Since 2009 - when we first proposed to gauge the new, emerging fashion and even admittedly craze for oud perfumes - the trend has not abated but on the contrary taken on the proportions of a small olfactory tsunami. One...
October 2011 Archives
Estée Lauder Launch their First Unisex Scent Wood Mystique in the Middle East (2011) {New Fragrance}
Estée Lauder are turning their attention to the Middle East heritage with a new fragrance called Wood Mystique. The composition features the prized scent of agarwood or oud, which is at the source of the cultural shift of the last...
4 Apple Scents for Fall {Perfume List}
Eating Canada Gris apples baked with herbs today set my ideas in motion about apple scents that are just right for fall. Not the crisp variety but the warm, mellow type. The perfumes that might smell in the olfactive...
Elemis Think Pink Beauty Collection for Breast Cancer Awareness Month {Beauty Notes}
British spa and skincare brand Elemis have put out a special pink kit for Breast Cancer Awareness Month called the Think Pink Beauty Collection. The cube beauty case contains three "hero products", namely Pro-Collagen Lifting Treatment Neck and Bust ‘Boob...
Winners of the Keith Urban Phoenix Draw {Contests & Giveaways}
The winners of the draw, selected thanks to random.org, are:Louise Serra, AubreyZ, Elaine Thorp, Judy, Dawn Austin, and Meri Ross.Thank you all very much for participating.Winners, please send me your addresses so that the organizers can send you your prizes....
A Still from L'Amour Fou: How Yves Saint Laurent Saw Opium Originally {Perfume Images & Ads}
Perfume lovers should check out the documentary film by Pierre Thoretton about the 50-year relationship between fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and businessman Pierre Bergé called L'Amour Fou for some of the insights it gives into YSL's aesthetic influences, but...
Dr.'s Remedy Nail Polish in Positive Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month {Beauty Notes - Nails}
Dr.'s Remedy which was founded by New York-based podiatrists, Dr. Adam Cirlincione and Dr. William Spielfogel, is a line of nail polish which wants to make the experience of lacquering up your nails as painless as possible for them. It's...
Spoof Fragrance Commercial with Keith Urban & Ellen DeGeneres {Perfume Images & Ads}
Presumably to give some ideas to the contestants for the Keith Urban Phoenix perfume commercial, the singer together with show host Ellen DeGeneres offered a demonstration of what can de done with a basic idea: a perfume that drives women...
Bar Refaeli's Blush Secrets at the Whitney Museum of American Art Gala {Beauty Notes - Celebrity}
Bar Refaeli had a particularly well done, light-catching, natural yet glamorous pink-champagne-like complexion at the Whitney Museum of American Art Gala event last week. Check out after the jump to see how the layering was done and what products, all...
Hermès Santal Massoïa (2011): More Information {New Fragrance}
Following up on the previous post about the new and 10th Hermessence, Santal Massoïa, we have a bit more news to share. As we had gathered, the fragrance is at one level, a study on the pairing of two lactonic...
Collector Edition of Serge Lutens Louve (2011) {Fragrance News-New Flacon}
Collectors will be able to procure engraved flacons of the fragrance Louve by Serge Lutens decorated with the silhouettes of Indonesian puppets from November 2011, exclusively at the Salons Shiseido at the Palais Royal in Paris."Entre chien et louve, la...
Susan G. Komen Promise Me Formula to be Retired, but not the Fragrance - Update {Fragrance News}
After relaying the news from Daily Financial that Promise Me by the Susan G. Komen Foundation was bound to be retired due to and hazardous-ingredients issue, we received a response from the foundation, with more information to deny the discontinuation...
Bottega Veneta Eau de Parfum: Ethereal Leather as a Sign of Luxury (2011) {Perfume Review & Musings}
Bottega Veneta EDP is the debut perfume by the luxury Italian brand known for their trademark intrecciato style of leather weaving. This artisanal technique developed in their workshops was reportedly a source of inspiration for the very contruction of the...
Short Film by Christian Weber for Debut Bottega Veneta Perfume {Fragrance Images & Ads}
Christian Weber directed a short film, his second one for the brand after Viaggio Notturno, about the new and debut Bottega Veneta perfume. In the first film, the photographer and director already included olfactory/visual clues, i.e., volutes of incense and...
Are There Any Scent Twins to Kate Spade Eau de Parfum? {Ask Marie-Helene}
Detail of the Kate Spade EDP packagingToday's community question:"Any idea of where to get some of the original {Kate Spade Eau de Parfum} or anything which smells similar? Thank you in advance!!!"DebbyRegarding the first part of your question, I was...
