Guess has launched a new fragrance for women baptized Guess 1981, which marks a return to the origins of the brand, according to the American fashion label with French roots. 1981 is the year Guess opened its first boutique...
April 2017 Archives
Jovoy Incident Diplomatique Teases Your Desire of Transgression (2017) {New Perfume}
Who would want to wear a perfume called "diplomatic incident"? Since we live in dangerous times, it might be the right moment. French niche brand Jovoy has issued a new scent for both men and women baptized Incident Diplomatique,...
Floris Chypress: Beauty & Brains (2017) {New Perfume}
It is often stated that chyprés are "brainy" fragrances. They are more often than not cool and collected, offering a tailored feel and a sense of both aloofness and restraint becoming to this elegant genre. Floris are about to...
Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue NYC Uptown: The Scent of Telling Details (2017) {New Perfume}
Elizabeth Arden is adding a new chapter to the 5th Avenue scent story-telling with 5th Avenue NYC Uptown, which as its name indicates is about bottling the fragrance of privilege one more time and with even more of a...
Prada Candy Gloss Taps into the Allure of the Beauty Market (2017) {New Perfume}
Prada is issuing a new flanker composition in the Candy collection called Candy Gloss, a name meant to appeal to beauty junkies, although the fragrance does not explicitly feature a lip gloss accord as in Lolita Lempicka Sweet (2014)......
How the Church Influences Our Love of Perfume: Smells & Sights on Easter Monday {Paris Street Photography} {Fragrances of Paris}
A seminarist stepping out of the iconostasis on Easter Monday 2017 // Dancey Step II © CHANT WAGNER How the Church Influences Our Love of Perfume: Smells & Sights on Easter Monday The most luscious incense scent comes wafting...
Happy Easter // Joyeuses Pâques {Paris Street Photography}
A riot of pastel colored anemones on Easter Sunday © Chant Wagner 2017 Happy Easter - Joyeuses Pâques For those who celebrate Easter, Happy Easter!......
Jennifer Lopez Partners with Designer Parfums for Global Expansion {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfumes}
A recent picture of JLo modelling one of her creations made in partnership with Mexican retailer Coppel. Jennifer Lopez is leaving the fold of Coty, Inc to revise her perfume brand's growth strategy with new partner Designer Parfums......
Gucci Guilty Absolute pour Homme (2017) // Absolutely Linear {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
Gucci has introduced a new fragrance for men, Gucci Guilty Absolute pour Homme, a result of the collaboration between fashion creative director Alessandro Michele and master perfumeur Alberto Morillas. They worked together on designing an innovative structure for the...
BILL BLASS Nude (1990 / 2011) // Smoke & Mirrors & Post WWII Derring-Do {Perfume Review & Musings} {Fashion Notes}
Bill Blass Nude "State of Mind" - The campaign for the relaunch in 2011-2012 Nude cologne by Bill Blass opens on a terrific floral accord which mixes some of the most controversial facets of difficult flowers. It smells of...
Juicy Couture Majestic Woods (2017) // The Continued Pull of Oud {New Fragrance}
Juicy Couture too now is turning to oud / oudh as the name Majestic Woods attest. It's a long way since velvety track suits with lettering on the bottom pieces were the icons of the brand in the noughties....
Isabey Brings Back to Life Sir Gallahad in New Clothes (1924/2017) {New Fragrance}
Isabey, a throwback French niche perfume brand Est. 1924 is launching a new fragrance in 2017, which ressuscitates a composition created the year of its foundation, Sir Gallahad, a name revealing the popularity of Arthurian legends at the time,...
L'Erbolario Tra i Ciliegi (2017)// From Motif to Genre {New Fragrance}
Italian brand L'Erbolario has introduced a new fragrance which is inspired by the pactice of seasonal contemplation of cherry trees. Called Tra i Ciliegi, it imagines what it feels like to walk, pause and smell among the cherry blossoms......
ESCENTRIC MOLECULES Escentric 04 & Molecule 04 (2017) // Extreme Curating {New Fragrances}
Escentric Molecules, a niche fragrance label created by German perfumer Geza Schoen in 2006, has released a new duo of unisex scents - the first one in seven years - called Escentric 04 and Molecule 04, thereby continuing to...
Diptyque Co-Creates Fragrance Installation with Italian Artist Felice Limosani at Milan Design Week 2017 - April 4-9 {Fragrance News} {Home Fragrance} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Sablier by Diptyque Marks The Passage of Time in Milan for First Time French niche perfume house Diptyque is participating for the first time of its brand history to Milan Design Week 2017, which takes place from April 4...