The designer duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren better known as Viktor & Rolf will launch a new masculine fragrance more than four years after having introduced their first men's potion called Antidote. The new perfume is called Spicebomb in...
November 2011 Archives
Strange Olfactory Encounters Are Being Offered to the Wrong Crowd: Armani Privé La Femme Bleue, Ambre d'Orient, Miller Harris La Plume, La Fumée {Scented Thoughts}
Black Square by MalevichIt is quite a surrealist experience to smell perfumes which are housed world aparts in different bottles and labeled under different name brands, yet smell strangely similar. The fact that the four perfumes under consideration were launched...
Miller Harris La Pluie, La Fumée (2011) {New Fragrances}
British niche perfumery Miller Harris have launched two new perfumes this year which take inspiration from the elements, rain and smoke. They are called in French La Pluie and La Fumée.I will reproduce the official descriptions of the Eaux de...
Armani Privé La Femme Bleue (2011) {New Fragrance - Limited Edition}
Giorgio Armani have launched a new exclusive fragrance in their Armani Privé collection called La Femme Bleue. In a bid to push the exclusivity envelope, it has been issued at only 1000 numbered copies worldwide, turning the new jus and...
Simon Doonan Weighs In on Jersey by Chanel {Fragrant Reading}
Simon Doonan, artistic director at Barney's and author of immortal advice books such as Wacky Chicks and Eccentric Glamour, debates the semantics of the latest perfume by Chanel named "Jersey", to Jerseyans and the "American psyche." He should know, Jonny...
A Conference on the Future of Natural Perfumery by Yves de Chiris, Nov 22, 2011 {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
With rapidly expanding markets for natural and organic perfumes, some Grasse perfume industry insiders are seeing a new opportunity profiling itself on the horizon for the former craddle of perfumery. The Southern French city has long been reputed for its...
BLK DNM Perfume 11 (2011) {New Fragrance}
Johan Lindeberg's fashion label BLK DNM, which he prefers to call more restlessly and openly a "creative project" will add a subsidiary project to the main one. On December 1, 2011, the debut fragrance for the brand, Perfume 11, will...
A More Intense Idole de Lubin is Now Dedicated to the Great Women Explorers (2011) {New Fragrance}
The house of Lubin have released a new, more intense version of the 2005 Idole de Lubin eau de toilette composed by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti. The 2011 Idole eau de parfum, by the same nose, is meant this time to...
Relaunch of Nilang by Lalique (1995/2011) {New Perfume}
Lalique are relaunching their aquatic-oriental from 1995, Nilang. As fragrance developers are more and more interested in wooing the Asian markets, it is à-propos to see second life given to this composition inspired by the lotus flower."Take a wander through...
Creed Royal-Oud (2011) {New Perfume}
Earlier this year, Creed launched their own oud opus called Royal-Oud. It has become a must to release an oud fragrance these days. Faithful to their usual privileged sources of inspiration, Creed are moreover proposing a cross-cultural oud perfume which...
New Advertising Campaign for Rochas Man with Leonardo Sbaraglia {Perfume Images & Ads} {Men's Colognes}
Rochas Man, launched in 1999, is benefiting from a new advertising campaign featuring Argentinian actor Leonardo Sbaraglia. Composed by perfumer Maurice Roucel, it is one of the early milky fragrances before they became widely adopted for their popular gustatory effect...
Evelyn Lauder Passed Away Today (1937-2011)
"The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) today announced the passing of Evelyn H. Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President and Head of Fragrance Development Worldwide, at the age of 75 from complications of non-genetic ovarian cancer. Mrs. Lauder died on November...
Two Organic Oud Scents: Sama Oudh Jasmin & Undergreen Black Classic (2011) {New Perfumes}
If you want to explore fragrance fashion, be ecologically-minded and benefit from aromatherapy, all at the same time, you can turn to two new creations which are offering natural, organic alternatives to more mainstream oud perfumes, which usually rely mostly...
Christmas Fragrance Shopping Guide for 2011 {4}: Harajuku Lovers Jingle G {Perfume Shopping Tips}
Continuing to worship at the altar of perfume, you can decide that a perfume stocking-stuffer is in order. Harajuku Lovers have created a Santa-Claus figure for women called Jingle G. It's indecently cute. It's also meant to be paraded on...
Christmas Fragrance Shopping Guide for 2011 {3}: Sephora Favorites Samplers for Her & Him {Perfume Shopping Tips}
Continuing our countdown to the Holidays, here is another idea for offering perfume to your loved ones: the limited-edition Sephora Favorites samplers. It's always tricky to offer a surprise gift of fragrance, unless you received plenty of hints in advance....