Model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the Body for the upcoming new fragrance, Burberry Body. The brand has unveiled the nude, barely trench-coat clad Rosie in a photography by Mario Testino. Wearing nothing else but the iconic piece of fashion,...
July 2011 Archives
Who Doesn't Like Nice-Smelling Hair? {Beauty & Olfaction}
Redken released a new delivery system this year for using perfume with Nature's Rescue Radiant Sea Spray. Since the days of Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific, the relationship of hair and perfume has become more muted, but it's by no...
Mary J. Blige's Follow-Up Act: My Life Blossom (2011) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
Mary J. Blige is following up on My Life with My Life Blossom, to debut on HSN on August 13, 2011. Her debut scent was considered a landmark event in that the singer managed to break sales' records with...
Venezia by Laura Biagiotti is Back (2011) {Fragrance News}
Italian designer Laura Biagiotti will relaunch her adulated fragrance from 1992, Venezia. An oriental with a distinctive personality and packaging, it had been erased from the perfume aisles except for a short re-introduction in 2002 in a 25 ml bottle...
Kim Kardashian Channels Glorious 50s in New Fragrance Commercial {Perfume Images & Ads}
Kim Kardashian has been spotted shooting for her new fragrance commercial which recreates all the elements of a retro 1950s atmosphere. The reality TV star asked her fans on Twitter who they thought she was channeling. It looks to us...
Yves Rocher Moment de Bonheur Pays Homage to the Queen of Flowers (2011) {New Fragrance}
Yves Rocher will launch a new women's perfume from September 2011 called Moment de Bonheur (Moment of Happiness.) The scent is dedicated to the beauty of rosa centifolia from Grasse. The composition is by perfumer Annick Menardo, who is...
Michael Kors to Launch Golden Version of Signature Scent {Fragrance News}
Michael Kors will introduce a fresher, sheerer version to his signature scent, Michael Kors EDP, the designer reveals in an interview with Allure magazine. The new perfume is called Gold Eau de Toilette and features notes of tuberose, magnolia,...
By Kilian will Inaugurate Deca-Aroma {Fragrance News}
By Kilian will launch a coffret edition of all 10 scents from l'Oeuvre Noire from September 2011. It is called Kilian Collection Découverte. It contains 10 spray flacons in 7,5 ml sizes which can be inserted in the decorative, sleek...
A Fragrance Book Shaped like a Famous Flacon {Fragrant Reading}
Perusing the virtual book aisles yields the information that there is going to be a bountiful crop of fragrance books in the upcoming months. If you like perfume as well as to sit by the fireplace, all at the same...
About 65 Mythical Perfumes {Fragrant Reading}
A new book on perfume will be introduced on September 29, 2011 entitled Parfums Mythiques authored by beauty writer Marie-Bénédicte Gauthier. The tome is devoted to covering the history of 65 legendary perfumes including Arpège, L'Air du temps, Eau sauvage,...
Pelargoniums are the Chameleons of the World of Scent {The 5th Sense in the News}
An article in the Daily Mail reminds us that Pelargoniums are to be cherished for their scents, which come in multi-variegated forms. Like the more exotic orchids, they always tend to smell like something else we know of. They are...
Calvin Klein Forbidden Euphoria (2011) {New Fragrance}
Calvin Klein will launch a new flanker to Euphoria from September 2011. It is called Forbidden Euphoria. It is a fresh, sexy version of the original, with notes of jasmine and tiger orchid... ...
John Varvatos Star USA (2011) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
John Varvatos will take some poetic licence with his own existent collections of fragrances and turn to a new universe with Star USA. The new men's scent is inspired by fashion and style, "The Star USA consumer [...] is about...
Sean John Empress (2011) {New Fragrance}
Sean "Diddy" Combs will launch a feminine counterpart to his men's fragrance I Am King called Empress by Sean John. The scent will debut in August 2011 and is meant to pay homage to women,“I created Empress for the woman...
Bottega Veneta Eau de Parfum Touts Italianate Charm (2011) {New Fragrance}
Bottega Veneta have started to unveil their debut perfume, Bottega Veneta Eau de Parfum. The fragrance will launch exclusively first at Harrods in London on July 17 followed by the rest of the UK in August. Next up will be...