Kenzo launched a new duo of fragrances for Her and Him called L'Eau 2 Kenzo for Her and Him. It is a new limited-edition flanker to L'Eau (1996) issued in the big era of aquatic fragrances, the 90s. Those...
May 2012 Archives
New Window Display for Shalimar Parfum Initial {Perfume Images & Ads}
Guerlain have inaugurated new window displays in Paris for their new-generation Shalimar, Shalimar Parfum Initial launched last year.They are charming, aren't they? Paper represents the frailty of scent so well. Love paper art in general.The woman reflection in the window...
Dior Secret Garden Revisits Versailles Once More After J'Adore Campaign {Fashion Notes} {Perfume Images & Ads}
Versailles is getting quite a bit of traction these days in fashion circles. Chanel will present their next collection there. Dior did a perfume campaign for J'Adore last year in the Galerie des Glaces. The latest reason to showcase the...
Lancôme Trésor Edition Fête des Mères 2012 {Fragrance News - New Flacon}
Lancôme are proposing a special edition for Mother's Day 2012 which sees the classic bottle of Trésor become decorated with a Swarovski crystal necklace shaped as a heart.The 30 ml bottle is also proposed at a Socialist pricing point, 24,95€...
Cartier Baiser Volé Extrait de Parfum (2012) {New Perfume}
Jewelry and perfume house Cartier have introduced a new concentration for Baiser Volé (Stolen Kiss), now available in Extrait de Parfum, the highest concentration in fine perfumery. The scent is described as a "parfum with an amazing sillage".Available in 30...
Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion to be Reborn, Including Perfume {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}
Businessman Diego Della Valle announced on Monday May 7, 2012 that he will be at the helm of the project of having the house of Schiaparelli be reborn of its ashes. The fashion label founded by Elsa Schiaparelli in the...
Yves Rocher Monoï Eau des Vahinés (2012) {New Perfume}
Mass-marketeer Yves Rocher will capitalize on the popularity of the scent of suntan oil this summer with a new Eau de Toilette called Monoï Eau des Vahinés.Perfumer Nathalie Gracia-Cetto of Givaudan created the fragrance around the essence of Ylang Ylang...
Boss Nuit pour Femme Story Features Gwyneth Paltrow (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Hugo Boss will launch a new feminine perfume from August 2012 called Boss Nuit pour Femme (Boss Night for Women) with actress Gwyneth Paltrow as its face.The scent captures "the elegance and sensuality of the little black dress", a source...
Maison Martin Margiela Replica (2012) {New Perfume}
Maison Martin Margiela will launch their third perfume to date after Untitled and Untitled L'Eau called Replica.The fragrance inaugurates a new concept for the perfume house described in the following terms "Reproduction of familiar scents and moments of varying locations...
Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success {New Fragrance} {Short Perfume Review}
Dior launched their latest addition to their cruise collection called Escale à Parati (Port of Call in Paraty). This is the fourth stop in the journey after Escale à Portofino (2008), Escale à Pondichéry (2009), and Escale aux Marquises (2010)....
Brad Pitt to be the First Man to Incarnate Legendary Chanel No.5 {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Actor Brad Pitt will be the first masculine face of Chanel No.5 since 1921 when the perfume was first launched starting its illustrious career as an international bestseller. The house has been particularly well attuned to the virtue of hiring...
Lancôme La Vie est Belle Perfume will be Fronted by Julia Roberts (2012) {New Perfume}
Lancôme, a brand owned by the L'Oréal group, will launch a new feminine fragrance from September 2012 called La Vie est Belle (Life is Beautiful). The face of the fragrance is actress Julia Roberts, their mascara ambassadress.The launch recalls the...
Lovely Patriotic Fashion: Wear a Cornflower on V-E Day in France {Fashion Notes}
By Chantal-Hélène WagnerI once bought hair combs in vibrant blues, reds and whites at a Paris antiques market learning from the seller that those dated from the end of WWII when they were produced to fête the end of a...
Common Scents by Janice Carlisle: A Book about Olfactive Frontiers in Victorian Fiction {Fragrant Reading}
We just purchased this book by Janice Carlisle entitled Common Scents: Comparative Encounters in High-Victorian Fiction. Its subject-matter is fascinating. Read for yourself:"Who smells? Surveying nearly eighty novels written in the 1860s to answer that impolite question, Common Scents provides...
Givenchy Eaudemoiselle Bois de Oud (2012): From Violets to Oud {New Perfume}
While the oud trend is alive and well, with it seems, few surprises in store as the vogue for agarwood expands and becomes more and more mainstream, a note of oud has appeared where you did not expect it, in...