The Scented Salamander: Perfume & Beauty Blog & Webzine: July 2006

July 2006 Archive

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July 18, 2006

Fragrant Reading: Article on Nobi Shioya by Chandler Burr

There is an article on sculptor and scent artist Nobi Shioya a.k.a Sacre Nobi by Chandler Burr in V of summer 2006. The article is downloadable in pdf format here.

Nobi Shioya is also the originator of the project Made by Blog which chronicles the creations of two perfumes thus bringing into the open a process that is usually shrouded in secrecy.

Altar Boys in Water, 1995

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Previous Posts in Fragrant Readings:

Fragrant Reading & News: An Interview with Lyn Harris & News of Her Upcoming Fragrance

Fragrant Readings: Article on Perfumes in Marie France

Fragrant Readings: Serge Lutens Introduces a New Line of Cosmetics

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July 19, 2006

Shopping Tip & Quick Review: Estéban Cèdre, Tonka, & Pivoine

Aedes de Venustas has just received a batch of hard-to-find European fragrances including the relatively recent releases Cèdre, Tonka, and Pivoine eaux de toilette by Estéban. I very quickly tested these in Paris and, at first sniff, thought that Cèdre was the most interesting until the dry down, that is, which I seem to recall was paradoxically less rich and deep than the body of the perfume. Pivoine, as I recall, was the least exciting, smelling nice but a bit banal. However, I should certainly try to test them again more at length.

Aedes has also received Paestum Rose by Le Sirenuse.

Image source: Aedes

Previous Posts in Perfume Shopping Tips:

Shopping Tip: Tropiques by Lancôme

Shopping Tip: Coutorture's Directory of Stores

Shopping Tip: Rose D'Amour at Beauty Habit

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Perfume Review & Musings: Lonestar Memories by Andy Tauer

Lonestar Memories is the latest creation by Andy Tauer. People who are familiar with his first two perfumes, both introduced in 2005, Le Maroc pour Elle and L'Air du Désert Marocain, will find that it departs from the previous two in that it is not a perfume with Oriental references but rather an ode sung to the naturalness and freedom expressed by the myth of the American West. I will add that it is also, to me, a perfume that contributes to defining without any ambiguity or restrictions a classic ideal of rugged masculinity as conveyed by a fragrance; it is rather efficient. In case we had forgotten, Tauer reminds us that certain perfumes just might smell more erotic on a man's skin than on a woman's if we are to recognize that to be able to provoke "trouble" (in French) could be a perfume's ultimate mission...

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Perfume Review & Musings: Fire Island by Bond no 9

Perfume Review & Musings: Terracotta Voile d'Eté by Guerlain

Perfume Review & Musings: Siberian Barber no1 by Novaya Zarya

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July 20, 2006

New Perfumes: Trio of United Colors Benetton

Benetton following the current marketing fashion for "scent triplettes" is releasing a new trio of fragrances for men, women, as well as one that is unisex. A common note shared by all three perfumes is a cotton note. Nose Alain Astori of IFF composed Woman (orange flacon) while Alberto Morillas created Man (in blue) and Unisex (in green). The Italian brand views these fragrances as being both selective and accessible (25-45 Euros). Thierry de Baschmakoff designed the three bottles. It will launch in 2 phases, first at the end of September 2006 and in a second stage in the first half of 2007 in remaining parts of the world, including the USA.

Source: Cosmetic News

Previous Posts in New Perfumes:

New Perfumes: Sarawak & Nadira by Crabtree & Evelyn

New Perfume: Fleur D'Oranger by Yves Rocher

New Perfume: Anais Anais Eau Légère

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Scented Quote of the Day, from Jean-Paul Guerlain

"I've learned, that when you turn out the lights, you don't see a woman's dress, or her jewels, or the hairstyle she's worked so hard to achieve. You smell her scent, which is the most intense form of memory. And my secret is that love has been related to every fragrance I've created. As my grandfather told me when I was 16, we should always create perfumes for the women whom we love."

Previous Posts in Scented Quote of the Day:

Scented Quote of the Day, from Serge Lutens:

Scented Quote of the Day, from Harriet Hubbard Ayer

Scented Quote of the Day, from Alberto Morillas:

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July 21, 2006

Upcoming Review of Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens

Please tune in again this coming Monday as I will post a review of the latest Serge Lutens, Chypre Rouge.

