February 2012 Archives

Stella McCartney L.I.L.Y. (2012): English Countryside Watercolors of a Rabelaisian Life {Perfume Review & Musings}

Thursday, 23 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Stella McCartney L.I.L.Y. (2012): English Countryside Watercolors of a Rabelaisian Life {Perfume Review & Musings}

L.IL.Y. is the new Stella McCartney perfume, her second major launch after Stella, a modern rose composition. She collaborated once again with perfumer Jacques Cavallier, the new in-house nose for luxury giant Louis Vuitton. You can read more about the...

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

2012 Oscar Hair Predictions From The Pros {Beauty Notes}

*Sponsored Post*By Megan SeguraHollywood's "Night of Nights" is right around the corner, and while we don't know who will take home the oh-so-coveted Oscar Awards, we do know that all you beauty junkies out there will be mentally casting your...

Bond No.9 Central Park West (2012) {New Fragrance}

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Bond No.9 Central Park West (2012) {New Fragrance}

Bond No. 9 will launch their 7th New-York-Park-inspired perfume after Central Park, Gramercy Park, Bryant Park, the High Line, Washington Square, and Madison Square Park. The new one to be launched on March 15th is called Central Park West...

Guess Seductive Sunkissed (2012) {New Fragrance}

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Guess Seductive Sunkissed (2012) {New Fragrance}

The Guess Seductive franchise, which targets the flirtatious cohort let loose on the dating scene is apparently doing very well and very much alive. Since 2010, it's also launched Guess Seductive Wild Summer and Guess Seductive I'm Yours. Now there...

Comptoir Sud Pacifique Souffle des Indes (2012) {New Fragrance}

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Comptoir Sud Pacifique Souffle des Indes (2012) {New Fragrance}

Comptoir Sud Pacifique have created a new collection of fragrances called Autour du Monde which aims to go back to their roots as a globe-trotting and travel-inspired perfume compagny. Each of the five continents will be explored with a scent...

A Lab on Fire What We Do in Paris is Secret (2011) {New Fragrance}

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

A Lab on Fire What We Do in Paris is Secret (2011) {New Fragrance}

Following up on L'Anonyme (2011) and Rose Rebelle (2011), new independent label A Lab on Fire launched a new scent last August 2011 called What We Do in Paris is Secret. It has just now in February 2012 become more...

An Early 1841 Guerlain Advertisement under the Monarchie de Juillet: The Consumption of Paris, Fashion & Perfume {Perfume Images & Adverts} {Scented Thoughts}

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

An Early 1841 Guerlain Advertisement under the Monarchie de Juillet: The Consumption of Paris, Fashion & Perfume {Perfume Images & Adverts} {Scented Thoughts}

It is somewhat an exotic sight yet not too far distant in time in psychological terms to see how early perfume advertisement purported to work in Parisian magazines. Apparently what was thought to work was repeated name-dropping in the midst...

What Perfume is Worn to Get into Character in Downton Abbey {Perfume History & Facts}

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

What Perfume is Worn to Get into Character in Downton Abbey {Perfume History & Facts}

Actresses and actors not unfrequently wear perfume to get into character. In the highly popular TV series Downton Abbey, The vanity table of Lady Mary - the most seductive of the three Crawley sisters - displays a constant array...

Perfume Contract for Lady Gaga will not be Fulfilled by Givaudan - Le Contrat Parfum de Lady Gaga est Passé sous le Nez de Givaudan {Fragrance News}

Monday, 20 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Perfume Contract for Lady Gaga will not be Fulfilled by Givaudan - Le Contrat Parfum de Lady Gaga est Passé sous le Nez de Givaudan {Fragrance News}

Bloomberg Business Week let us guess that behind the scenes there was intense competition to obtain Lady Gaga's juicy contract for her upcoming perfume this year. Fragrance supplier Givaudan, which ranks as the top company in its field was not...

Robert Piguet Nouvelle Collection (2012): 5 Ultra-Luxe & Cutting-Edge Fragrances {New Perfumes}

Sunday, 19 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Robert Piguet Nouvelle Collection (2012): 5 Ultra-Luxe & Cutting-Edge Fragrances {New Perfumes}

Robert Piguet Parfums are launching into a new creative adventure with the introduction of a contemporary collection of five perfumes - more to come - with for a change no historical points of references in mind except perhaps for the...

Salvador Dali ITISDREAM (2012): Michel Almairac Signs a New Rose Composition {New Fragrance}

Friday, 17 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Salvador Dali ITISDREAM (2012): Michel Almairac Signs a New Rose Composition {New Fragrance}

Michel Almairac clearly finds himself at a peak of creativity. He is one of the perfumers who helped define 2011 in particular with Burberry Body and Bottega Veneta. In the beginning of 2012 he is already present in our flacons...

Salvador Dali ITISDREAM (2012): Michel Almairac Signe une Nouvelle Composition à la Rose {Nouveauté Parfum}

Friday, 17 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Salvador Dali ITISDREAM (2012): Michel Almairac Signe une Nouvelle Composition à la Rose {Nouveauté Parfum}

Michel Almairac (Robertet) est en pleine période de créativité. Il fut l'un des parfumeurs qui ont le plus marqué l'année 2011 avec notamment Burberry Body et Bottega Veneta. En ce début d'année 2012, il est déjà présent dans nos flacons...

Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau (2012): Going Back to a Purer Language for Perfumery {Perfume Review & Musings}

Thursday, 16 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau (2012): Going Back to a Purer Language for Perfumery {Perfume Review & Musings}

As its aquatic name suggests, Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau is indeed a much fresher and more sparkling interpretation of the 21st new-century version of the Roaring-Twenties Shalimar that is Shalimar Parfum Initial launched last year. You are presented here with...

Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau (2012): Un Langage Plus Pur pour la Parfumerie {Perfume Review & Musings}

Thursday, 16 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau (2012): Un Langage Plus Pur pour la Parfumerie {Perfume Review & Musings}

Ainsi que le suggère son nom au thème aquatique, Shalimar Parfum Initial L'Eau est bien une interprétation beaucoup plus fraîche et pétillante de la version nouveau-siècle du Shalimar des Années Folles qu'est Shalimar Parfum Initial introduit en 2011. De fait,...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012 By Chant Wagner

New Upcoming Balenciaga Perfume - Un Nouveau Parfum de Balenciaga se Profile à l'Horizon {Fragrance News}

This is a teaser, nothing really too filling yet. Balenciaga are going to launch a new women's perfume in the upcoming months and it's bottled in a striking flacon. It shows the structured, modernist side of Ghesquières. The name also...

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