Fragrance News Archives

Yesterday, I got a lovely email from Daneen Baird of Spoiled Pretty letting me know that The Scented Salamander blog had been featured in Vogue Russia. Without her, I would have never even suspected of course. An adorable Russian...

The probing of Rochas's intentions regarding the development of their perfume business under the new aegis of in-house perfumer Jean-Michel Duriez sheds light on the philosophy of the fragrance brand. As the perfume brand is preparing to launch Eau Sensuelle...

Forbes is running three stories about luxury bespoke perfumers in recession times as part of their series "Thriving in the Downturn" and amongst those there is a video-reportage about Francis Kurkdjian's work......

Next month will take place in Milan, Italy, the first professional fair show dedicated to niche perfumery called Esxence, The Scent of Excellence and tagged "The event of art perfumery". The show was organized by Celso Fadelli et Silvio Levi...

IFRA is organizing a seminar entitled "A Choice Worth Making? The pros & cons of modern fragrance", to be held in Brussels on March 31st, 2009:09:30hrs        Welcome coffee 10:00hrs        Introduction - Jean-Pierre Houri, IFRA Director General       10:15hrs  Scents and their Psychophysiological Effects...

Kate Moss was reportedly seen shooting a perfume commercial for an upcoming new women's fragrance for Yves Saint Laurent. The paparazzi were there. Moss is holding a rose, Eiffel Tower in the back. According to WWD,"Early last week, the supermodel...

Sandalwood by Zeon7The increased scarcity of sandalwood and Mysore sandalwood in particular, considered to be the best of sandalwoods, has become the bane of the perfume industry. Fragrance supplier Symrise has now announced through perfumer Jean-Claude Delville that they were...

Interparfums have announced a number of new perfume launches to watch out for in 2009 and 2010 (I only mention the ones that were not featured on the site yet):• Féérie by Van Cleef & Arpels in an eau de...

The first stills from the new commercial by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Chanel No. 5 have been released featuring actress Audrey Tautou and model Travis Davenport. The story manages to allude to the universe and era of Gabrielle Chanel in...

Persimmon will be en vogue in 2009Analysts have looked at recent data plus wiped their crystal balls clean to bring you several forecasts. The trend will apparently be driven by the kind of logic under which Frutarom will operate themselves,"Part...

CPL Aromas is anticipating the growth of the organic green market and wants to participate in it.  They have now launched a collection of organic (not just natural) raw materials which were available beforehand but were deemed not sustainable to...

Parfumerie Générale, a niche perfumery founded and led by perfumer Pierre Guillaume, will now be showcased in a brick-and-mortar store in Paris, France called Aépure from April 2009. Update: it is not the first flagship store of the brand as...

We have a special blog giveaway to announce today. Fans of Tom Brady and the Patriots, football fans or simply plain patriots (arguably) can enter a giveaway to win a collectible autographed bottle of the latest Stetson fragrance, All American,...

Paris Hilton at her birthday bash on March 8, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NevadaParis Hilton, the celebrity that everyone loves to hate, has been picked as the Celebrity of the Year by The...

Le Labo has launched a range of silicone-based perfumes of their library of scents called Balms. They are available at Colette.fr (which has gone web 2.0) in 10 ml basic spray containers in keeping with the spare lab atmosphere of...