Yves Rocher, President-Founder of the Yves Rocher Group, the world 18th leading business company, died in Paris at the hospital Lariboisière on December 26th, 2009 from a sudden vascular brain accident. Yves Rocher was born on April 7th, 1930 in...
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Sarah Jessica Parker to Launch Consensual B.O.-Inspired Scent {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
At the premiere of Did You Hear About The Morgans?Sarah Jessica Parker has been expressing her wish for a long time to create an authentically musky scent, the kind that she is partial to. Apparently, after having been forced to...
Bullfighter Cayetano Rivera to be Face of Loewe Perfume {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Spanish bullfighter Cayetano Rivera was presented on December 16, 2009 at the Palace Hotel in Madrid in Spain as the next face for an upcoming fragrance by Loewe scheduled for launch in the fall of 2010. He will also front...
Creed Madison Boutique Opens & Offers Limited-Edition Duke of Windsor Perfume {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
As announced earlier, Creed now has a boutique on Madison Avenue. It opened to the public today. Among its current forty scent offerings, one can note the presence of a rare limited-edition of Creed Windsor, a fragrance which was custom-ordered...
Hermes Hints at Major Perfume Launch for 2010 + New Eau des Merveilles {Fragrance News}
In an interview given to French magazine Cosmétique Mag of Dec 2009/January 2010, president of Hermès Parfums Catherine Fulconis mentions an upcoming major perfume launch by the house to take place in the first semester of 2010. No specifics are...
Marc Jacobs Daisy Garland (2010) {Fragrance News} {New Flacon}
Marc Jacobs will introduce a new visual packaging interpretation of Daisy called Daisy Garland in February 2010. The color sky blue was elected "to encourage wearers to daydream about bright days and happy blue skies," while the perfume itself remains...
Frazer Parfum Opens Pop Up Perfumery & Launches Parfums Solides {Fragrance News}
South-Africa based perfume house Frazer Parfum will inaugurate a pop up perfumery at Hawksmoor Antiques from 15 December 2009 to 15 February 2010 in Cape Town. The house is an all-natural perfumery seeking inspiration in travels made to the sources...
Fragrances of the World 2010 by Michael Edwards {Fragrance News} {Fragrant Reading}
International perfume expert Michael Edwards has published the 26th annual edition of his work with Fragrances of the World 2010/ Parfums du Monde 2010. The new edition lists 7000 fragrances including 800 new releases. The cover features an artwork by...
A Letter from Mayor Bloomberg to Creed on the Occasion of the Madison Boutique Opening {Fragrance News} {Perfume History}
The opening of a new Creed boutique on Madison Avenue received the attention of Mayor Bloomberg who sent a letter of welcome to the perfume house on the occasion of its inauguration.My French translation is available after the jump/Ma traduction...
Scarlett Johansson Replaces Gisele Bundchen as the Face of Dolce & Gabbana The One {Fragrance News} {Perfume Adverts} {Celebrity Scents}
The winter shopping season 2009 sees a new advertising and spokesperson for Dolce & Gabbana The One previously advertised with model Gisèle Bündchen who is an expectant mother. Scarlett Johansson was recently seen as the face of Dolce & Gabbana's...
Serge Lutens to Open Standalone Store in Marrakech {Fragrance News}
According to Women's Wear Daily, Serge Lutens will open a store in La Mamounia in Marrakech where the founder's main residence is incidentally located. This is to respond to an interest in luxury goods emanating from the new Moroccan middle...
Upcoming Bottega Veneta Women's Perfume {Fragrance News}
Italian lifestyle and fashion brand Bottega Veneta just reached an agreement with Coty, Inc. They will launch a personal women's perfume in 2011 as their first foray into the fine fragrance world, to be followed by others. 2005 saw an...
Esxence The Scent of Excellence the 2nd Edition: Milano, March 25-28, 2010 {Fragrance News}
Inaugurated in April 2009, Esxence will convene for its second annual edition in Milan from March 25 to 28, 2010 at the Museo della Permanente, Via Turati. The event accessible by invitation only is dedicated to the promotion of artistic...
Annick Le Guerer Si Le Parfum m'etait Conte (2009) {Fragrant Reading} {Fragrance News}
Perfume author Annick Le Guérer will publish a new book from December 17, 2009 entitled Si le parfum m' était conté (If The Story of Perfume Were Told to Me) at Editions Garde-Temps made in collaboration with l'Osmothèque in Versailles....
Sean John Announces Launch of Empress on HSN {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Sean John did so well for his first time on HSN that his perfume I Am King sold out in the first 15 mn of the show. After a caller asked if he would create an I Am Queen Perfume,...