According to the NPD Group, the overall trend in 2007 for purchases of prestige fragrances in the US can be characterized as one having shown greater conservatism despite or maybe because of the over-abundance of launches. It will be interesting...
Fragrance News Archives
Lilly Pulitzer To Launch Perfume Wardrobe {Fragrance News}
Fashion design label Lilly Pulitzer, which celebrates the Florida lifestyle with bold prints and colors is preparing to enter the fragrance business this year. They will start by proposing a wardrobe of scents rather than a unique signature perfume....
Les Parfums de Rosine Sample Program {Shopping Tip} {Fragrance News}
Les Parfums de Rosine, a Paris-based perfume house specializing in rose fragrances, now offer an international sample program. For only 15 €, shipping included, you get to try all the current 14 fragrances in the line.You can click here...
Etat Libre d'Orange Tom-of-Finland-Collector Subscription {Fragrance News}
Etat Libre d'Orange have opened a subscription for an exclusive numbered collector set of Tom of Finland (the perfume) items. The subscription opened on February 1st and runs until March 31st 2008. For 150 €, you can sign up...
Perfume News in Brief: New Les Parfums de Rosine This Spring
Les Parfums de Rosine will release a new perfume this spring at the end of April 2008 called Un Zéphir de Rose. It is said to be a fragrance based on a subtle mix of aniseed and rose. The...
Frederic Malle Limited Edition Coffret Collector {Fragrance News}
This year, Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums are proposing their Test Kit in a vamped up version. It takes the shape of an art book and includes a book on the perfumers behind the 16 perfumes of the brand....
Estee Lauder Youth-Dew Goes Retro Style: New Packaging = Updated Scent? {Fragrance News} {Perfume Review}
Estee Lauder have released a new bottle packaging for their classic fragrance Youth-Dew released in 1953. They re-edited the bathroom tile blue flacon of the 1950s according to the Estee Lauder website. Advertisings from that era show that actually,...
Yvonna K Possessive Now in the US {Fragrance News}
Possessive by Yvonna K is now available at Aedes for the sampling and buying pleasures of US-based customers. A little known fragrance that is exclusively distributed by the Ritz Hotel in Paris, like Ambre et Diamant Noir by Ambregris,...
Duftstars 2008 Perfume Finalists {Fragrance News}
The Duftstars 2008, the German equivalent of the Fifi awards in the US, have released the list of their finalists. The winners will be announced on April 26th, 2008 in Berlin. The Duftstars have four categories for both men...
Perfume News in Brief - 02/1/2008
• Eva Mendes will be the face of an upcoming Calvin Klein fragrance slated to be a global launch. She joins the celebrity perfumes portfolio managed by Coty Inc. (WWD)• Jean-Paul Guerlain has been promoted to the rank of...
Fabbies Awards Nomination For The Scented Salamander Fragrance Blog & Daily Webzine {Fragrance News}
We are pleased to announce that The Scented Salamander was nominated for a Fabbies Award, a fashion prize for blogs and e-zines, in the Beauty Category.We want to say that it is heartwarming to see fragrance recognized as an...
Alberta Ferretti To Launch Signature Perfume With Elizabeth Arden {Fragrance News}
Milan-based Italian fashion designer Alberta Ferretti will launch her signature fragrance in the spring of 2009. A long-term exclusive world-wide licensing agreement was signed between fashion group Aeffe, founded by Alberta Ferretti and her brother Massimo in 1981, and...
New Tokyo Address For Le Labo + New Exclusive {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} {Fragrance News}
Le Labo in Daikanyama Le Labo, the independent creative perfumery with a Jacobin mindset set up by two French ex-marketing exec (see our Q & A) in New York city is continuing its global expansion by inaugurating both in-store spaces...
Perfume News in Brief {New Fragrances in 2008}
• Independent French Lille-based perfumer Hubert Maes is widening his distribution network beyond By Terry and is planning to release two new feminine perfumes during the first semester of 2008.• François Demachy has overseen the creation of a new version...
Perfumes, Cosmetics, & Designs Awards for Best Beauty & Perfume Packaging {Fragrance News}
The Perfumes, Cosmetics, & Designs Congress, which will become an annual event from now on, have awarded prizes in the beauty and fragrance categories for best packaging. The prizes reward qualities of innovation and what is described as that...