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June 2006 Archive
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 The latest fragrance launch from Campos de Ibiza is called Jazmin. It is described as a jasmine floral and is based upon the very abundant jasmine found in Ibiza also nicknamed the "white island"for that very reason. Top notes are bergamot, galbanum. Middle notes are jasmine, ylang, white rose, tuberose, gardenia. Base notes are ambergris, moss, and sandalwood. Source & photo: Osmoz
André Gas, the jewelry designer, has launched his first fragrance called Ensoleille Moi (Bathe me in sunlight). It is described as a floral oriental, being both a voluptuous and solar fragrance whose aroma is reminiscent of Monoï. Top notes are bergamot and tiare. Middle notes are ylang ylang and coco. Basenotes are vanilla and white musk. Source & photo: Osmoz
 Fragonard has introduced a new perfume called Eclat (Radiance, Splendor). It is described as a floral oriental with a sparkling, luminous, and gourmand sillage. Top notes are bergamot, lemon, and freesia. Middle notes are frangipani and gardenia. Base notes are vanilla and guimauve (a type of orange blossom scented marshmallow with an elongated shape) Source & photo: Osmoz
Serena from Ava-Luxe has issued several new tropical perfumes for the summertime. Venus Sands sounds particularly attractive for the season. It is described as "a serene tropical perfume that conjures up images of dreamy island escapes and lazy days spent basking in the warmth of the sun. Buttery gardenias, jasmine sambac, and island orchid with a hint of amber, incense and vanilla. Subtle and warm, perfect for the summertime." Notes are: Gardenia, Jasmine Sambac, Waterlily, Island Orchid, Comoro Ylang Ylang, Bergamot, Nutmeg, Clove, Thai Coconut Milk, Vanilla, Amber, Incense, Sandalwood. You can use the coupon code heatwave until July 12th when checking out and save 20% of your entire order. You can find more information on Ava-Luxe's website. Source & photo: Ava-Luxe
 The 2006 edition of Pleasures Summer by Estée Lauder is now available and is called Summer Bouquet. Interestingly enough no description of the notes is offered just like last year for Summer Waters. It is described as a fun, exhilarating, soft, and fresh fragrance. The packaging contains a "modern reusable vase topped with a fun hair accessory." Price is $49.50. Shipping is free for purchases of $50 or more from the esteelauder.com site. Free samples are included with every order.
 To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its first steps in the fragrance business the Hilfiger brand will launch a duo of scents in September called Tommy 10 and Tommy Girl 10. The scents are described as being fresh and natural and are meant to evoke an "American journey."The notes read like a roadmap of this journey. "Tommy Girl 10 has top notes of tart Nantucket cranberry, luscious Marion pear, sweet Pixie tangerine and Indian River grapefruit; a heart of Mississippi magnolia, California honeysuckle and Virginia water lily, and a drydown of Vermont cream, butterscotch and Rocky Mountain birch." "Tommy 10, for men, opens with notes of Seattle rain, Hawaiian pineapple, Fresh Kentucky bluegrass and tart Cape Cod cranberry; has a heart of wet violet, Rocky Mountain blue spruce and Arizona saguaro cactus flower, and has a drydown of Long Island driftwood, Vermont red maple wood and Wyoming cottonwood."
The new women's scent by Guerlain, Insolence, will be available in the US in August. You can find an advance review of it on my fellow fragrance-blogger's site, Victoria's Own. Also read my recently added update here.
The perfume was created by Maurice Roucel. The perfumer is also the author of Be Delicious, Musc Ravageur and L'Instant amongst others. It is described as a fruity-floral and in it, "a vibrant top note of violet combines with midnotes of red berries, including raspberry, used for the first time in a Guerlain scent. Base notes for Insolence include the house's signature iris accords with tonka bean notes."
A Try Me Size of Voile D'Ambre is now available for purchase on the Yves Rocher USA website. Voile D'Ambre is the first scent to be made part of the more upscale fragrance collection by Yves Rocher, Secrets d'Essences, and until recently was only available in Europe. I have heard through the grapevine that the full size bottle might be introduced to the US market in the fall.
Continue reading "Shopping Tip: Try Me Size of Voile D'Ambre by Yves Rocher Available in the US" »
I am delighted to announce that The Scented Salamander has joined Coutorture, a great online fashion community. "Coutorture gives fashion lovers news and commentary in one convenient location. Integrating fashion blogs, online magazines, and exclusive media content, all while promoting a community based on active participation, Coutorture is the new destination for online fashion." Picture: Le Corset by JeanLoup Sieff
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The latest fragrance by CSP is inspiring me my shortest perfume review ever: if you like lemon meringue, go for it. I can almost smell the eggs that the recipe requires in this concoction. Intensely gourmand, sweet, milky, lemoney, and highly concentrated. Despite the advertised freshness, it is essentially a low-pitched, dessert-like skin scent.
