The Initial ImpressionRoberto Cavalli EDP opens on a seemingly classic white floral bouquet without any particular lushness or exhuberance to it that might encourage you to consider that it is worth redesigning the classics from time to time. When you...
March 2012 Archives
Bond No. 9 I Love New York for Earth Day (2012) {New Perfume}
Bond No. 9 will release a new perfume on April 1, 2012 to celebrate international Earth Day on April 22. The scent has been baptized I Love New York for Earth Day. At the same time, the brand are taking...
The Return of Smelling Salts at CVS {Health & Olfaction}
They don't look dainty anymore. They are not housed in chained bottles of crystal hung on a châtelaine chain. But they still are made of ammonia and fulfill the same purpose. While the very phrase "smelling salts" conjures up the...
Mavericks Alibis: Cape Town Stripper Club Markets Married Men Humor in Perfume Forms (2012) {New Perfumes} {Men's Colognes} {Perfume Images & Ads}
The funnest and most provocative post of the day will probably be this news announcement about a new line of fragrances for men made in Cape Town by Mavericks Revue Bar, a stripper club.They have released three new perfumes which...
Lacoste Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Rouge (2012) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}
After launching an initial trio of scents in 2011 which aimed to capture the spirit of the polo shirt poured into a bottled fragrance, Lacoste are following suit with a fourth perfume for men in the same range, Eau...
Tommy Hilfiger Woman Pear Blossom Created in Collaboration with Douglas (2012) {New Perfume}
Tommy Hilfiger created a veritable dessert of a perfume in collaboration with international perfumery chain Douglas. The limited-edition will be available exclusively from both brands from April 2012. While there is no dearth of mouth-watering notes in Tommy Hilfiger Woman...
Loewe I Loewe Me (2012) {New Perfume}
After I Loewe You (2007) and I Love You Tonight (2009), Loewe explore another possibility, after everything else has failed, I Loewe Me. In the advert, a young woman dressed in a biker leather jacket kisses herself in the...
Beyoncé Pulse Summer Edition (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Following up on Pulse last year, Beyoncé has launched a new flanker to it with a Pulse Summer Edition. We know since she gave birth to her daughter Blue Ivy how important that color is to her and her husband...
Calvin Klein Eternity Summer 2012 {New Perfumes}
Calvin Klein have launched their annual duo of perfumes for women and men, Eternity Summer 2012. Both benefit from the same ad copy, "Romantic. Luminous. Serene. Eternity Summer embodies the sun on the horizon, blurring the infinite line between the...
Why There Won't be an Isabel Marant Perfume {Fragrance News}
Isabelle Marant by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Published in Vanity Fair January 2011 It's more like non-news, really, but still worth pondering for those Isabel Marant aficions who might have hoped to see the style of the designer...
DKNY Summer 2012 {New Perfumes} {Men's Cologne}
DKNY have released their annual summer duo. The DKNY Summer 2012 scents take inspiration from the atmosphere of New York City in the summertime and wish to "accompany" you this season to bottle those memories in-the-making up. Trudi Loren said,“While...
L'Osmothèque to Debut Conference Cycle on Words & Images in the Service of Perfume {Scented Paths & Fragrant Adresses} {Perfume Images & Ads}
We're pretty sure this ad won't be part of the lecture, but how much more one-track minded and explicit can it get? Answer: lots, especially if you look at the production by the likes of Tom Ford (1973).L'Osmothèque are dedicating...
L'Artisan Parfumeur Mandarine Re-edited for a Limited Time Only (2012) {Fragrance News}
L'Artisan Parfumeur are releasing for a limited time only the perfume originally known as Mandarine tout simplement (2006) composed by Olivia Giacobetti. It has been renamed even more simply, Mandarine......
Mistral Gardénia Royal (2009) {New Perfume}
Mistral, originally better known for their "Made in Marseille" soaps, launched a new interpretation of a gardenia perfume in 2009 called Gardénia Royal."Rich, pure and as intoxicating as the gardenia flower itself [...] The prized flower of Chinese emperors, gardenia...
Gardenia Perfumes Notebook
The Blue Gardenia by Fritz Lang (listal.com)We're adding a new floral notebook to the blog on the scent, culture, and symbolism of Gardenia. To start with, we're organizing pre-existing blog reviews of gardenia perfumes in one place. You can search...