The Fifth Sense in the News Archives

 As we peruse the press we sometimes happen on mentions of what celebrities wear as perfume or makeup. We thought it would be fun to jot down some notes along the way.Stéphane Archambault, a singer and actor (Mambo Italiano)...

 There is a retrospective in the New York Times of Calvin Klein's attempts at defining successive generations of youngsters through scents. Their latest releases CK IN2U for him and for her are destined at capturing and expressing the moods...

 On Tuesday February 27th 2007 at the Ministry of Culture, Serge Lutens entered the ordre des Arts et des Lettres as a Commandeur in recognition of his life-long pursuit of beauty and art and contribution to the art of...

 The Boston Globe has an article about perfumer Christophe Laudamiel, the nose behind the Thierry Mugler coffret inspired by Das Parfum the movie. He recently visited Harvard to offer a lecture in which he insisted on the need for...

 There is an interesting article by Chandler Burr about Les Exclusifs de Chanel in today's New York Times.I just wanted to comment that Jacques Polge already drew his inspiration from Coco Chanel's appartment in the past to create Coco,...

 Check out this article on Elle.fr listing "10 perfume snobberies" in which to indulge. The list includes Les Exclusifs, Serge Lutens Rousse, Dr. Bach, Indult, Aesop, Solange Agazury, Etat Libre d'Orange, and Prada Essences.10 snobismes parfums ...

 Here is more reading about the new Chanel line with a rare picture of the man behind the Serge Lutens fragrances and now the Chanels. Shall we call him the "éminence grise" of French perfumery?:• Christopher Sheldrake and Jacques...

Check out this article in the New York Times about a man mad about wine. He has an 8000 foot square cellar and more than 65 000 bottles of wine, not including the 14 000 ones he recently auctioned at...

A very interesting series of studies conducted on worms and flies show that active perceptions of food smells could shorten life-span:"Plug your nose, live a little longer. That's the message from a study showing that mere whiffs of food...

  Barbara Witkowska has an article on Les Exclusifs de Chanel in which she describes the reeditions of the four initial ones too: No 22, Gardénia, Bois des Iles, and Cuir de Russie. Les 10 contes olfactifs de Chanel Source: L'Express ...

 The Australian has an article where they interview Chris Sheldrake on Les Exclusifs de Chanel. This article answers a question I had regarding his role in the creation of the latest Chanel fragrances......

  Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan reports on the "fragrance wardrobe" market trend in the Wall Street Journal and uncovers upcoming fragrance collections: "[...] Perfume companies are trying a new approach to court fickle consumers like Hanners. Some top makers are set to...

"The National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation (NTEF) has submitted their petition to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to have Angel Perfume by Thierry Mugler distributed by Clarins Paris declared misbranded...."Read more about the issue. NTEF proposes several research documents about...

For your reading pleasure:A Fragrance is a Fleeting Thing, Boston Globe - The state of the fragrance market; things could be healthier.Sweet Carolina, Telegraph - Carolina Herrera Jr. works as a fragrance advisor to her mother designer Carolina Herrera, a...

French Company Presensia is marketing a high-definition digital plasma TV system which stimulates three of our senses: vision, sound, and smell. It can diffuse up to 16 pre-composed fragrances each time when using a video. For more information, you can...