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June 2006 Archive
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 In honor of Father's Day I have decided to list some of the men's fragrances that I have been wanting to try or revisit for some time. • Eau Sauvage by Dior Eau Sauvage, the myth...Edmond Roudnitska, its creator, one of the most demanding perfumers that's ever walked the face of the earth...its unisex, even universal appeal...what more could I say? Ah, yes, it's a great summer scent too.....
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I already advertised this upcoming fragrance for the fall, Euphoria Men. You can now take a sneak peak at its packaging. The scent was formulated by fragrance consultant Ann Gottlieb together with IFF. The bottle was designed by Fabien Baron. Source: Cosmetic News
 The next fragrance launch by Bond no 9 will be Fire Island, named after the popular beach resort in Long Island frequented by weekenders from New York city. Its special atmosphere can be better captured when one knows that no cars are allowed to go on the island. The new fragrance will bow on July 1 but pre-release orders are currently being accepted at Beauty Cafe. Top notes are cardamom, ozone, middle notes are, neroli and white musk, base notes are skin musk, tuberose, patchouli
Source & Image: Beauty Cafe
A new women's fragrance by Givenchy called Ange ou Démon (Angel or Demon) will be released starting in mid-August at Nordstrom. It is described as an oriental floral and was created by Olivier Cresp and Jean-Pierre Béthouart of Firmenich. "The top notes are fresh with essence of white thyme, mandarin orange from Calabria and essence of saffron. The middle note mixes maxillaria orchid, lily and ylang ylang, while the base note is made of tonka bean, vanilla, rosewood and oak wood absolute." The model for the advertisement is Marie Steiss formerly known as Marie de Villepin, the daughter of French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. She decided to change her name to Steiss to pursue a career in modeling and acting. Givenchy is also rumoured to prepare a new perfume that will be inspired by her called Bourgeois.
"The eau de parfum will be available in 50- and 100-ml. sprays, priced in France at 65 euros, or $82, and 95 euros, or $120, respectively."
Source: Cosmetic News and Women's Wear Daily
 Perfumer Céline Ellena, the daughter of Jean-Claude Ellena, has concocted a new juice for Isabel Derroisné called Rose Divine (Divine Rose). It was launched to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand. Its particularity is that it contains 1% of Rose Centifolia absolute which makes it a particularly persistent eau de parfum. The fragrance is described as having both a silky and velvety texture on the skin. The bottle is unusual, presenting an ultra flat shape. Céline Ellena is also the author of Jasmin de Nuit (her first perfume) and Sel de Vetiver for The Different Company.
Top note is rose macaron (a macaron is a pastry), middle note is rose centifolia, base notes are musks, sandalwood.
The perfume is on special until June 25 2006. During this period it is sold 39 Euros instead of 65 Euros. Shipping is free within France for purchases amounting to at least 15 Euros.
More information can be found on the site of Isabel Derroisné. Image source: Osmoz
 The latest women's fragrance by Lalique is out. Called Perles (Pearls), it is described as a modern floral chypre that is as soft and caressing on the skin as a pearl necklace. Its sillage hints back to the Roaring Twenties while having been modernized at the same time.The juice was created by perfumer Nathalie Lorson. Top notes are fresh notes and Bulgarian rose. Middle notes are iris and Bourbon pepper. Basenotes are patchouli and musks. The picture represents the bottle for the pure parfum which takes its inspiration from the cactus powder box designed by René Lalique in 1942. The bottle is decorated with black feathers stippled with white. Source & image: Osmoz
 A new fragrance by Esteban called Sensuelle Russie (Sensual Russia) is available in Europe. It is said to be a perfume inspired by the marriage of hot and cold found in the Russian soul. The scent is described as a sensual, refined, and voluptuous woody oriental. The perfume is part of a collection that was inaugurated with Fraîcheur Andalouse (Andalusian Coolness). Top notes are bergamot and Siberian pine. Middle notes are cardamom and cinnamon. Base notes are cedar, patchouli, and vanilla. A 100 ml flacon of eau de toilette (the only concentration available) retails for 30 Euros. Sources & Image: Osmoz, Esteban Please read on if you wish to have more information on mail ordering.
Continue reading "New Perfume: Sensuelle Russie by Esteban" »
 The latest summer eau by Caron, Eau de Réglisse (Eau de Licorice), is available at Parfum 1 for $39.95 instead of $95, $10 cheaper still than at Imagination Perfumery.
If you type in eau de reglisse + parfum 1 in the search box on the right side it will lead you there directly. Photo source: Caron
 The lingerie label Agent Provocateur will launch its second fragrance in August 2006, an enticing juice containing Iso E super called Maîtresse (Mistress) as part of its effort to establish itself as a "house of fragrances." The new perfume was developed over the course of four years by nose Azzi Glasser Christian Provenzano in collaboration with Joe Corre and Serena Rees. (Azzi Glasser is the marketing director for the fragrance, not its author. Source: Christian Provenzano).
