Prada have launched a new limited-edition collector bottle for their latest masculine fragrance Luna Rossa {see Luna Rossa fragrance review} introduced last year. The collector edition celebrates the 34th America's Cup."The Luna Rossa fragrance, which evolved from the pursuit of...
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Shanghai Tang and Inter Parfums Inc. Sign a New Fragrant Partnership {Fragrance News}
Sino-centric Chinese fashion label Shanghai Tang est. 1994, who like to use the slogan "Re-Orient Yourself", specializing in the revitalization of Han fashion and taste from the 1920s, 1930s, have signed a fragrance deal with French company Inter Parfums Inc.......
M.A.C Turquatic Revamped & Bigger (2013) {Fragrance News} {New Bottle}
MAC Cosmetics have launched a new, graphically decorated flacon for Turquatic (2005), which they like to call their "classic". The sea-inspired beach perfume is now available in 50 ml and in a newly decorated bottle. The brand explain that...
Further Update: Chanel Announce Arrival of Perfumer Olivier Polge at Laboratoires Parfums Chanel - Father Jacques Polge to Stay On {Fragrance News}
After communicating directly with the French Chanel press office, we've learned that there is actually no plan for retirement for in-house perfumer Jacques Polge who's been at the helm of Chanel since 1978. The news is about the arrival...
Update: Perfumer Olivier Polge to Start "Cultural Integration" Process at Chanel with Father Jacques Polge & Christopher Sheldrake {Fragrance News}
A picture of perfumer Ernest Beaux, the first in-house perfumer at Chanel and name behind the No.5 In a scenario which will please both perfume lovers and institutionally-minded people, but most of all, the French, the news of the...
Perfumer Sandrine Videault Passed Away Yesterday {Fragrance News}
New-Caledonia-based, young French perfumer Sandrine Videault, the perfumer of Manoumalia by Les Nez (UK Fifi Awards Finalist 2010) but also of home fragrances such as Ambre Indien by Esteban or Violeta by Les Néréides, known in particular for...
Debut Repetto Perfume Advertising Campaign Started Today in France {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Adverts}
French prima ballerina Dorothée Gilbert in a behind-the-scenes shot Announced as early as in December 2011, Repetto inaugurated their fragrance advertising campaign for their debut perfume today in France. Prima ballerina Dorothée Gilbert is the star of the TV...
Alexander McQueen to be Reborn to the Fragrance World with Procter & Gamble Prestige {Fragrance News}
Procter and Gamble announced today that the Alexander McQueen designer label for fragrance is to be reborn under their new aegis "effective immediately". The defunct fashion designer who can be lauded for his sense of daring and theatricality committed suicide...
Maison Fabre are Launching Scented Gloves & Candles {Fragrance News}
French glovemaker Maison Fabre est.1924 are introducing a novel range of fragranced items this summer. Known for having created the iconic gloves worn by the Beast in La belle et la bête by Jean Cocteau or the ones worn...
Dior Unveil Robert Pattinson in Advertising for Homme by Dior {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Ads}
Dior have decided it was time to unveil the new print advert for the upcoming Dior Homme fragrance campaign which will be in full swing from September 2013, as reported earlier on. That's what they set out to do...
Robert Pattinson To Promote New Image of Dior Homme, For Sure {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
If it needed confirming, it's been confirmed. On Wednesday, Dior Parfums made an official announcement to say that actor Robert Pattinson will indeed be their front man for their upcoming new masculine ad campaign. The blog reported the...
New Jo Malone Perfumery to Open in Passy Neighborhood in Paris {Fragrance News}
Jo Malone London will open a new freestanding boutique in Paris in the rue de Passy where it will be a close neighbor to a Guerlain perfumery which has been there since the 1950s. This will be their third...
Douglas - Nocibé Merger a Possibilty while Chinese Fosun are also Interested {Fragrance Industry News}
British private equity group Charterhouse are in the process of selling Nocibé, the 3rd largest perfume and cosmetics retail chain in France behind Sephora and Marionnaud. Douglas have expressed their interest, which would push up Nocibé to second place...
E.L. James Now Imagines the Scents of 50 Shades of Grey {Fragrance News}
On the chapter of pop culture and good business sense, author of 50 Shades of Grey E.L. James has announced that she's been working on a perfume blend that would best reflect the goings between Christian and Ana. Main...
3 Ballet-Inspired Perfumes in 2013: Penhaligon's Iris Prima, Repetto, Amrita Aromatics & Apothecary Vaganova {Fragrance News}
Vaganova arabesques The world of classical ballet, which can be perceived by some as a bit quaint and old-fashioned yet replete with grace and still echoing of the legendary physical stamina of its forebears has inspired three perfumes this...