Harney & Sons released a limited edition tea blend emulating the besposke Earl Grey tea blend which is known to be Queen Elizabeth II's favorite. It's called Diamond Jubilee of course......
May 2012 Archives
Cool Powdery Perfumes for Summer are the Love Children of L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain, & Others {Perfume List}
The Powder Room Ritual by Rachel Deacon, contemporary. Once upon a time, powder and femininity were much more commonly entwined than they are today. Except that as the heat of summer of 2012 envelops the streets of Paris, a note...
Elite Models London Queen (2012): British Fun at a Bargain Price {New Perfume}
With the Queen's Diamond Jubilee gaining momentum and the London Olympics profiling themselves on the horizon, the British capital is a focus of worlwide attention this summer of 2012. Elite Models London Queen developed by Coty, Inc bottles the whole...
Paris Hilton Dazzle (2012): Girls Like Pink and Diamonds {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
This summer Paris Hilton will launch her 15th perfume to date with Dazzle. It was created by perfumer Frank Voelkl. Fans are invited to identify with her love of pink and pink diamonds in particular. The young entrepreneur and socialite...
2 Galangal Ice Cream Recipes {Fragrant Recipes & Taste Notes}
One of the distinguishing features of contemporary commercial Asian ice-cream flavors is the manner in which they more boldly go for the savory range than their Western counterparts. If you have a weakness for mung bean ice-cream, green or red,...
A Perfume Blog Ought to be Cross-Cultural {Scented Thoughts}
Generation 3 by Ruud Van Empel, 2010I was thinking how a perfume blog has the unique privilege of bringing to the attention of perfume lovers worldwide, perfumes that are meant for a single market or just a few. Not all...
Guerlain Les Déserts d'Orient Trilogy Rethinks House's Orientalist Tradition (2012) {New Perfumes}
Guerlain are launching a new exclusive trio of perfumes in the Les Collections Exclusives range called Les Déserts d'Orient, which are inspired by the Orient in a similar manner that Shalimar in 1925 was attempting to capture a dream of...
Maison Martin Margiela Replica Collection Flower Market, Beach Walk & Funfair Evening (2012) {New Perfumes}
More news about the new Replica concept by Maison Martin Margiela which turns out to be even more literally about copying than expected and more than just about a solo creation (see early announcement)......
Olfactory Observation of the Day # 4: Eggplant & Iris {Scented Thoughts}
Iris by Nall, 1985-1986 By Marie-Hélène WagnerI once had under my fork a tasty roasted eggplant for dinner. I do not know the varietal. I had been eating eggplants all my life. But on that evening, a couple of years into...
Annick Goutal Le Muguet (2001/2012): BCBG Lily of the Valley with a Pop Opening {Perfume Short (Review)}
This spring 2012, Annick Goutal relaunched a quatuor of soliflores including Le Muguet (Lily of the Valley) offering a fresh twist on a seemingly simple, old-fashioned single-note genre most notoriously associated with the construction of individual feminine identities during the...
Beyoncé Midnight Heat is For Hot Summer Nights (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
The latest perfume by Beyoncé is a new flanker to Heat (2010) called Midnight Heat. Other companion scents in the collection include Heat Ultimate Elixir (2010) and Heat Rush (2011)......
Olfactory Observation of the Day # 3: Chalky Lilies {Scented Thoughts}
Lily by Robert Mapplethrope By Marie-Hélène WagnerThe florist brought out humongous bouquets of white and pink lilies onto the city curb. She studded them with a plastic price tag like a big hat pin protuding out of a giant bun. The...
Britney Spears Fantasy Twist, a Perfume Twofer for her Fans {Fragrance News} {New Flacon}
Pop singer Britney Spears has come up with the packaging idea of offering a perfume twofer to her fans this fall 2012. She chose two of her bestsellers - Fantasy and Midnight Fantasy - and combined them into...
Reed Krakoff RK Limited Edition Eau de Parfum for 100 Happy Fews (2012) {New Perfume} {Luxury Perfume}
Fashion designer Reed Krakoff has turned to fragrance in a hyper select manner by electing to launch RK Limited Edition Eau de Parfum with 100 copies only. Bottled in Murano glass bottles made by the Seguso family who are masters...
Aramis Perfume Calligraphy Created for the Arabian Consumer (2012) {New Perfume}
Aramis of the Estée Lauder Cos. have released a new perfume called Perfume Calligraphy in that series of Western-born, Middle-East-consumer-inspired scents we have seen emerge with Georges Stahl Elle d'Elissa first then Estée Lauder Wood Mystique, Renato Balestra Essenza Divina...