Fragrance News Archives

The house of Floris has confirmed to TSS that they will discontinue several fragrances from their catalog "...to make way for future launches." The perfumes which are going to be withdrawn from circulation are: Vetiver, China Rose, Zinnia and even...

French actor Vincent Cassel will lend his looks to a new masculine fragrance by Yves Saint Laurent to be launched next spring on March 2, 2009. YSL in this manner will follow up on the success of L'Homme which was...

The Islington Gazette reports that a truck carrying a load of Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums fragrances was robbed. 227 bottles vanished including a contingent of the new Dans Tes Bras. I wonder how the robbers could resell those without...

Cocoa-colored Balenciaga dress by Irving Penn, 1950 The fashion house of Balenciaga, which has received a new impulse under the stewardship of its creative director Nicolas Ghesquière, now feels the need to reach out to a broader audience. For doing...

Fragrance aficionados will be delighted to learn that Serge Lutens has opened a new official site for the brand at http://www.sergelutens.com. It showcases a number of interesting, never-seen-before pictures, quotes, a short expressionist film that was selected for the Cannes...

Columbia Poppy by Girard & Cie from Ragoarts Boots Pharmacy chain has become interested in the archives of an old British perfume house from the turn of the 20th century named Girard & Cie and decided to resurrect the...

La Maison des Parfums in Bucharest - don't you love the fact that you have room to breathe and contemplate the bottles with a sense of perspective instead of being hit on the head by an army of perfumes? Romania...

Shocking by Schiaparelli (1937), still currently available in its modernized form at discount stores, has now been re-launched in style and in its original formulation by the Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie at Urban Retreat at Harrods,"Composed of over 500 ingredients,...

Consider this recession-proof alternative: 7 Drops of Love for $1,60 at Divinafe.com, vaudoo ritual not includedMarketing Week, a UK trade journal, announced that Ralph Lauren will launch an ultra-selective perfume called Love in October 2008 at Harrods, available for the...

To me, perfumer Olivia Giacobetti is a little bit like the feminine counterpart to perfumer Jean Claude Ellena. Both are fascinated by the element water and its smell. Both are obsessed with transparent, diaphanous textures. Both plow their paths in...

Advert by Raymond DepardonThree years after its launch, Stella Cadente's debut fragrance Miss Me has been morally and concretely axed by Clarins. The group does not want to manage the design label's fragrance license anymore due to losses and difficulties...

Although the new Paco Rabanne 1 Million fragrance for men is already available at Sephora in France, the publicity campaign in the UK is only just kicking off. Yes, I know, we already showed you the TV commercial and I...

Photo © Astrid StarwiazSpermodel and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues' frequent feature girl Marisa Miller has been selected to be the new Victoria's Secret Angel.She will also be the spokesmodel for their new fragrance Very Sexy Dare when it launches on...

eBay has had to fight several luxury brands and groups lately (Hermès, LVMH, Tiffany, l'Oréal) who accuse the auction site of enabling illegal practices and of de facto allowing the sales of counterfeit products. The biggest blow has come from...

The controversial Secret Obsession video: as you can see, it's all left up to your imagination (credit: You Tube)In a gesture more symbolic than anything else, You Tube has decided to ban the controversial Eva Mendes video for Secret Obsession...