Fragrance News Archives

Last Saturday November 8th 2008, a ceremony was held at Wingen-sur-Moder in the Bas-Rhin region of France to set the first stone of the building that is going to become the Musée Lalique, a new French state museum, which will...

When the movie Perfume came out in 2006 (see our movie review), one knew that Thierry Mugler had been concocting an ambitious project, that of translating Patrick Süskind's narrative into real perfumes created by perfumers Christophe Laudamiel and Christophe Hornetz....

Youth apparel brand Mark Ecko have announced that they will start venturing in the world of fragrance development with perfumes for both men and women. The first one will be a masculine debuting in the fall of 2009. Their fragrance...

Photos courtesy of the Society of American PerfumersThis year, the Perfumers Choice Awards 2008 wanted to place their event under the guidance of two inspirational quotes from two women captains of industry to help members of the profession make the...

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According to an October 8th 2008 market research of the NPD Group, the tendency, already seen last year, for US women to turn to the classic or the familiar when it came to buying perfume is showing no signs of...

Lanvin have announced that tennis champion Rafael Nadal will be the spokesperson for their upcoming new line of men's scents called Lanvin L'Homme Sport. Nadal has been ranked #1 tennis player in the world since August 2008.The first perfume in...

Fresh has re-edited two perfumes from their catalog in the Index collection, Patchouli Pure and Tobacco Caramel originally introduced in 2001 and 1999 respectively. They were discontinued two years ago and are back by popular demand. Tobacco Caramel, in spite...

After posting about the event, I received further information. The Perfumers Choice Awards, besides the more classic fine-fragrance categories, offers an interesting array of categories not found in other awards ceremonies in the industry, such as Laundry Detergents, Candles, Fragranced...

The American Society of Perfumers was established in 1947. It is currently headed by president Marvel Fields and vice-president Jim Krivda. The upcoming Perfumers Choice Awards will showcase the debut perfume by actor Tony Sirico from the Soprano series, called...

The president of the Fragrance Foundation Rochelle Bloom went to Dubai recently to sign an agreement to set up a chapter of the foundation which will cover the Middle East market.Cosmetics International has now confirmed that the new branch, called...

Niche perfumery is becoming increasingly mainstream as the forums, blogs and magazines attest to the phenomenon, yet sampling some of the more selective and highly-priced brands can still remain a challenge; traditionally this is considered to be part of the...

The house of Creed have announced that they have set up a new text-alert service to respond more efficiently to the numerous queries emanating from their fan base. According to the press release,......