Fragrance News Archives

 Dior is organizing an international contest in partnership with Leica to invite people to interpret the values and universes of fragrances Fahrenheit and Fahrenheit 32 in digital photographies following 4 distinct themes:  1) The Imaginary Voyage 2)  Wide Open...

     Can Can by Paris Hilton is now pursuing its career in London, UK. In pure celebrity-fragrance style, the celebrity is a key element of the composition (especially in this case). Paris works the crowd and touts her latest scent...

  Actor Josh Hartnett will be the face of the upcoming Armani fragrance for men called Emporio Armani Diamonds pour Homme, to be released this summer according to one US source and in September of 2008 according to a French...

 In an interesting twist of events, Guerlain have announced that they have hired perfumer Thierry Wasser to be the exclusive in-house nose starting in June for the venerable institution which was established in 1828. This move is part of...

Image © Wireimage  Vera Wang Princess continues to blaze the trail. It entered the German market on April 24th 2008. Designer Vera Wang attended the launch party at the KaDeWe in Berlin........

   Actress Naomi Watts in Los Angeles on May 5th 2008  Hot off the wire. In a move to link perfume and Hollywood glamor, it has been announced today that actress Naomi Watts will be the new icon for the fragrance...

  French architect Jean Nouvel is the 2008 laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. We wanted to go back to this news as we read somewhere that the bottle he designed for the limited edition of L'Homme this year,...

 Fairmont Hotels and Resorts have announced that perfumer Lyn Harris of Miller Harris has designed an exclusive eau de cologne for the chain called Cologne 1888. It is named after the date of foundation of one of the hotels...

    According to several news sources (People, The Irish Examiner, Entertainmentwise.com) that we were not able to verify online, Jennifer Lopez has decided to turn her planned TV reality show for TLC channel into a perfume-centered project........

Turkana Girl Pointing at Her Nose by Peter Beard, ca. 1964-2006 - Fahey/Klein Gallery  Bertrand Duchaufour fans can rejoice, especially those with well-lined pockets. A new bespoke perfume service at L'Artisan Parfumeur with the recently recruited in-house nose has...

 The IGC Group has launched a luxury perfume bottle encrusted with small brilliants,"[It] is designed in an elliptical form by Brilliant Services, a Belgian high end jewellery manufacturer, a specialist in microscope diamond setting. The EXIRE® gold perfume bottle...

  Raspberry Seltzer by Garrett and Rachel  Firmenich have announced that they have developed a new olfactive system that allows them to capture food flavors in a very accurate manner. It is dubbed Taste-The-Smell and was developed in collaboration with Dr. Clotaire...

The prizes for best perfumes of 2007 are starting to roll out at a higher cadence now. The 2008 Fifis for the UK branch of the Fragrance Foundation were announced in their 16th annual ceremony: Best new prestige female...

 The wonderful Alpona by Caron created in 1939 is being discontinued. This is some unfortunate news for perfume amateurs. You can still currently purchase it from the Caron boutique in New York City, starting from $100 for a 1/4...