name to her limited-edition fragrance....
Heidi Klum Shine Just Launched (2011) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
After announcing in January 2011 that her debut scent would be developed by Coty Inc, top model Heidi Klum just launched her signature perfume called Shine. The name comes from an expression of appreciation that her husband, singer Seal, often...
Dita Von Teese Teases Us with New Scent {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Burlesque artist Dita Von Teese has announced via her Twitter account that her fragrance-development process is finally almost complete. She previously had mentioned that her signature perfume would not have anything to do with the broadest definition of the mainstream...
Elie Saab Le Parfum (2011): Le Ad, Le Flacon, Les Notes {New Perfume}
Couturier Elie Saab has unveiled the advertising and flacons for his debut fragrance simply called Le Parfum. Created by nose Francis Kurkdjian, who incidentally thought the newly married Duchess of Cambridge would wear it well, it is said to be...
Henrik of Denmark H Relies On The Positive Power of Negative Ions (2011) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
Henrik of Denmark, the Prince Consort of French origin to Queen Margrethe of Denmark born as Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, will launch his first perfume called H. According to AFP, the prince chose the ingredients of H himself. Among...
Coty is Bullish on Both Celebrity & Ultra Luxury Fragrances {Fragrance News}
In an interview given to Reuters during the Reuters Global Luxury and Fashion Summit, Bernd Beetz, Coty Inc, CEO reveals that the company has seen great sales figures in the celebrity-fragrance department with the Beyoncé (here and here) and Halle...
Benefit Ring My Bella Opens the Door to a Lingerie Shop (2011) {New Fragrance}
Benefit Cosmetics have introduced a new women's perfume in the Crescent Row collection from 2009 called Ring My Bella.... ...