Fragrance News Archives

Marks & Spencer think they have found the beauty sweet spot with the creation of a new concept for a beauty area called Your Beauty: The Best of Nature & Science. What they wish to convey is objectivity, honesty, eco-consciousness,...

The oud wave is coming full circle. We think we said that once already. It is coming even fuller circle. The household brand name Persil made by Henkel & Cie/ Unilever launched a new Liquid Detergent for White Thobes (Thawbs)...

Perfumer Josephine "Jo" Catapano, one of the pioneer women perfumers working within the fragrance industry, passed away on May 14, 2012 in Scarsdale, N.Y. aged 93. She is the author of Norell by Norell, Youth-Dew, Cinnabar and JHL by Estée...

Lancôme are proposing a special edition for Mother's Day 2012 which sees the classic bottle of Trésor become decorated with a Swarovski crystal necklace shaped as a heart.The 30 ml bottle is also proposed at a Socialist pricing point, 24,95€...

Businessman Diego Della Valle announced on Monday May 7, 2012 that he will be at the helm of the project of having the house of Schiaparelli be reborn of its ashes. The fashion label founded by Elsa Schiaparelli in the...

Actor Brad Pitt will be the first masculine face of Chanel No.5 since 1921 when the perfume was first launched starting its illustrious career as an international bestseller. The house has been particularly well attuned to the virtue of hiring...

A Sydney-based artist called RJ Williams is suing Madonna for her brand's use of a logo appearing on her new perfume bottle Truth or Dare and her adverts."Friends from all over the world have been calling me upon seeing the...

Singer and actress Rihanna has revealed that she is currently working on the creation of a men's fragrance following up on the women's Reb'l Fleur and Rebelle. Expect to see...Rebel Man or Rebel, Man..?......

The most interesting aspect coming out of this press release is the manifesto tonality you can hear in the voices of founders of Le Labo and Strange Invisible Perfumes. It is indicative of a malaise and wants to make a...

A perfume which was created last year as an "environmental enhancer" or ambiant scent for ScentWorld Expo, commissioned by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau has met with so much success that it has been turned into a perfume...

A discovery made by scientists at the University of British Columbia will allow for a more stable and cheaper sourcing of synthetic ambergris extracted from Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea). While mainstream news sources point to the interest for the perfume...

Coty, Inc announced today that they have offered $10 billion in cash to buy cosmetics giant Avon, which despite its track record of past successes has been struggling lately. According to the New York Times, "Coty said that it had...

Celebrated perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain has been condemned on one count of racial insult and discharged on another by the criminal court of Paris today. He has been fined for the sum of 6000 € and will further have to pay...

Diptyque finally unveiled their newly redesigned bottles today. The house is known for their simple apothecary-style flacons with beautiful printed oval-shaped labels. Now, these ovals are the inspiration for the new shape. It makes me think a bit of Parfum...

  A recently revamped blog analytics feature gives a better, clearer idea about who the visitors are that read The Scented Salamander blog (excluding in this case stats for the overall site MimiFroufrou.com).So, it sort of jumped at me what...