It is described as a perfume using modern aldehydes throughout its composition without conforming to any family of perfumes. "Top notes include white lotus petals and ylang ylang with a heart of osmanthus flower, jasmin sambac and orris bud together with rose absolute and violet leaves. The base accord combines white suede, musk, Iso E super and hot amber oils." A special manufacturing process requires that the juice be left to steep for five weeks before being bottled. It will be available starting August 31 exclusively at Selfridges in London and in Agent Provocateur stores. It will roll out to the rest of the UK on September 18. 50 and 100 ml bottles will be available at Pounds 44 and 62. Source: Cosmetics International
Photo: Agent Provocateur
The shipping price to deliver Sensuelle Russie to the US is 12 Euros. It takes generally a week for items to be delivered.
There are no flat rates; shipping prices are calculated depending on the weight of the package.
They have recently declared that they do not ship to the US.
 Finally, I am coming around to finalizing my list of fantafabulous scents for the summer. I hesitated between offering a hyper selective list of my top favorite in the different families of perfumes or composing a list revealing clusters of my most cherished scents for summer. I have decided to go for the second option because lists are also fun as exploratory tools, not just as embodiments of a perfect world and ideal life transliterated into perfumes. This allows me to bring together both old, historical favorites and new favorites; I could even include future favorites thanks to my uncanny sense of intuition, but I will stop there and not revel in the unseen...
Continue reading "Scented Thoughts: My Favorite Summmer Scents, Part 0" »
Japanese designer Irie Wash has created a series of three unisex fragrances that are meant to be the expressions of three different times of the day, that is, 09h25, 15h10, and 20h50. The times were arbitrarily chosen and they are to be seen as "three different chronicles of time". Calabrian lemon is the one note that links all three perfumes.
09h25 is meant to evoke "the time of departure, an appointment, a movement towards the sun." Top notes are Calabrian lemon, Brazilian orange, bergamot. Middle notes are green tea, Chinese mint, star anise, neroli. Base notes are Atlas blue cedar, Mysore sandalwood, Indian tea. 15h10 illustrates "the wrist, the nape of the neck, drop by drop, in the light." Top notes are Calabrian lemon, red mandarine, guava. Middle notes are lemon tree blossom, mandarine blossom, neroli. Base notes are African lemon, Virginian cedar, Australian sandalwood. 20h50 is described as evoking "later, closer, elsewhere, under the lemon trees." Top notes are Calabrian lemon, grapefruit peel, petitgrain bigaradier, Haitian sweet lime. Middle notes are Provençal white thyme, lemon tree blossom, jasmine sambac. Base notes are Javanese vetiver, cedar wood, heliotrope blossom. The fragrances come in sets of either 3 travel size bottles of 25 ml of the same perfume or of all three different perfumes. A set retails for 48 Euros. More information can be found on Irie Wash's website. Photo source: Osmoz
 1 - Favorite Summer Musk scents:
Pamplelune by Guerlain
Although no musk is officially included in this fragrance, as far as I can tell, it has a marked musky accord of the raw, uriney type. It smells like sophisticated sweat.
L'Autre by Diptyque
This one is very spicy and very musky. The musk note or accord is of the raw, dry, uriney variety. It smells like the armpits of a sexy, unshowered man, pardon my bluntness and giggle of delight.
Egyptian Garden by V’Tae It has a pronounced musky accord or note blended together with spices. It starts off smelling like the sweeter type of musk one finds in Musc Ravageur and ends up smelling slightly uriney. It has a great, spicy, and animalic drydown which I find very sensual.
Jasmin de Nuit by The Different Company It's a very musky jasmine. It is an interesting dualistic perfume associating the animalic with the floral while managing to keep these two themes separate from each other.
Continue reading "Perfume List: My Favorite Summmer Scents, Part 1" »
Ode to Deodorant Here's an Ode, ah, to deodorant
It's my thing, ah it's my favourite hygiene
It keeps me through the day
Another ode, ah to deodorant
It's my thing, ah it's my favourite hygiene
It's the confidence I need
It's medicine for the soul
It's medicine for the mind
It picks me up and makes me whole
It makes me feel alright
Continue reading "Scented Quote of the Day, from The Coldplay:" »
 Bissol, the manufacturer of luxury perfumes has partnered up with Mobiado, the luxury mobile phone manufacturer to design a new fragrance called Perfume No. 919. It is a (very?) limited edition. The scent targets a very specific group of consummers, the luxury mobile phones users. The perfume is described as a "...a clean, fresh, youthful scent with top notes of mandarin, juniper berry, elemi; middle notes of white musk, bamboo, oakmoss; and base notes of vanilla, cedarwood, sandalwood. (Mobiado Limited Edition) also has a special addition of Australian lime note, formulated for the "elegant mobile phone user". Thanks very much to Lisa for sending me the link! Source: Cellular News
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