Fashion designer Issey Miyake will launch a new feminine fragrance from September 2012 called Pleats Please. It is a playful homage to the plissé material created by the brand in 1989, as well as to the it-bag Bil Bao resembling...
A British patriotic collection is born called Union Fine Fragrances Collection. The compositions are by perfumer Anastasia Brozler who comes from a background in bespoke. Michael Donovan was a consultant for the project. The library of scents bring to life...
Gucci will launch a new women's perfume from July 2012 called Première after their fashion collection from 2010 which was inspired by the glamour of the Cannes Festival. More generally speaking, it appears to want to tap into all reservoirs...
As emerald green has been declared to be a color of fashion this summer and everywhere in Paris you can see pops of emerald forest green appear, Comme des Garçons are launching their newest perfume called Amazingreen. It was composed...
French niche brand Editions de Parfum have launched a new Carnal Flower Hair Mist, or Brume pour Cheveux in French, to allow you to perfume your mane with the scent of the original tuberose composition. Created by perfumer Dominique Ropion...
Following a review of Encens Lavande by La Compagnie de Provence next we turned to their Anis Patchouli, whose name suggests an intriguing, original accord.The "anis" or anise alluded to in the name of the fragrance turns out to be...
Juicy Couture will add a new flanker to their Viva La Juicy range with Viva La Juicy La Fleur. This makes for an awfully complicated, long name and a very short olfactive description offered by the brand. It is as...
The classic floriental of perfumery, L'Heure Bleue, which has inspired so many similar and dissimilar descendants, will fête its 100th birthday this year. On this occasion, the house of Guerlain will release a new trio of interpretations by perfumer Thierry...
This month, Jo Malone are releasing a new opus dedicated to oud in their Cologne-Intense collection called Velvet Rose & Oud. It is a limited-edition. It comes after Oud and Bergamot, but also Rose Water and Vanilla, an oud flying...
Lady Gaga's perfume has been unveiled: it's called Fame, which is what celebrity fragrances are all about, so it's iconic from the get-go. Next, the bottle looks like a "little monster" of sorts - to borrow from Gaga's terminology -...
Encens Lavande eau de toilette by La Compagnie de Provence was introduced in 2009. It was created by perfumer Caroline Malléjac.Mostly known for their positioning at the high-end of mass-market toiletries, the brand has a trio of fine fragrances which...
L'Artisan Parfumeur will launch a new perfume from July 2012 called Séville à l'Aube (Seville at Dawn). The fragrance is a limited-edition. The brand describes the juice as a "soliflore" focusing on orange blossom.In the past, the house released a...
Calvin Klein will launch a new men's scent in the fall of 2012 called Encounter. Actor Alexander Skarsgard will be the face of the fragrance with Lara Stone as supporting actress/model. In one more example of the meshing of Hollywood...
Another big feminine fragrance launch is profiling itself on the horizon for fall 2012 besides La Vie est Belle by Lancôme with Julia Roberts as its spokesperson. Yves Saint Laurent are readying to introduce Manifesto which will be fronted by...