Fragrance News Archives

 Cosmetic Executive Women UK announced the winners for 2008, in their third annual ceremony yesterday in London. Here is the information concerning the fragrance prizes and you can refer yourselves to Cosmetics International and CEW for the more complete...

 Alas, we were not fast enough. We wanted to review the new limited-edition by Lolita Lempicka Fleur Défendue/Forbidden Flower showcasing absinthe flower. It is already sold out and discontinued per an email from Sephora (US). It is however still...

1998 advert with Patrick Dupond from Mes Parfums If in 1998 Caron chose an étoile ballet dancer, Patrick Dupond, to incarnate the image of masculinity they wanted to project for their classic lavender cologne Pour Un Homme (For A...

Gucci have announced that American actor James Franco, who incarnated Harry Osborn in the Spider Man movie trilogy, will be the spokesperson for their next masculine cologne to be launched in September 2008.  Artistic director Frida Giannini said she...

       We all know that Nicole Kidman is expecting...or at least now you know. The impact of this piece of news on perfume history has just been felt. Women's Wear Daily reported on Wednesday April 16 that French actress Audrey...

 Cosmétique Mag announced that L'Artisan Parfumeur have made the novel move of recruiting an in-house perfumer, like Jean-Michel Duriez for Jean Patou, Richard Fraysse for Caron, or Jean-Claude Ellena for Hermès. Perfumers who are exclusively employed by a fragrance...

 Bond No. 9 will release bejeweled perfume bottles for Mother's Day for three scents from their catalog: Bryant Park, Bleecker Street, and Nuits de Noho. The flacons rutilate thanks to thousands of Swarovski crystals covering them "like a second...

 Perfume collectors will be pleased to know that Lolita Lempicka has issued a new Deluxe Gift Set comprising a necklace accompanying a 1.7 fl oz bottle of their signature fragrance.Notes of this modern classic are: Ivy Leaves, Aniseed, Amarena...

  What we said in the title; Agent Provocateur offer a new design for the flacon of their latest perfume, Strip. In 2007 there used to be a trendy hosiery-themed red-fishnet pattern on the bottle, now they have splattered the...

 Designer Vera Wang will be honored with the 2008 Hall-of-Fame Award given by the Fragrance Foundation in the USA,"The Hall of Fame award is voted on by The Fragrance Foundation’s Board of Directors and is presented to an individual who...

 According to Douglas Bender from the Fragrance Foundation, the consumer vote will indeed count this year for the FIFI Awards and can even outweigh the industry vote if the grass-root one is numerous enough (see previous post about request...

 We were contacted to be told that the Fifi Awards were opening up to the consumer vote this year to vote for the best fragrances of 2007 in 2008. We have asked for further clarification on the direct impact your...

 Le Grand Prix du Parfum 2008 The 2008 edition of the French Fifi Awards saw the partnership of French fashion magazine Marie-Claire with the France-based Fragrance Foundation for the second year in a row.  10 prizes were attributed, including the "Prix...

From the L'Artisan Parfumeur Madison boutique press release, Spring is finally here, and to celebrate its arrival L’Artisan Parfumeur would like to hold three special events, Scent Parties, at our flagship boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, for...

Breaking news: actor Patrick Dempsey well-known for his role in Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Derek Shepherd has signed a multi-year contract with Avon to be the face of a new men's fragrance scheduled to launch in November of 2008.“This...