By Kilian have launched Musk Oud their fifth and last installment in the Arabian Nights series inaugurated in 2009. As a parting gift to the collection they've partnered with renowned perfumer Alberto Morillas of Firmenich to devise their last...
May 2013 Archives
The Jasmine Green Tea Trend in Perfumes for Spring-Summer 2013 {Trend Alert} {Perfume List}
If you pay attention to fragrant sillages in the streets of your city like I do in Paris, you will perhaps be able to pick up on a trend which I've spotted which says that women - and perhaps...
La Grande Parfumerie du Marais at BHV: New Beauty & Perfume Shopping Address in Paris {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
A few years ago, it became quickly evident that Le Marais neighborhood in Paris was turning into a new hubbub for perfume and beauty shoppers. Little by little perfume houses decided it was a good thing to establish one...
Fatima Lopes Be Mine (2013): The Fragrance of Irresistible Possessiveness {New Perfume}
Portuguese fashion designer Fatima Lopes will launch her debut feminine fragrance called Be Mine. While perfume ad copy is usually enthusiastic and even euphoric, this one herein is so filled with excess that it seems pointless to paraphrase it...
Cate Blanchett to be the Face of New Armani Fragrance out this Summer of 2013 {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
While back in 2009, Armani had let slip that Angelina Jolie would be their next fragrance spokesperson - a vision that never came to be - this year it seems pretty certain that actress Cate Blanchett will be the face of the...
Paris is Blooming in the Spring VI: Muguet, Twine, Roses & Peonies {Perfume Images}
©The Scented Salamander A sprig of muguet nearly three weeks after May Day in an antiques shop Lets time slowly go by What's the hurry? All things fragile seem worth making everlasting...
Update on Ma Griffe by Carven, the 2013 Edition {Scented Thoughts}
In 2011, I wrote that the delightful liveliness of the post-war scent, Ma Griffe by Carven (1946) - a contemporary of Miss Dior by Dior - had come back in the shape of its old olfactory form. In 2013,...
Joy, Parfum Naturel: Relaunch of Classics of the House of Patou {Fragrance News}
Jean Patou have relaunched a trio of perfumes this spring of 2013 which have made the historical reputation of their house in the world of fragrances: Joy (1930), 1000 (1972) and Sublime (1992). The news come after a new...
The 12-Year Secret Plan by LVMH to Take Over Hermès {Fragrance Industry News}
Le Monde revealed yesterday on May 18, 2013 that a confidential 115-page report they were able to consult shows that luxury group LVMH had been secretly preparing their takeover of Hermès over a period of 12 years through the setting-up...
Calvin Klein Downtown Fronted by Rooney Mara (2013): Again, that Generational Thing {New Perfume} {Celebrity-Endorsed Fragrance}
Calvin Klein since the trendsetting CK One in 1994 have been in the business of tuning into generational aspirations in the broadest terms possible. Back then it was initially a war cry for gender-neutral, unisex identities embodied by lanky...
Paris is Blooming in the Spring V {Perfume Images}
©The Scented Salamander This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago when the light was more juvenile and fresh. You can really feel the chlorophylle in the leaves. The church is Saint Sulpice. ...
Le Labo Lys 41 & Ylang 49: Imperfect Twins {New Fragrances} (2013)
Haute parfumerie brand Le Labo founded by French expats living in New York, Fabrice Penot and Edouard Roschi, two former L'Oréal execs, are preparing to launch two new perfumes in their Classic collection called Lys 41 and Ylang 49. They relied on...
New Perfumes in 2012: Nicki Minaj Pink Friday {Celebrity Fragrance}
In September 2012, rapper Nicki Minaj launched her debut perfume called Pink Friday, named after the title of one of her albums. The colorful - in every sense - diva who describes herself as a cross between Barbie and the...
New Perfumes in 2012: Jovan Intense Oud, Silky Rose & Secret Amber: An Oriental Collection for the Mass-Market & the Middle East
Last year Jovan better known for their musk scents - their website is even called jovanmusk.com - introduced an Oriental Collection of three fragrances called Intense Oud, Silky Rose and Secret Amber, which they advertize as being unisex, another departure...
Les Parfums de Rosine Vive La Mariée! (2013) {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}
French niche perfume house dedicated to the exclusive cultivation of roses, Les Parfums de Rosine, have launched a new women's perfume inspired by the biggest first rite of passage in a woman's life, her wedding day. The new scent...