This late summer of 2015, a new niche perfume house called Nana-M was established by French perfumer Céline Ripert, who is normally attached to fragrance resource house Mane......
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Blackbird 9 Fragrances Add a Dash of Seattle Spirit to the Perfume Landscape (2015) {New Perfumes} {Spotlight on a Brand}
Blackbird, formerly a menswear clothing store based in Seattle, WA, has morphed into a design studio and perfume house in 2015 with 9 fragrances that reportedly took 9 years to research. They are: Triton, Pipe Bomb, Mizuchi, Hallow, Tinderbox,...
Dr. Gritti Doped Tuberose (2014) {New Perfume} {Spotlight on a Brand}
Tuberose, Unbound Dr. Gritti, a Venetian perfume house with historical family roots going back to the Renaissance period, have become active again in the field of commercial perfumery since 2010. Doped Tuberose is one of their entries for 2014......
Oriza L. Legrand Est. 1720: Rebirth of an Ancient French Perfume House (2012) {New Perfumes} {Spotlight on a Brand}
A cultural and commercial movement to re-establish ancient or vintage perfume houses was already apparent in 2007 and later on in 2009 when names such as Jovoy, Lubin, Robert Piguet and Grossmith appeared with a new lease on life....
Jaye Hersh It fragrance: So L.A. {Spotlight on a Brand}
I know there is that special brand of perfumes that incurs the favor of Californians and especially L.A.-based celebrities. My personal theory is that the largest egos do not wear perfume and when they do, they need hush-hush perfumes that...
J. Palazzolo Son Est. 1898, a Long-Island, New-York Perfumer {Spotlight on a Brand}
After writing about the Krigler Perfumer house yesterday, I was reminded of another perfume house with roots in New York which is virtually unknown not just by the larger public but by perfumistas as well, as far as I can...
Krigler New York City Perfumes {Spotlight on a Brand} {New Perfumes}
Krigler is a New-York based perfume brand taking pride in having been established as far back as in 1904 in the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia before the torments of the revolution which led the Kriglers to take flight....
Poo-Pourri Before-You-Go Bathroom Sprays: Poo-Pourri Original, Royal Flush, heavenSCENT, No2 & the latest, Organic Nature's Call {Spotlight on a Brand} {New Perfume}
Poo-Pourri is a quirky -- well, maybe not so quirky since their products seem to correspond to a profound need and to tap into an emotional well -- deodorizer label that specializes in attacking those odors that are commonly thought...
All The Perfumes by Maison Francis Kurkdjian: A Diverse, Creative Catalog: Aqua Universalis, Les Colognes, Lumiere Noire, APOM, Les Bulles d'Agathe... {New Fragrances}
We have the skinny on the complete catalog of fragrances of the new Parisian perfume house established by nose Francis Kurkdjian baptized Maison Francis Kurkdjian. The flagship store opened yesterday 5, rue d'Alger, 75001 Paris. But first, here is...
Delle Grazie Paris Rouge Chapitre 1 (2008): "The Scent of Diamonds" {Spotlight on a Brand}
Delle Grazie is the brainchild of Dr. Hans Buringer or Buhringer presented as a prominent biochemist, inventor of the Unsuit, a tan-through bathing suit, and a former actor in Die Hard where he was Fritz (seen on the right) now...
Didier Ludot, Ludot Eau de Parfum {Spotlight on a Brand}
Didier Ludot is known both as a vintage fashion expert and a designer. He is also the author of a book on the iconic LBD, entitled after it and available both in French and English. I leafed through it entirely...
Profumi d'Autore by Lorenzo Dante Ferro {Spotlight on a Brand}
Maestro Profumiere Lorenzo Dante Ferro is a little-known - by the wider public - independent Italian perfumer whose perfume house, Profumi d'Autore (Author's Perfumes) was founded in 1982 after an international stint in the corporate world of fragrance in Grasse,...
The Party Fragrance The Party in Manhattan (2007) & The Ten {Spotlight on a Perfume Brand}
The Party Fragrance is a very confidential Italian perfume brand (only 2 Italian internet sources mention it) that Roja Dove had indirectly mentioned previously on this site in an interview he gave to TSS last year. He had said that...
Parfums Lucien Lelong {Spotlight on a Brand} {Shopping Tip}
You may be looking for alternate perfume brands and be part of a group of perfume lovers that deplore the vanishing of vintage-styled fragrances with their femme-fatale angle. Here is a shopping suggestion: go visit the Parfums Lucien Lelong...
Réserve Naturelle Line of Perfumes {Spotlight on a Brand}
Réserve Naturelle is a brand of beauty and perfume products that proposes fragrances in cheerful packagings at low prices. The flacons bear the tag line "Artisan Eau de Toilette", promising a traditional multi-secular know-how. As it turns out from...