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Fragrance News Archives
Donna Karan Chaos, Signature, Fuel for Men, & More: Back By Popular Demand! {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Please take note and mark your calendars! Here are some wonderful news! Donna Karan have decided to permanently reintroduce several of their iconic fragrances that had become nearly impossible to find and then only at astronomical prices.The new collection housed...
Calvin Klein Secret Obsession, Uncensored: X-tra Sensuous? {Fragrance News} {Perfume Ad}
I don't know if I have shared one particular Franco-American TV anecdote with you before on this blog, but it is worth retelling in the context of the "controversy" unleashed by Eva Mendes posing suggestively for the upcoming perfume by...
France Leading Market in Beauty & Perfume {Fragrance & Beauty News}
Made in France label on a rusting tractor in the US by Clearly AmbiguousAn interesting article with some facts and figures in The Financial about the state of the beauty and perfume industry, and how and why it is the...
French Justice System Tightening Its Grip on eBay {Fragrance & Beauty News}
eBay, which was fined recently in an ostentatiously severe fashion ($ 63, 2 million) by a French commercial court for de facto allowing the sale of counterfeit luxury goods on its very popular site, had decided to urgently appeal the...
Upcoming Fragrance Launches in 2008 {Fragrance News}
WWD has an article listing a comprehensive number of the upcoming launches for the remaining of 2008. Among the ones not already covered on the blog and worthy of attention are: Prelude to Love by Kilian, Aroma M Geisha Blanche...
Halle Berry Shoots Fragrance Commercial In Hawaii {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfumes}
As previously reported, Halle Berry is going to contribute to the ever-growing portfolio of Coty's celebrity-endorsed fragrances. Judging from the first photos available, the theme is sunny and beach-y. It does not seem that the Halle Berry fragrance will go...
John Galliano Launches Signature Fragrance {Perfume News} {Celebrity Fragrances}
On July 8th 2008 in Paris, designer John Galliano, the artistic director for Dior Couture, launched his debut signature fragrance in the rather intimate settings of his studio located in the 20th arrondissement. The tag line goes "Le parfum no....
Revamped Dior Parfums Site - Mini Interview with François Demachy {Fragrance News}
Dior have re-looked their perfume website, as they visibly wish to reach out to online consumers. The layout indicates they are very much aware that their clientèle is part of the new-luxury trend and expect more detailed information about fragrances...
New Coach Limited-Edition Bottle: Snatch It While You Can {Fragrance News}
Luggage brand Coach has issued a new limited-edition bottle for its debut eponymous fragrance, Coach launched last year. It picks up the same decorative logo theme as found on the original flacon but colors it in bright shades.That's the...
•• Upcoming Major Feminine Launch for Guerlain •• {Fragrance News}
The new in-house perfumer for Guerlain, Thierry Wasser, explains to L'Express that as Guerlain launches on average 20 perfumes a year, that "one can't do everything". The next major Guerlain feminine launch will thus be the fruit of his...
Tom Ford Private Blend Italian Cypress, Arabian Wood, Champaca Absolute {Fragrance News}
Tom Ford announced that it is planning the launch of three new Private Blend fragrances. Italian Cypress will be exclusive to the Milan Tom Ford boutique; persisting in his avowed taste for the Seventies (see Gucci pour Homme and...
The New Perry Ellis for Men •• More Info {Fragrance News} {Shopping Tip}
The new Perry Ellis for Men is generating quite a buzz,what with the handsome bottle, the glam Italianate advertising and the teasing scent strips in the glossies from the end of spring 2008. After TSS posted earlier on about...
Lalique White (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne} - Thierry de Baschmakoff at Lalique {Fragrance News}
Crystal-maker Lalique will launch a new fragrance for men called Lalique White, first next week, exclusively at Harrods in London, and then worldwide in September 2008. The US and Middle East will only discover it in 2009. The scent...
The Musée International de la Parfumerie Will Reopen This Fall {Fragrance News} {Perfume Advert}
After announcing last year that the Musée International de la Parfumerie (International Museum of Perfumery), located in the south of France in the historical center of perfumery that Grasse is, would reopen in early 2008, the inauguration was delayed...