Notes are, Candied Lemon Peel, Brazilian Orange, Blackcurrant Syrup, Tahitian Vanilla, Pink Hibiscus, Sweet Rose Jam, Chocolate, Vanilla Cream, Sugared Condensed Milk.
Price is $49 for 50 ml or 1.6 oz. You can purchase it at Beauty Cafe and Sephora. Photo is from Beauty Cafe
"I advise women to switch perfumes. I find sad the type of woman who uses the same perfume all of her life, who, maybe because of her insecurities or lack of personality or taste does not try out other, different fragrances. The woman who appreciates perfume is the one who experiments, alternates, whose scent changes."
in Etiqueta Negra, August 20, 2002. (translated from the Spanish by Marie-Hélène Wagner.)
 A new masculine fragrance by Burberry, Burberry London for Men will be launched in September 2006. It is meant to renew the traditional image of the English gentleman and Burberry sees its contemporary incarnation as being both charismatic and carefree. This ideal is perfectly embodied in their eyes by actor Ioan Gruffud who will represent the brand's image for the perfume. The scent is the male counterpart to the Burberry London for Women and is part of the house's efforts to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
The fragrance was created by Antoine Maisondieu of Givaudan. Top notes are bergamot, black pepper, lavender, and cinnamon. Middle notes are mimosa, Porto wine, and leather. Base notes are tobacco leaves, guaiac wood, oakmoss, and opoponax. Flacons of 30 ml, 50 ml, and 100 ml will be available respectively for 44 Euros, 53 Euros, and 70 Euros. Source: FashionMag
 This is part II of my review of my library of scents for the summer. It is more than probable that by the end of this summer I will have made new additions to this list of favorites, especially so since I have decided that perfumes were like movies, able to set a mood, an atmosphere and easily consumptible in succession in the space of a day. A good dry down should last longer than a film though. This is on the reception side. On the creative side, I have come to think that the best artistic analogy for perfumery is cuisine. In keeping this idea in mind I understand better why perfumes can be variations only of a core recipe idea, rather than unique works of art. At the same time, it may well be that perfumery experiences unique constraints and deals with a different material altogether. It will probably take decades to sort this out. The Cour de Cassation in France has recently decided that perfumes did not merit copyright protection and that authorship in perfumery was a shaky idea. I think that they reached this conclusion because they laid great emphasis on the traditional heritage of French perfumery, the idea that all this know-how was accumulated over the centuries and that it has become part of the texture of society. Therefore perfumes, like recipes, should be reproduced with variations in accordance with your taste and the raw materials at hand. The uniqueness of a scent may well lie in the search and the finding of uniquely harmonious proportions, the creation of a superior recipe to be appreciated by the finest of palates, and the quality of the material used. But, just like one's taste for food can be eclectic and is influenced by one's personal history, one may well love both simple tastes, even childish ones, and more complex ones. Since the mega hit that Angel was and still is and the development of gourmand scents or notes as a result, the association between food and perfumes has become closer. And now, oenologists like Ginestet create perfumes because they see the intimate parallel existing between wine and fragrance.
So after this excursus which may explain why one may want to taste different variations of the same type of food or perfume, here is my list:
Continue reading "Perfume List: My Favorite Summer Scents, Part II" »
 L'Artisan Parfumeur opened its third New York store on June 19 2006 on Madison Avenue and 82nd Street. A fourth New York store should open in the fall on the Upper West Side. A total of 7 New York stores are planned as well as 10 others accross in the USA in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. As the President of L'Artisan Parfumeur US François Duquesne stated, "We're reviving the tradition of a perfumery [as] a destination where you're able to visit a [fragrance] expert in your neighborhood." The two remaining stores in New York are located in SoHo and on the second floor of Henri Bendel. Source & photo: Women's Wear Daily
Stella McCartney will issue a new binome of scents, Stella in Peony, an eau de toilette, and Stella in Amber, a solid perfume. The user is encouraged to layer the two and thusly modulate the intensity and nuances of the combination of scents. The two perfumes have been designed by Jacques Cavallier of Firmenich, the creator of the original Stella in 2003. Peony and amber are two important notes found in the original scent. The eau de toilette in 25 ml, 50 ml, and 75 ml will retail respectively for 27, 37, and 47 Pounds. The solid perfume will retail for 23 Pounds. Stella in Two will initially launch exclusively at Selfridges in mid-August before rolling out nationwide.  Source: Cosmetics International Photos: The Moodie Report
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