Une Rose au Bord de la Mer (A Rose by the Seaside) by Les Parfums de Rosine is the latest opus by the house destined to women (Rosissime is their latest masculine cologne) and the third one in the range...
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Annick Goutal Rose Splendide Pays Homage to Perfume House Founder (2010) {New Fragrance}
Annick Goutal will launch a new perfume this fall from September 2010 in homage to the memory of founder Annick Goutal's love for roses. It is called Rose Splendide. Previously, Muguet had also been created in reference to Annick Goutal's...
Stella McCartney Sheer Stella(2010): Organically Yours {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}
Since 2004 when the first flanker Sheer Stella was introduced as a spring/summer edition of the original Stella launched in 2003 and signed by perfumer Jacques Cavallier, an annual edition has been released each year. In 2010, there is a...
Bond No.9 Saks-en-Rose (2010): a "Modern Petal-Pink Rose" {New Fragrance} {Rose Notebook}
Bond No9 have once again partnered with New York city department store Saks Fifth Avenue to offer this time a homage to the classic of classics among flowers, the Rose. The new scent is called Saks-en-Rose (lit. "Saks in Pink"...
Balenciaga Paris Eau de Parfum (2010): The Story of Balenciaga in 3 Acts or The Pure White Violets of the Future {Fragrance Review} {Violet Notebook}
Balenciaga Paris is the new perfume of the renascent perfume house of Balenciaga, a project which was first announced in October 2008. The scent was launched for the press in December 2009 and released this spring 2010. Developed under the...
Les Parfums de Rosine Secrets de Rose (2010): Dinner with Chamade, with Notes on Patrimonial Perfumes {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
Secrets de Rose (Rose Secrets) is the 16th rose composition by Les Parfums de Rosine which specialize in sculpturing the different facets and interpretations of the queen of flowers. It was created in 2009 based on particular qualities of...
Les Parfums de Rosine Rose d'Amour (2005): Uncompromising Constructivist Rose {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
Rose d'Amour (Rose of Love) is a rose composition inspired by Chanel No5 and its original dwarfing overdose of aldehydes. What I like about this perfume is that perfumer Camille Latron managed to convey the modernist, daring and revolutionary sides...
Papier d'Armenie La Rose (2009) {New Perfume} {Home Fragrance} {Rose Notebook}
Papier d'Arménie (Paper from Armenia) is a brand established in 1885 famous for its salubrious booklets of papers that diffuse a sanitizing scent when they burn. They smell exquisitely of benzoin from Laos. After offering a modern adaptation of their...
Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One (2009): The Scent of Backstage Beauty: Florist Rose {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
If I wanted to smell like the overheated dressing room of a 1950s Hollywood actress getting ready to go on the set or the stage, this is what I would wear. The new Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One captures...
Chloe Eau de Parfum by Chloe (2008): Closet Rose Soliflore {Perfume Review} {Rose Notebook}
Chloé Eau de Parfum was launched in 2008 as a successor, in name only, to the original Chloé from 1975, a tuberose-laden soliflore perfume with an immense if not for some an overbearing presence to outwit Fracas created under...
Idole d'Armani (2009): To Conquer or Not The US Feminine Market {New Fragrance}
Added: Review of Idole d'ArmaniArmani is mostly interested in reaching out to the feminine portion of the global and American fragrance market in particular with their upcoming September opus called Idole and they really wished women were not so fickle....
Spring Notes: Lily of the Valley - Muguet... & Christian Dior {Scented Thoughts} {Fresh Notebook - Green Floral Freshness}
Lily of the valley by BranchDesignThe smell of muguet (Convallaria majalis), or lily of the valley in English which has also retained the French word especially in the field of perfumery, is instantly delightful, delicate and fresh, with a capital...
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Geranium pour Monsieur (2009): Brash Masculine Floral or a Green Fougere Gone Black {Perfume Review}
As reported last time, Géranium pour Monsieur is the latest Editions de Parfums launch due out in May 2009. Evolving from a brash and super fresh opening to further green crushed freshness then floralcy and dark woodland obscurity, it is...
Stephen Jones EDP with Comme des Garcons (2008) {Perfume Review & Musings} {Violet Notebook}
Stephen Jones EDP is a violet composition from 2008 that I had wanted to add to the Violet Notebook for a while. It, I think, makes its mark thanks to interesting decorative touches rather than an overhaul of the...
Mystery Violet Perfume in Manhattan...Please Help! {Ask Marie-Helene} {Violet Notebook}
Sometimes one falls in love with an unforgettable waft of perfume and this event heralds the beginning of an obsessive quest. Risa writes,"I was eating dinner in Manhattan in a sushi restaurant when a table of 4 sat down next...