French niche perfume house dedicated to the exclusive cultivation of roses, Les Parfums de Rosine, have launched a new women's perfume inspired by the biggest first rite of passage in a woman's life, her wedding day. The new scent...
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Strange Invisible Perfumes The Rose with the Broken Neck (2013) {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}
Californian niche perfume brand Strange Invisible Perfumes are co-branding their indie feel with indie song The Rose with the Broken Neck by Jack White, Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi which has given birth to a perfume of the same name by...
Robert Piguet Rose Perfection (2013) {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}
Robert Piguet Parfums have launched a new perfume for women dedicated to that classic, mythical note of perfumery, rose, that some perfumers consider to be their holy grail quest for olfactory perfection. Apparently, they are so enthusiastic about the...
Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin (2013): A Perfume about Extreme Experiences {Perfume Review & Musings} {Rose Notebook}
Perfume Review of Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin by Chantal-Hélène Wagner The first tonalities of the perfume are of ruby red petaly roses and earthy, dirt-like tones making you think of humid black soil, possibly graveyard dirt. Then...
9 Questions to Perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin: Around the Launch of Jo Malone Velvet Rose & Oud {Perfume Q & A} {Rose Notebook}
Jo Malone Velvet Rose & Oud is their new launch for this summer of 2012. It is a limited-edition. Note how despite the transiency of this opus, perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin says that it took him 18 months to bring it...
Les Parfums de Rosine Glam Rose (2011): Ideal Violet {Perfume Review & Musings} {Violet Notebook}
The new Glam Rose makes it possible for Les Parfums de Rosine to depart from their stated mission of dedicating themselves to solely creating rose perfumes while still remaining faithful to it. The composition is a rose-violet perfume which...
Tom Ford Violet Blonde (2011): The Return of the Violent, Neo-Muscadine Perfume {Fragrance Review & Musings} {Violet Notebook}
Violet Blonde is the latest opus by fashion designer and movie director Tom Ford displayed in his more mainstream collection recognizable at-a-glance thanks to the ribbed, flask-like flacons which distinguish themselves from the apothecary-style bottles of his more exclusive,...
Stella McCartney Stella The Print Collection (2011) {Fragrance News - New Flacon} {Fashion Notes}
Stella by Stella McCartney is available from this summer 2011 in a limited-edition trio called The Print Collection. The look was inspired by the Spring-Summer 2011 fashion collection of the designer which saw magnifying use of antique botanical prints rendered...
James Heeley Hippie Rose (2011): California Desert Meets the Himalayas {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}
Independent label James Heeley have released a new perfume called Hippie Rose which was reportedly 5 years in the making. The scent takes up the challenge of tackling an often-smellled accord, rose-patchouli, to give it a new twist, apparently.Images of...
Isabel Derroisné Jardin d'Antalya (2011): 100% Natural Loukoum {New Fragrance} {Rose Notebook} {Green Fragrance}
The French mail-order brand founded by the niece of Yves Rocher, Isabel Derroisné, have launched a new fragrance in their 100% natural perfume range inspired by gardens from around the world. In 2011, Southern Turkey serves as reference with Jardin...
Les Parfums de Rosine Clair Matin (2011) {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance}
Clair Matin means something akin to "a bright and early morn" in French. It is what the upcoming new perfume by Les Parfums de Rosine was baptized and it is now about to be unveiled in New York City this...
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady (2010): Creative Improvisation {New Fragrance} {Rose Notebook}
The upcoming launch by Editions de Parfums, spearheaded by Frédéric Malle its founder publisher and self-described evaluator, is called Portrait of a Lady. It is a composition signed by perfumer Dominique Ropion for whom Malle professes great admiration. The nose...
Teo Cabanel Early Roses (2010): Morning Roses {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}
French niche perfume house Teo Cabanel, originally established in 1893 and reopened more recently in 2005 will launch a new fragrance this fall called Early Roses from September 2010. The eau de parfum is described as being "floral, aerial and...
Lush - Gorilla Perfume Tuca Tuca (2010): Hippie Violet Leather {Fragrance Review} {New Perfume} {Violet Notebook}
As I pick up the new Tuca Tuca by Lush and Gorilla Perfumes, I suddenly realize that this is the origin for the scent of violet leaves which I have been smelling from time to time in the past two...
Parfums DelRae Coup de Foudre (2010): Rose Lover's Cup of Tea {Perfume Review & Musings} {Rose Notebook}
Coup de Foudre by Parfums DelRae is the new fragrance by the San-Francisco perfume brand founded by DelRae Roth in 2000. It is offered as a rose composition signed by perfumer Yann Vasnier who also created last year's iris composition...