Trios of perfumes describing the triple facets of a woman have become somewhat of a popular standard lately. Take Benefit Cosmetics which looked at threesomes who could all be you with Crescent Row 1 and Crescent Row 2. Or more...
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Radiant & Pristine Floral Bouquets Renew Our Sensations, Expand Space in 2010-2011 {Scented Thoughts} {Trend Alert}
Flor Garduno, Embrace of Light, 2000 Before I proceed to review some of the recent, new and upcoming perfumes which reveal this characteristic interest in the radiant-bouquet motif, I thought I'd organize them in the Trend-Alert section. This current of sensitivity...
Perfumes that Bring Good Luck {Trend Alert} {Fragrance Shopping List}
Perfumes were invested with magical powers by the archaic mind. It is therefore not surprising to rediscover this running thread in the history of fragrances to be still well and alive in today's neon-lit stores and supermarkets. There are...
Jesus del Pozo Ambar (2010): Yet Another New Amber for Fall-Winter 2010 {New Fragrance} {Trend Alert}
Spanish designer Jesus del Pozo introduced his latest fragrance for women called Ambar reportedly launched to celebrate 35 years of creativity. The composition which is signed by perfumer Marie Salamagne of Firmenich is inspired by the natural beauty of fossilized...
Revlon Bling Bling (2010): A Bling Fest is an Oh-So-Popular Concept These Days {New Fragrance} {Trend Alert}
Revlon has launched a new perfume called Bling Bling which is especially targeting the Spanish-speaking markets judging from their Facebook page which details the information about the new perfume in Spanish. The scent is said to be the love child...
2010 Fall Fragrance Trends and Perfume Launches {Scented Thoughts} {Trend Alerts}
Picture © The Scented SalamanderThe 2010 Fall season of fragrance launches promises to be particularly rich this year with many, diverse universes of fragrance to choose from.Here is our list of fragrances to watch and give a sniff to (there...
The Big Vanilla Trend in Fine Fragrance, Fall 2010 {Trend Alert & Report}
Even if vanilla must be the most popular smell and flavor worldwide, it still makes a difference whether or not it is going to be featured in fine perfumery in meaningful compositions which can be considered to be trendsetting. This...
The Return of Dirty Musks: 6 New Ways to Musk Up for Summer 2010 {Perfume Reviews} {Trend Alert}
Sir Charles Bell Collection, 1920-21, LhasaThis spring / summer 2010 we are seeing a series of new launches that sign the return of dirty musks in a mostly white sea of musks. It is inevitable that when there is an...
Tuberose is Oh-So-Trendy this Spring/Summer 2010 {Trend Alert}
One of the advantages of wearing fragrance is that it is such a ductile medium for reflecting your moods. Do you want to feel transported to the 1940s? Get a Lenthéric, or more easily done, Miss Dior. Do you feel...
Studio Beauty Mix at Fred Segal Nudité Intense (2010): "The Anti-Perfume" {New Fragrance} {Trend Alert}
The concept of the anti-perfume seems to be the new trendy or cutting-edge critical thinking in town, it's still hard to tell. Even Jennifer Aniston, who comes across as intelligent by the way, managed to plug it in the celebrity...
The Pure White Trend in Fragrances: A Return to Fundamentals {Trend Alert}
Purity by Iran Issa-KhanOne perfumery trend which emerged from 2009 and is garnering momentum this spring and summer 2010 is the Pure White Trend in Fragrances. It is as if the recession had helped get people in touch with basics...
More French Celebrities Enter The Perfume Ring: Melanie Thierry and Marc Lavoine + An Hexagonal Retrospective
Mélanie Thierry just received the César prize for "meilleur espoir feminine" (best up-and-coming female actress). Although celebrity and perfume do not seem to mesh as well in French culture as in American pop culture, lately an effort has been made...
Green Fragrances were Back in 2009 and will Stay in 2010 {Green Trend Alert}
Green Tokyo by Ryoko Watanabe, 2009 I would like to take a look with you at the green-perfume trend which started last year, one less prominent than the oud one but which nevertheless colored the second half of 2009 and will...
Mango Lady Rebel (2009) {New Perfume} - Rock' n Roll Gen Y Ladies {Trend Alert}
Spanish fashion label Mango launched a new mass-market women's perfume in December 2009 called Lady Rebel. The perfume's imagery and spirit is in the same vein as those of Lady Vengeance by Juliette Has a Gun, Paco Rabanne Black XS...
Are You in the Mood for Oud Aromania? {Trend Alert} + Oud Timeline {Sniffing Suggestions}
Oud across the centuries has been designated by a wealth of names and orthographies due to its long history and wide geographic pattern of diffusion as both a much sought-after woody scent and luxury perfumery material. To track the presence...