Antarctica 7 by Sebastian CopelandPlease see Part 1: Fiery colognes for the first installmentWhile one notices this season a discreet tectonic shift in the direction of men's fragrances getting more uninhibited and sensual, at the other end of the spectrum...
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Men's Fragrance Trends Fall/Winter 2009 Part 1: Fiery {Trend Alert} Holidays Gift Guide {Shopping Tips}
Axel Hütte, Capulin Fire - 1, Dip., New MexicoFiery & Icy ColognesThis fall/winter 2009 season men are offered very contrasted choices for their personal fragrances. While at the end of the summer it looked like unusually deep textures were going...
Take The Red Eye This Fall 2009 -- Part 1: Makeup Launches {Trend Alert} {New Beauty Products - Color}
Red, as we all know is more often seen on lips, relatively less often on cheeks (real red that is, like Exhibit A by Nars, say) and even less frequently on eyelids. Making up your eyes in red can...
Bath & Body Works P.S. I Love You (2009) -- The Love Trend {New Perfume} {Trend Alert}
Trend Alert: Fragrances' Semantic Love Affair with Love in the Fall of 2009Bath and Body Works have added a new scent to their Signature Collection called P.S. I Love You. Love is apparently in the air this fall because you...
The Red-Carpet Perfume Trend: Jessica Simpson Fancy, Badgley & Mischka Couture, Michael Kors Very Hollywood, Chopard Cascade {Trend Alert}
In an age so characteristically drawn to images and by extension to celebrity dazzle, it is no surprise to see a trend of perfumes emerge that are inspired by this particular moment of modern-day glory: the red carpet. From Cannes...
Rewind on Vanilla Absolute in Recent Fragrances 2007-2009 {Trend Alert}
Vanilla pod by contentednessAfter reviewing Vanille Galante by Hermès which showcased the addition of Vanilla Absolute as a sign of luxury and authenticity, as opposed to synthetic Vanillin, I started noticing a bevy of perfumes that had the much touted...
Nina Ricci Love by Nina (2009): Color Code Green, Smell Code Cherries & Almonds: The New Youth Theme {New Perfume} {Trend Alert}
Nina Ricci will launch a new flanker to its blockbuster French success Nina called Love by Nina in March of 2009. If the first fragrance featured a caramelized red apple, the new version goes for more freshness by replacing that...
Precious Pure-Parfums Trend, Fall-Winter 2008 {Trend Alert} {New Perfumes}
Pure perfume extracts are making a comeback this fall and winter 2008 and sometimes where you least expect them to appear. Synonymous with classical luxury traditionally, the extracts this fall and winter 2008 still want to impress you, and so...
Custo Barcelona by Custo Barcelona: A Fruity-Floral Cypress (2008) {New Perfume} + Cypress Is In {Trend Alert}
Quirky Spanish design brand Custo Barcelona, with an unending affection for bold colors and prints, has launched its first signature fragrance bearing the same name. The perfume was created by perfumer Alberto Morillas and is reported to be both...
1528 Parfums Or Blanc, Or Rose, Or Jaune (2008) {New Fragrances} & Gold-Trend Alert
Zero Otto in collaboration with Italian Gold-leaf conceptual artist Anna Carla de Leonardis just launched a new line of perfumes in Rome. The trio of scents is meant to interpret her vision of art and creativity into fragrance. The perfumes...
Kate Moss Velvet Hour (2008) {New Perfume} {New Fragrance Ad} {Trend Alert}
Supermodel Kate Moss, who unbelievably looks like she is only 16 on some of her recent magazine ads, but looked more human in Berlin on June 13 in Berlin, i.e., 34, just went there to launch her newest and...
Interview with Annick Menardo in the New Straits Times {The 5th Sense in the News} - The Vague Toiletry Scent Trend? {Scented Thoughts} {Trend Alert}
There is an interview with perfumer Annick Menardo in the Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times around the Diesel duo of fragrances. We thought in particular that it was interesting to learn that Diesel for Men was inspired by an...
Ambregris' Comeback 2006-2008 {Trend ALert}
Incensing The Veil by John Singer Sargent - aquarelle version of the painting by the same author, Ambergris Smoke (1880) JSS Gallery Well, you cannot deny it now, ambergris is making a prolonged comeback. In a world where perfume trends...
Halle Berry To Launch Fragrance with Coty: The Rise of The Ethnic Factor in Fragrance & Beauty Marketing {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume} {Trend Alert}
Coty have announced that they will launch a signature perfume fronted and developed by Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry in the spring of 2009. Not only is this news a consolidation of the celebrity perfume trend, but even more significantly...
Fairytales by Lulu Guinness {New Perfume} Mirror & Fairy Tales {Trend Alert}
Fairytales Eau de Toilette, $58 for 3.4 fl. oz.Lulu Guinness launched a new perfume yesterday on Halloween day called Fairytales. It is a limited edition and is inspired by the tales of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. She had already...