Previous Posts in Perfume Review & Musings:

Perfume Review & Musings: Lonestar Memories by Andy Tauer

Perfume Review & Musings: Fire Island by Bond no 9

Perfume Review & Musings: Terracotta Voile d'Eté by Guerlain

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Perfume Review & Musings: Sensuelle Russie by Esteban & Sample Giveaway (Updated)

Exclusive! The newly released Sensuelle Russie (Sensual Russia) by Esteban in their Le Bain collection does not disappoint. It is a delectable and rich gourmand Oriental blend that will be perfect for this coming fall and winter.

Imagine a pot of succulent, idealized honey (let me specify that I do not like honey as a note in general but here it is a wonderful dark honey) a nectar fit only for the gods which would have accidentally or by design spilled onto a giant rough-hewn table made of fragrant cedarwood and as it slowly spread out would have mixed with tobacco and strange spices laid out there for no practical reason. Fate. The concoction thus created would have then macerated for a long, long time forgotten in the kitchen of the gods to reach, enfin, the perfect stage of aging at which point an enterprising human being would have come in and copied the molecules released by the mix and made it into a perfume...

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Upcoming Review of Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens

Perfume Review & Musings: Lonestar Memories by Andy Tauer

Perfume Review & Musings: Fire Island by Bond no 9

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July 23, 2006

Fragrant Readings: Scented Salamander's Articles Featured on Coutorture, Perfume of Life, Are You a Beauty?, & This Next Blog

If you don't have enough time to read through The Scented Salamander's archives, I would recommend that you read the following articles as being two of the most popular.

The first one, My National Parfum deals with nationalism, politics, and perfume, the other is a review of the latest perfume by Bond no 9, Fire Island. Both articles by Mimi Froufrou have been recenty featured on the online fashion community's blog Coutorture.

Anya from Anya's Garden of Natural Perfumery also featured the article on nationalism and perfume on Perfume of Life.

The beauty blog, Are You A Beauty?, is also featuring the Fire Island Review which Ivy enjoyed very much. You can read her presentation and visit her blog as well here.

Finally, this has already been said but it doesn't hurt to restate it, fashion journalist Kristopher Dukes "ooh la loved" the review of Fire Island as well and featured it on This Next Blog.

All these sites are great resources for your beauty and perfume needs by the way.

Photo of cheering Steelers' fans from the LA Times from a suggestion by Mr. Froufrou.

Previous Posts in Fragrant Readings:

Fragrant Reading: Article on Nobi Shioya by Chandler Burr

Fragrant Reading & News: An Interview with Lyn Harris & News of Her Upcoming Fragrance

Fragrant Readings: Article on Perfumes in Marie France

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Perfume Review & Musings: Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens & Sample Giveaway

Red Chypre is an unusual olfactory construction, a chypre reinterpreted to the point of nearly losing its identity as a chypre and being recognized only with hesitation, seemingly serving essentially as a symbolic crossroads for Serge Lutens' memories and impressions. The perfume here is biography and quest speaking of soul-searching and soul-finding tracing a path leading us from the present to the past or, perhaps it would be more correct to state, from the author's days as an adult to the chapter of his childhood. It also reflects his life journey from West to East. How significant are these elements in his creation of perfumes is made explicit by Lutens, "A perfume can only emanate from a memory, from something you have known earlier on, or from a cultural path."

Serge Lutens offers us clues that reinforce the mystery and secrecy of Chypre Rouge. It is a perfume that will offer its wearer the charm of strangeness; it exudes it.

The scent refers to a red oakmoss that is half-dreamed, half-remembered and that we are not sure is really present as a significant chypre ingredient...

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Perfume Review & Musings: Sensuelle Russie by Esteban & Sample Giveaway (Updated)

Upcoming Review of Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens

Perfume Review & Musings: Lonestar Memories by Andy Tauer

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July 26, 2006

Lalique Perles de Lalique (2006) {Perfume Review}

Perles de Lalique (Pearls of Lalique) is the most recent women's perfume edition by the house of Lalique. It was released in May in Europe and will be introduced in the USA in September. This modern take on a chypre was composed by nose Nathalie Lorson of Firmenich. Ideas behind the perfume were both a desire to tip one's hat to the Roaring Twenties as well as herald a revival of the chypres in modern perfumery.

The flacon for the perfume is designed after the famous boîte à cactus created by founder and glass artist René Lalique (1860-1945.) The rectangular flacons for the edp are also inspired by it but in a more indirect fashion only keeping the opalescent white coloring dotted with onyx but still referring themselves to an art deco style...

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Previous Posts in Perfume Review & Musings:

Perfume Review & Musings: Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens & Sample Giveaway

Perfume Review & Musings: Sensuelle Russie by Esteban & Sample Giveaway (Updated)

Upcoming Review of Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens

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