Pin-up Dita Von Teese has released a new, second perfume this fall of 2012 called simply Rouge, a necessary tool in the arsenal of a seductress. Like her debut perfume which she launched last year it logically plays on the range...
November 2012 Archives
Time to Christmas Shop! Part 3 {Perfumed List - 2012 Holidays Gift Guide}
For those who love both perfume and wellness, here is an aromatherapy set by 21 Drops, the Pick Up Fix Set, which is easy to find at Sephora. It contains 4 essential oil blends with the following properties: 12...
Smelling the Ivy in Paris, Thinking of Electric Accords {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Well, I did not literally smell the ivy in Paris, but this is to say that the French capital city is filled with secret, poetic corners of greenery. This picture was taken in the middle of the 16th arrondissement... ...
Smelt this AM & PM in the Métro {Perfume Streetwear}
The Parisian métro is one of the best natural testing grounds for knowing what is going on impromptu in the world of perfume. Some days, you are more receptive than others. Especially when you are so tired you need...
Blake Lively Promotes Gucci Première with a Personal Touch {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Actress Blake Lively seems to have a completely sweetheart personality. She is known - besides her role in the glam look-book series Gossip Girl (which we can't help but find unwatchable even on that account) - for her love of baking....
Time to Christmas Shop! Part 2 {Perfumed List - 2012 Holidays Gift Guide}
One of the markers of the Holidays season is the irruption of limited-editions onto the market to tempt you into rethinking old favorites, or alternatively appreciate the transiency of the season with perfumes even more ephemeral than usual. Nina...
A Seasonal Bread for Winos: Le Pain au Beaujolais & Rosette Fetes Arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau {Fragrant Recipes & Taste Notes}
Courtesy picture ©David GrimbertIn November in France, you have just two weeks to taste a freshly made bread sold in a number of boulangeries, but not all of them. Coinciding with the yearly ritual of the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau...
Elizabeth Arden Red Door Aura (2012) {New Perfume}
Elizabeth Arden have introduced a limited-edition composition for the Holidays season of 2012 called Red Door Aura, a variation on the American classic Red Door from 1989. It's described as a more "dazzling and modern" version of the original," a vibrant...
Political Perfume Smells of the Commonwealth for the Queen {Fragrance News}
The Royal Society of Chemistry of Great-Britain announced that they have dedicated an unique composition of perfume to Elizabeth II to fete her Diamond Jubilee. To make sure that the fragrance would hold particular olfactory meaning, they incorporated essences from...
BCBG MaxAzria Bon Chic (2012): Code Word, Opulence {New Perfume}
We don't know if BCBG MaxAzria succeeded in creating the effect they were looking for, but their new perfume called Bon Chic is supposed to exude opulence. "Bon Chic" in French is the first part of the phrase "Bon chic,...
Time to Christmas Shop! Part 1 {Perfumed List - Holidays Gift Guide 2012}
Mid-November already! It's time to Christmas shop for those of us who already feel behind...less prepared than those who start in September, or August even, but more willing to get Holidays anxiety than the group of people who will scramble...
Victoria's Secret Wish to Make You Dream with a $500,000 Bejeweled Bottle {Fragrance News}
As part of the Holidays season, Victoria's Secret thought they might try to impress you with a really luxurious version of what they currently sell in their stores. So they decided that even though Bombshell edp is available for a fraction of the...
Twiggy Does Perfume: Twiggy EDP (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
60s British icon model Twiggy {see portrait} launched a signature fragrance in the wake of the London Olympic Games which saw a celebration of all things British. Her scent called Twiggy Eau de Parfum by Twiggy London is the...
Oriflame and Demi Moore Partner to Launch Fragrance More by Demi (2012) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance} {Perfume Ads}
Actress Demi Moore launched a debut perfume with Helena Rubinstein in 2009 called Wanted which is apparently currently discontinued. This year however, undaunted, Moore is making a comeback in the world of fragrances with a new one she developed with...
Lancôme La Vie est Belle (2012): Extremely Hard, Easy Signature {Perfume Review & Musings}
Check out what the top-selling fragrance for women in France smells like