The Body Shop have launched a new fragrance called White Musk Smoky Rose, a spin on the original White Musk, in two concentrations, in eau de toilette and eau de parfum. The two however differ in a noticeable fashion......
November 2013 Archives
Bath & Body Works Midnight for Men (2013) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
Together with new feminine fragrance Forever Midnight, Bath & Body Works have introduced Midnight for Men its companion scent and their first ever Forever Fragrance for men. The jus is dubbed a "luxury cologne"......
Bath & Body Works Forever Midnight (2013) {New Perfume}
Bath & Body Works have launched a new women's perfume which they describe as their "most luxurious scent yet". It's called Forever Midnight......
Free Screenings with Scent Track of Perfume The Story of a Murderer in Los Angeles on Nov 6 & 7, 2013 {Fragrance News}
For two evenings, Angelenos will be able to attend two screenings of Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Tom Tykwer. Perfumer Christophe Laudamiel, the creator of the scents for the "scent track" of the movie - it was actually...
New Book: Les Parfums du Vin is a Guide Cross-Pollinating Winemaking & Perfumery (2013) {Fragrant Readings}
French publishing house Delachaux et Niestlé have introduced a new book which should be of interested to foodies, wine- and perfume-lovers. It is entitled Les Parfums du Vin: sentir et comprendre le vin by Richard Pfister, an engineer in oenology and...
Les Parfums de Rosine Majalis: Rose + Cinnamon (2013)
Les Parfums de Rosine have added a new rose fragrance baptized Majalis to their library of roses. Specializing in the capture of the scent of the Queen of Flowers in all of its guises, the house have turned their...
Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black & Nirvana White: About Bed by the Olsens: Generation Cocooning 2 (2014)
The Olsen twins are launching a duo of fragrances under their apparel label Elizabeth and James following up on previous incursions in the celebrity category when they were teens. This is a different project - Nirvana Black & Nirvana...
Olivier Durbano Lapis Philosophorum (2013) {New Fragrance}
Olivier Durbano has launched a new fragrance called Lapis Philosophorum, the most esoteric version of a mineral perfume yet in his series of Bijoux et Parfums de Pierres Poèmes {check Interview} compositions dedicated to a different semi-precious stone each time...
Some People Might Need a Permit Before Spraying On Fragrance {The 5th Sense in the News}
Two topics in the press call attention to the recurring problem of perfume experienced as a health hazard. The first one about teenagers overspraying their AXE body products at school to the point of making their class mates ill...
Jay Z Gold for Men (2013) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Jay Z, rapper, singer, husband of Beyoncé and dad to Blue Ivy, has launched his first cologne under his own signature name working together with Parlux. Previously, he had done fragrances under one of his companies' labels, apparel brand Rocawear,...
Notes on the History of the Eau de Cologne {Fragrant Reading}
Pravda, one of the national Russian newspapers, have a piece on the history of Eau de Cologne in their series on Museums of the World: The Perfume as Exhibit. The series looks at various cultural artifacts, and fragrance is one...