Artistic director for Lanvin, Alber Elbaz signs a new collector edition of Eclat d'Arpège called Pretty Face. The bulbous lilac bottle now comes decorated with a cartoonish pretty girl with a heart-shaped mouth, a purple bow and a red...
October 2013 Archives
Trussardi My Name (2013) {New Perfume}
Trussardi have introduced a new women's perfume called My Name, the feminine pendant to My Land. The composition features slightly old-fashioned floral notes while the bottle is very much Italian fashion style. The perfumer behind the fragrance is Aurélien...
James Bond 007 Quantum (2013) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
The latest addition to the James Bond 007 scent-bar franchise is called Quantum. "Quantum, the third installment to the dangerously sophisticated James Bond 007 fragrance line, comprises a truly masculine and invigorating array of ingredients, combined to bring to...
Dolce & Gabbana pour Femme Intense (2013): Inspired by Old-School EDPs {New Perfume}
Dolce & Gabbana are launching the intense version of Dolce & Gabbana pour Femme (2012) this 2013 fall season. From a perfumery standpoint, the designers wanted to recapture some of "the richness and depth of old-school eaux de parfum"...
Serge Lutens La Vierge de Fer (2013): A Practical Argument for a Little Black Dress of a Perfume - Or when a Famous Fashion House Overlaps with a Confidential Perfume House {Perfume Review & Musings}
The photographic model for the Madonne aux Lys by Mucha Serge Lutens has done a lily fragrance before called Un Lys. His doing a second one therefore fulfills no library referencing purposes as in, "Come to think of it,...
This is Not a Fragrance Allergy {The 5th Sense in the News}
A man aboard a flight bound for Seattle had the misfortune of encountering a fragrance he couldn't take. According to Dr. Leonard Altman, from the Northwest Allergy & Asthma Center, his case shows you can be over-sensitive to certain perfumes...
L'Occitane Fleur d'Or & Acacia and Cèdre & Oranger: A Her & Him Duo for Christmas (2013) {New Fragrances}
L'Occitane en Provence are adding three new perfumes to the Collection de Grasse this 2013 fall-winter season. Two of them, of which we are writing in this article, will be aiming the Christmas shopping crowds with Fleur d'Or &...
Crabtree & Evelyn Heritage Collection Recaptures Old-World Charm (2013) {New Perfumes}
To fête their 40th anniversary, Crabtree & Evelyn are launching a collection of 7 fragrances, including a revised version of their Hungary Water, the earliest known European alcohol-based fragrance dating back to the 14th century. The Heritage Collection offers...
Demeter Elvira Mistress of the Dark Collection (2013): Dangerous Florals for Halloween {New Perfumes}
Demeter Fragrance Library have issued a new range comprising three seasonal fragrances to celebrate Halloween called Elvira's Zombie, Elvira's Vamp and Elvira's Black Roses, all part of the Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Collection after the eponymous movie and video...
Michael Kors Glam Jasmine (2013) {New Fragrance}
American fashion designer Michael Kors, who is known for his urban-sporty style is trying to adapt this idea to jasmine with Glam Jasmine, a soliflore appearing in the midst of an olfactory-sartorial landscape usually dedicated...