Aeger of the Bright Star group will reintroduce the classic English Lavender by Atkinsons in Brazil, a descendant of the lavender waters of pre-modern Europe. The date of birth of Atkinsons English Lavender is usually given as being 1910 but...
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The Cosmopolitan Awards 2009: First Edition: Best, Sexiest, Freshest Perfumes {Fragrance News}
I have to confess that I have not been following the perfume awards this year very assiduously as each time I glanced over the list of winners I started feeling a sense of unspeakable dullness and near-narcolepsy overcome me and...
Charlotte Gainsbourg to Front First Balenciaga Perfume by Nicolas Ghesquiere {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
Last January we heard some exciting news from Balenciaga about a revival of their perfume brand. As the February 2010 deadline for the fragrance launch approaches, the news have come through now that French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of...
Aramis Gentleman's Collection (2009): Relaunching the Classics {New Perfumes} {Fragrance News}
Aramis, a brand owned by the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc, will introduce a new revamped collection of its men's classics issued between 1974 and 2006 in September-October 2009 called the Gentleman's Collection. The idea behind the line is to offer...
New-Book-Smell Air Freshener & Smell of Books Aerosols: from the Scent of your Grandma's House to that of a Jane Austen Novel {Fragrance News}
In attempts to compensate for the lack of olfactory intrigue of a Kindle, two different companies have come up with the same idea: to artfully re-inject the scents of books in order for your electronic device to not approximate the...
Passport to Perfume: New PC/Mac Game {Fragrance News}
A new perfume development computer game called Passport to Perfume by Play First is appearing this July. Perfumer Yosh Han was consulted to make the game feel more realistic."Passport to Perfume is a PC/Mac game that offers players the chance...
Upcoming 2010 World Shanghai Expo Inspires L'Eau de Parfum Pavillon France & Shanghai Bouquet (2009): Homages to Magnolia {New Perfumes} {Fragrance News}
As a fore taste or rather smell of the upcoming 2010 World Shanghai Expo (Exposition Universelle Shanghai Chine 2010) which will take place from May 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010, four fragrances, two French and the other two Japanese,...
Du Bousille au Musee Sylvie Guerlain: Presentation of New 2011 Guerlain Museum June 27 - September 6, 2009 {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
A new Guerlain museum is in the making. To begin to discover it, there is an exhibition which should delight Guerlain collectors and followers which opened on June 27, 2009 in the city of Eu near Dieppe in the Normandy...
Earthly Scents - Heavenly Pleasures: A Cultural History of Scents by Günther Ohloff: New Book {Fragrance News} {Fragrant Reading}
Picture courtesy of the MET. Wedding casket (1500-1530) from Ferrara or Venice decorated with pastiglia made of "musk paste", a mixture of white lead paste, binding egg white and scented musk. "The scent was thought to have aphrodisiacal properties, which...
Creed Acqua Fiorentina (2009) Presented to Michelle Obama & More Information {New Perfume} {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Scents}
Today TSS learned that First Lady Michelle Obama was presented with the gift of the upcoming new fragrance by the house of Creed called Acqua Fiorentina (Florentine Water) to be launched in September in the US. Queen Rania of Jordan...
Celine Ellena & Thierry Hernandez Mix & Blend Bombay Bahia for Bombay Sapphire {Fragrant Recipe} {Fragrance News}
Perfume and cuisine, perfume and beverages, the possibilities are endless as taste and smell are so inter-dependent. Gourmand perfumes, fragrances with a wine or spirits note tentalize the senses. Perfumer Jean-Michel Duriez composed once a cocktail directly inspired by Joy...
Angelina Jolie to be Face of New Armani Perfume: The Big Charisma Campaign {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie attends the 2009 World Refugee Day at the National Geographic Society on June 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Hot off the wires. Actress Angelina Jolie has been announced as the face of the next Armani...
DL Paris L'Eau Blanche by Francis Kurkdjian, Terre d'Hermes L'Extrait, Top 5 Men's Perfumes in France {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}
Didier Ludot, the little black dress expert and designer, will launch a new fashion line called DL Palais Royal that will be previewed at Under Le Louvre from June 26th and debut at Colette on July 6th and run until...
Kasia Smutniak is the Face of Idole d'Armani {Fragrance News}
Following a previous announcement on the upcoming feminine fragrance by Armani, Idole, it has now been made official that model Kasia Smutniak will be the face of the perfume. Giorgio Armani said he chose the young woman because, "I chose...
Guerlain Presents Idylle with Nora Arzeneder & Ora Ito {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images}
Guerlain held a presentation of their upcoming women's perfume Idylle on June 17, 2009 at their Champs-Elysées boutique.....