London-based Ormonde Jayne Perfumery have created a new service called Perfume Portraits to help customers better evaluate their aromatic likes and dislikes and thus be able to choose a better perfume for themselves. The psychological component is unmistakable: it is...
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Designer Michael Kors to Receive 2010 Hall of Fame from The Fragrance Foundation {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}
Fashion designer Michael Kors will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Thursday June 10th 2010 by The Fragrance Foundation in recognition of his major contributions to the American perfume industry. He has signed three successful fragrance franchises since...
Update on Jennifer Aniston Fragrance Lola Vie {Perfume News} {Celebrity Scent}
On March 30, 2010 © fotonoticiasA rep for actress Jennifer Aniston corrected the information that was published by Life & Style Mag earlier on today saying the name of the actress' first perfume is Lola Vie, not "Lola V." As...
Jennifer Aniston Settles on Lola V(ie) - Update {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Jennifer Aniston on March 30, 2010 at the Bounty Hunter premiere in Madrid © Getty Images/Carlos AlvarezActress Jennifer Aniston has finally made up her mind as to what name to pick for her signature fragrance to launch this month in...
Jo Malone Cologne Intense Quartet, in the Words of Perfumer Christine Nagel {New Fragrances 2010}
{A fragrance review of Jo Malone Rose Water & Vanilla Cologne Intense has been added to the blog!}{A fragrance review of Jo Malone Iris & White Musk Cologne Intense has been added to the blog!} After announcing the upcoming release...
8 New Upcoming Books on Smell {Fragrant Readings} {Fragrance News}
Little girl smelling a flower at John F. Kennedy's wedding reception by Lisa Larsen, via All Posters.The upcoming months, from May to September 2010 will see the release of no less than 8 new books focusing on the sense of...
In Memoriam Perfumer Béatrice Piquet (1963-2010): Condolences Space Open
©Hajime Watanabe/IFFPerfumer Béatrice Piquet passed away this month after a long struggle with malady. She was born on September 27th 1963 in Eaubonne and died in Nanterre on March the 1st, 2010. Her funeral took place at Eglise Notre-Dame of...
Parfums de Nicolaï or 3 News for this Spring 2010: l'Eau MiXte, Un Soir en Sicile, New Boutique - Update
{A reportage about the Nicolaï perfume launch and boutique inauguration has been added to the blog!}{Un reportage sur l'inauguration de la nouvelle boutique Nicolaï et le lancement de L'Eau Mixte a été ajouté au blog!}Parfums de Nicolaï have three surprises...
Viktor & Rolf Order Cake for Flowerbomb's 5th Anniversary at Hotel Le Meurice {Fragrance News}
From left to right: pastry chef Camille Lesecq, head chef Yannick Alléno, perfumer Olivier PolgeDutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf decided to take the opportunity of Paris Fashion Week to celebrate the 5th anniversary of their star fragrance Flowerbomb....
Paco Rabanne to Launch Feminine Counterpart to 1 Million, with Dree Hemingway
© Paco RabanneThis summer, expect to discover a new feminine pendant to the bad boy of 1 Million by Paco Rabanne, whose finger-snapping helped make the men's fragrance a success. The coumarin-laden oriental scent for men featuring a copper accord...
Etat Libre d'Orange Creates Advertising Visual for Tilda Swinton Scent {Perfume Ads} {Fragrance News}
It is not in the habit of a confidential niche perfume house to devote much time, energy, and finances to setting up an advertising campaign. More often than not their motto seems to be: the jus, only the jus! Niche...
Singer Rihanna Turns to the Fans and Internet for Help in Choosing Perfume Name
A perfume name can make or break a new fragrance or at least this is what one can assume singer Rihanna is thinking as she has been looking assiduously for a good fragrance name and casting her net wide to...
More French Celebrities Enter The Perfume Ring: Melanie Thierry and Marc Lavoine + An Hexagonal Retrospective
Mélanie Thierry just received the César prize for "meilleur espoir feminine" (best up-and-coming female actress). Although celebrity and perfume do not seem to mesh as well in French culture as in American pop culture, lately an effort has been made...
Jennifer Aniston To Pour Her Anger (lina) into a New Perfume Instead of Drinking It...Just Kidding - Update
As reported back in 2007, the rumors then started circulating of a possible upcoming perfume signed by Friends icon Jennifer Aniston. Three years later, it seems that the rumor has been confirmed by a source close to the actress. The...
Cacharel Les Jellies (2010) {Fragrance News - New Flacons}
Cacharel will launch from April 2010 a collection of five limited-edition, petite-sized versions of Anais Anais, Noa, Amor Amor, Amor Amor Tentation and Scarlett in 20 ml bottles made to resemble candy canes. Each perfume is petite-priced also, at 20€......