Perfume Shorts Archives

A King Kong poster from 1933, via All Posters Vanillary by Lush was originally inspired by "the extraordinary desserts at Heston Blumental's amazing restaurant, The Fat Duck at Bray", a multi award-winning temple of cutting-edge molecular cuisine. It was...

Patchouli anklet by Tonya Maria: "This piece was designed around my research and experience with people's love/hate extreme reactions to patchouli. 90% lovely smooth surfaces, with euphoric swirls vs 10% bumpy undesirable cone shape protruding out from beneath with curling...

Some further news to follow up on a previous announcement about the 3 upcoming MDCI fragrances in 2009: in fact I learned that a 4th fragrance will be launched this year as I had to realize after getting four of...

Jo Malone is one of those perfume houses which are inspired by the concept of a fragrance-library in which new perfumes are added each time like carefully chosen tomes in a stately home library, hinting at the same time at...

Caresse, the latest creation by Fragonard, is a recreation of a 1929 Fragonard fragrance, a project conducted under the artistic direction of Agnès Costa of the house of Fragonard. It follows the re-edition of another perfume from the vault, Billet...

Bond Girl 007 is the latest feminine celebrity fragrance by Avon. Fronted by British actress Gemma Aterton, it was released at the same time that the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace debuted, a film in which she plays...

This is a fragrance bottle Comme des Garçons just caused some shopping commotion and tremors in Tokyo, a city as much known for its episodic natural earthquakes as for its enduring sense of fashion but this time it was...

Innocent Rock by Thierry Mugler is the latest version of Angel Innocent. It was released in February-March of 2008 as a limited-edition in collaboration with Le Club des Créateurs de Beauté. It is currently, several months later still, their top-selling...

Estée Lauder Amber Ylang Ylang Eau de Parfum The Skinny:Perfumers: Honorine Blanc and Annie BuzantianArtistic director: Aerin LauderGender label: feminine; men could make it their own if they care to remember Macassar oilNotes: Italian Bergamot, geranium oil, cinnamon SFE,...

 Les Plus Belles Lavandes de Caron (The Most Beautiful Lavenders by Caron) was announced in 2008 as an unisex Eau-de-Cologne iteration of the house of Caron's famous masculine scent Pour Un Homme (For a Man). As if to make the...

Mainbocher Corset, Horst P. Horst, 1939Following my last article on the unadvertised, nay, covert trendiness of white musks in Paris, in complete contradiction of course with broadcast Gallic preferences for foul odors, here is a list of top white-musk trails...

Jessica Simpson Fancy is the singer's first debut fragrance and second foray into the world of perfume following her dessert line of edible scents, which was based on a personal idea of hers. I do not remember exactly how I...

My apologies, I have been so busy off line that I neglected to follow up on the news of my new monthly column which is now featured on Glam.com!Dear Readers, From now on, each month I will be choosing for...