Fragrance News Archives

Lee Cooper, the legendary jeanswear brand which feted its 100th anniversary in 2008 have announced that they will launch their first fragrance at the beginning of 2010. The denim brand has partnered with the Jacques Bogart group specializing in cosmetics,...

Bond No. 9 is looking for talented graphic designers or just plain simply talented people to enter a design for their new perfume Brooklyn (flacon pictured there). They already have launched it with an original design but would like to...

The Cosmetic Executive Women Awards (CEW) have published their entries for 2009. The lists in the different perfume and beauty categories are very comprehensive so I will only highlight a few of the scents and invite you to visit their...

The luxury bathroom and bath specialists Czech and Speake are preparing to re-launch three old favorites from their perfume, or as they prefer to phrase it, "Aromatics" line inaugurated in 1980. A perennial favorite is No. 88 (1981), a dark...

As previously reported, the iconic Marcel Duchamp Dadaist perfume bottle Belle Haleine Eau de Voilette where Duchamp appears dressed as Rrose Sélavy and is photographed by Man Ray, was up for sale at the historic Christie's auction for the Yves...

The German branch of The Fragrance Foundation has announced its list of nominees for the Duftstars or best perfumes for 2009. The 8 competing categories are: Masculine and feminine in Classics; Masculine and feminine in Luxury Fragrances; Masculine and feminine...

The annual FIFI Awards organized by The Fragrance Foundation will take place on Wednesday May 27th 2009 at The Downtown Amory in New York City. This year, the added news are that 3 new award categories have been created. The...

It will reportedly be possible to get an idea of how the Etruscans scented themselves, or their dead, as a funerary Etruscan perfume vase made of alabaster excavated in 2005 contains enough perfume oils to be analyzed and reconstituted. The...

Mitsouko Fleur de LotusAlthough some people expressed misgivings regarding the creation of a new flanker to the classic Mitsouko by Guerlain (1919), titled Mitsouko Fleur de Lotus, featuring an all-too-audacious aquatic floral note, the field report is that the new...

Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, author of Le Mâle, Fleur du Mâle, Le Sillage de la Reine, Indult fragrances, and so many other fragrances in varied sectors of perfumery will be honored by the French government with the decoration of the Chevalier...

Hilary Duff promoting her sequel fragrance, Wrapped With Love, on MTV on April 29, 2008Got this contest announcement in my mailbox. Your chance to win Hilary Duff's debut perfume With Love (it's pretty good) and a lip gloss:With Love...Hilary Duff...

Caron established in 1904 by Ernest Daltroff and now under the guidance of the Alès Groupe is reporting a growth in its fragrance business despite the downturn of the economy in general. This is especially apparent in the French market,...

The little black dress designed by Didier Ludot for Guerlain and inspired by the perfume La Petite Robe NoireInteresting news. When upon learning initially about the launch of La Petite Robe Noire by Guerlain (The Little Black Dress; see our...

 Following the launch of his debut signature perfume under his own label, John Galliano EDP, designer John Galliano has created a bracelet called the Rose Gold Charm Bracelet......

 Top: Compacted Gray with Clear and Ribs by Tom Patti. Bottom: Unforgivable by Sean John Four years after the launch of the blockbuster fragrance for men Unforgivable by Sean Diddy Combs (2005), a lawsuit alleges that the perfume flacon is a...