Narciso Rodriguez will release a new flanker to Essence, called Essence Eau de Parfum Intense. It is a limited-edition. It will be showcased as part of the Musc Collection Fall 2010 which also reprises For Her EDP Intense (2009) which...
Dior will introduce a new variation on Hypnotic Poison from September 2010 called Hypnotic Poison Eau Sensuelle. It was created by perfumer François Demachy who took inspiration from a novel orchid for perfumery lending itself to a reinterpretation of the...
TV reality celebrity Kim Kardashian has announced that just a year after her debut perfume Kim Kardashian EDP, she will release a second signature fragrance in February of 2011, name undisclosed so far. She let however her fans take a...
The house of Paquin which was established in 1891 by ex-model and model-maker Jeanne Paquin née Jeanne Beckers and closed its doors in 1956 despite having bought Worth just a few years before, is preparing for its comeback to take...
As a preamble, I just wanted to say that the review of Bluff is meant to be my 4th of July (weekend) review to commemorate Independence Day. Hope you had a great Independence Day celebration! Vétiver Bluff by Lubin is...
Frau Tonis Parfum is a new perfume house which opened last year in November 2009 in Berlin. It is the result of a trans-generational love for perfume across three generations of women from the same family. For this reason...
Following up on a previous post about an upcoming new Annick Goutal perfume, Rose Splendide, we received further information and realized there are in fact three news-items about roses by Goutal. Rose Splendide is indeed a new composition while Quel...
Hermès Eau Claire des Merveilles Eau Parfumée is the latest addition to the Eau des Merveilles collection which debuted in 2004 with Eau des Merveilles co-signed by perfumers Ralf Schwieger et Nathalie Feisthauer. Hermès in-house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena took over...
New-York-City based Bond No.9 is preparing to launch two new scents this coming fall. Washington Square is a feminine perfume and Cooper Square is an "unisex [scent] with masculine tendencies." Both were composed by perfumer Laurent Le Guernec who has...
An old favorite and best-seller is back, for the second time in recent times, Casma. It had been reintroduced in 2001 and discontinued again. It was initially issued during the Roaring Twenties in 1922 by the very historic American perfume...
Mea Culpa -- The Scented Salamander got a slight slap on the wrist for not posting the "correct images" (see the incorrect image here) of the new ad campaign for Marry Me! by Lanvin. It's all for the best since...
British toiletry and perfume makers Lush have created a new brand-within-the-brand called Gorilla Perfume. It is arising from the ashes of the regretfully departed B Never Too Busy to be Beautiful, but tear up not as some of their former...
Nice-based perfumer Mona di Orio will launch a new trio of fragrances in a collection entitled Les Nombre d'Or (The Golden Sections) which comprises three different odes to a material: Ambre, Musc and Cuir (Leather). The compositions are inspired by...
Perfumer Francis Nouhran Kurkdjian, who opened his own perfume house last fall in 2009 in Paris, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, offering an initial catalog of fragrances meant to cover the 24 hours of a day cycle, just introduced a new perfume...
Tattoo artist and TV reality celebrity Kat Von D has released her third fragrance following up on Saint and Sinner last year. It's called Adora and is accompanied by a limited-edition makeup collection comprising True Romance Eyeshadow Palette - Adora...