Here is our Top 12 Best Fragrances picks amongst the new, recently-introduced department store fragrances for a last minute shopping spree. They are all worthy of being on your shopping list and can be offered in all confidence as being...
December 2011 Archives
Parfum d'Empire Azemour les Orangers (2011) {New Fragrance} {Perfume Review}
Orange and spices are one of the great traditional combinations of scents smelled during the Holidays in tea, pomander or cooking forms. If oranges are summery, they are also wintry (see L'Occitane Ruban d'Orange and Creed Orange Spice.) By mixing...
Jo Malone London Blooms Collection (2012) {New Fragrances - Limited Editions}
Jo Malone of the Estée Lauder Cos, will launch a new trio of limited-edition perfumes from March 2012 called the London Blooms Collection. It comprises three fragrances, all inspired by the beauty of botanical drawings and the love the British...
Burberry are Rethinking the Terms of their Contract with Interparfums {Fragrance Industry News}
The partnership between Interparfums and Burberry fragrances has been so successful that the British label is starting to think that they perhaps do not need to pay dividends more than they need to, to their current license holder.Seeing that Interparfums...
La Sultane de Saba Ambre, Musc, Santal (2011) {New Fragrance}
French spa and beauty brand La Sultane de Saba, dedicated to recreating the pleasures of the hammam at home and at their spa locations, have launched their first perfume called Ambre, Musc et Santal. The descriptive name is not so...
Kenzo Eau de Fleur de Camélia . Camellia (2011): A Collection on Japanese Tree Blossoms {New Fragrance}
Kenzo see the addition of a new fragrance to their collection entitled "Eaux de Fleurs" devoted to capturing and interpreting the scents of finespun Japanese tree blossoms. Eau de Fleur de Camélia . Camellia comes after Eau de Fleur de...
The Scented Salamander in the New Yahoo Shine Get It Guide & a Note on Grandma Smell at the Sensorium...Really? {Scented Thoughts}
The editors at the new Yahoo Shine Get It Guide wrote that they highlighted the contribution of The Scented Salamander blog on celebrity fragrances after requesting a contribution on the topic as an Insider: see the piece that made it:...
L'Artisan Parfumeur Batucada (2011): An Aquatic-Plummy Scent Drawing an Orb from Day to Night {Perfume Review & Musings}
L'Artisan Parfumeur Batucada Eau de Toilette - A Review Batucada is the new opus by L'Artisan Parfumeur and is reportedly inspired by the passionate, effervescent rhythms of Brazil hence its name which means "beat", the name as well of...
MAC Iris Apfel (2012): For All The Seasons of Life {Beauty Notes}
Iris Apfel is your dream of an eccentric, flamboyant grand-mother come true. From the top of her 90 years of existence, she dispenses style-cum-wisdom lessons without even trying at this point because what she shows is the result of decades...
New L.A.dy Dior Movie with Marion Cotillard Takes Inspiration from Richard Avedon Directing Lauren Hutton {Fashion Notes}
John Cameron Mitchell directed a rather long short commercial movie featuring actress Marion Cotillard which offers an humoristic angle on the brand image of the Lady Dior bags. Far from the esoteric ambiance of the Shanghai short with the same...
Diptyque 2011 Les Invités du Trente-Quatre Collection (2011) {New Fragrances - Limited Edition}
Diptyque have launched the new concept for them of a capsule collection dedicated to authorial perfumery, called Les Invités du Trente-Quatre (The Guests at No. 34), a reference to the address of their flagship store on Boulevard Saint Germain in...
Arom' Up Floral by Chef & Sommelier: Your Better Champagne Option {Shopping Tip of the Day}
To sip your Champagne in optimal conditions, you might want to forego the niceties of drinking from an ornate, antique glass for one which was designed to make your wine taste the best it can taste.We spotted, bought and tested...
Les Parfums de Rosine Glam Rose (2011): Ideal Violet {Perfume Review & Musings} {Violet Notebook}
The new Glam Rose makes it possible for Les Parfums de Rosine to depart from their stated mission of dedicating themselves to solely creating rose perfumes while still remaining faithful to it. The composition is a rose-violet perfume which...
Clinique Aromatics Elixir Perfumer's Reserve (2011): Extract This Contradiction {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance}
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the classic, urban, nervy, active, sporty and elegant chypre which is Aromatics Elixir, the brand decided to offer a limited luxury edition of the composition initially created by perfumer Bernard Chant, the author...
Jardin de France Etoffes de Parfum are Inspired by the Spirit of Haute Couture (2011) {New Fragrances}
Jardin de France Est. 1920, have launched a new collection of five Eaux de Parfum entitled Etoffes de Parfum, which are inspired by the spirit of Haute Couture. It is a step-up from their usual offerings which focus on Eaux...