Fashion brand Trussardi are affirming their Milanese roots and love for the Italian city with the upcoming My Land, a new perfume for men.What will catch moviegoers' attention is the fact that film director Wim Wenders of Paris, Texas and...
September 2012 Archives
Charriol Imperial Saphir (2012) {Perfume Review & Musings}
Jeweler Charriol have released a new perfume inspired by a precious stone. After red ruby, come smell the blue sapphire. The result is very interesting. Not at all what one would have expected. Not expected: a blast of Ethyl...
Parfums de Nicolaï Musc Intense (2012) {New Perfume}
Despite the promise of a super animalic note contained in its name, the latest perfume to be launched by the house of Parfums de Nicolaï, Musc Intense, is anything but. Perfumer Patricia de Nicolaï is quick to underline the synthetic...
The Leather Glove Trend Confirmed by Chanel Today {Trend Alert}
One of the most historically meaningful trends to emerge this fall of 2012 has been a revivalist interest in the centuries-old craftsmanship of leather gloves. It has translated in perfumery into fragrances inspired by the scent of leather gloves but...
Jardins d'Ecrivains George (2012): Again, About George Sand {New Perfume}
French niche brand Jardins d'Ecrivains (Writers' Gardens) aim to combine a dual passion for both literature and gardens. After releasing a series of scented candles and bath products inspired by such places of literary predilections and musings as the garden...
Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle in 3 Coffrets {Fragrance News} {New Flacon}
This 2012 fall, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle will launch from mid-October three limited-edition coffrets in the Coffret Collection to allow connoisseurs to sample part of or all of their range of perfumes penned by some of the most interesting...
Jo Loves Pink Vetiver (2012) {New Perfume}
Jo Loves will launch a new, vetiver perfume from October 1st, 2012 called Pink Vetiver, not because it is a girly vetiver but in reference to the scent of crushed pink peppercorns adding its twist to a "classic vetiver": read either Guerlain,...
Thierry Mugler Les Parfums de Cuir (2012): When Artisanship Means Edge & The Affirmation of a Materialistic Perfumery {New Perfumes}
Leading perfume brand Thierry Mugler are launching a collection of four perfumes this fall of 2012 in a limited-edition series called Les Parfums de Cuir. After last year's The Taste of Fragrance, their iconic scents Angel, Alien, Womanity and A*Men all...
Lorenzo Villoresi Mare Nostrum Aura Maris (2012) {New Perfume}
Florentine pefumer and connoisseur of mythology and heroic tales Lorenzo Villoresi, a recipient of the prestigious François Coty prize, is launching a new collection and a new composition this fall of 2012 called Mare Nostrum, with Aura Maris as the first scent...
Serge Lutens Une Voix Noire (2012): Gardenias in Billie's Singed Hair {New Perfume}
Serge Lutens started out on his creative path in life by being a hair stylist when he was an adolescent, then a makeup artist-cum-photographer (see Q & A in French and English with some of his ethereal and enigmatic pictures in...
Humiecki & Graef Candour (2012): The Scent of Two Sister Souls {New Perfume}
Continuing their exploration of complex human emotions, Humiecki & Graef are launching their 9th perfume this fall of 2012 called Candour. Created by perfumer Christophe Laudamiel, it is said to capture a state of "true affinity" between two beings, in the present, future and...
Penhaligon's Moustache Wax for Movember & Sons: Grow your Handle Bar for a Good Cause {Beauty Notes} {Grooming}
Penhaligon's are launching a tin box filled with mustache wax called Moustache Wax in support of Men's health in the month of November 2012. The initiative supports mustache-growing as a visible sign of concern for masculine diseases, prostate cancer...
Arquiste Boutonnière No. 7 (2012): Men with Gardenias {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}
Arquiste will launch their seventh fragrance this fall of 2012, their first stand-alone opus, following on the debut release of a collection of 6 historical perfumes last year. Called Boutonnière No. 7 it is presented as a gardenia perfume for...
Lady Gaga Fame (2012): Autopsy of a Hyped Fragrance {Perfume Review & Musings}
Lady Gaga's debut juice Fame is such a let-down that we wanted first to vent about it on Twitter. Having to think in condensed 140-character form and wondering how best to express the disappointment provoked by what's contained in...
Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto: The Ad, The Interview with The Perfumers {Perfume Images & Ads}
Manifesto is the latest feminine fragrance by Yves Saint Laurent. It benefits from the participation of a celebrity spokesperson, actress Jessica Chastain who plays the role of a modernized type of the eternal feminine, both emancipated and reassuringly conservative in the...