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

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August 8, 2006

Fragrance News & Fragrant Reading: Billet Doux by Fragonard

To celebrate its 80th anniversary, the French perfume house Fragonard is re-editing Billet Doux, a fragrance first introduced in the 1950s. The fragrance house originally from Grasse in the south of France also opened a new boutique in Paris, rue du Faubourd-Saint-Honoré in mid-July; it plans to open another store at the Carroussel du Louvre in December 2006. A book retracing the history of Fragonard is also being published to commemorate their anniversary.

You can read more about the history of the Fragonard house in the following article from Les Echos of 9 August 2006:

Fragonard se donne un parfum de modernité

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August 9, 2006

New Perfume: Live Luxe by Jennifer Lopez

"US. Coty Prestige has formally unveiled its new women’s fragrance from Jennifer Lopez. Live Luxe will be launched in the Americas this month, before rolling out to Europe in September and Asia in October.(...) The juice opens on notes of pear and peach, leading to an exotic heart of amethyst freesia and muguet petals. The base is a blend of diamond musk and soft amber." It was created by Claudette Belnavis of Takasago. The bottle was designed by Guy Williams.

Jennifer Lopez has been so successful with her initial perfume launch of Glow by J.Lo that she has single-handedly inspired a major celebrity perfume trend; Coty is re-centering their whole business around this idea. In December 2006, J. Lo will introduce another perfume, her 7th perfume launch including spin-off limited editions: Glow at Dark...

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New Perfume: Storia by Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini will launch a new perfume in September 2006 called Storia. The name of the scent wants to affirm a principle of individuality for the modern woman based on the idea that "The most beautiful story is your own story." Top notes are mandarine and tagetes; heart notes are quince and white pepper; base notes are musk, vanilla, and patchouli. The bottle is designed to represent the elegant line of a scoop neck.

Source: Cosmoty.de

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New Perfume: Live Luxe by Jennifer Lopez

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Fragrance News: Victoria & David Beckham to Release Couple Perfumes

Former Posh Spice and husband David Beckham are to release a duo of fragrances next month called Intimately. The ad campaign is rumoured to be particularly sexy.

You can read more about the couple and their two upcoming fragrances in the Daily Mirror:

Eau de Posh & Becks...

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August 10, 2006

Perfume Review & Musings: An Overview of The Nez à Nez Perfume Line, Part I

Nez à Nez is a newly established niche perfume house located 40, rue Quincampoix in Paris, a street where in the past the members of the maître gantiers et parfumeurs' corporation were located. This particular business is new but the Patout family has been developing perfumes for two generations. Nez à Nez was established by Christa Patout and her husband Stéphane Humbert Lucas and is now distinct from the business owned by Christa Patout's father, Jean Patout, the nose behind Parfums Nadine Patout.

Nez à Nez has developed an edgy style: the store owners propose bird feathers to their patrons instead of the classic paper blotters (actually, a practice already followed by Jean Patout); the line is composed of perfumes with unusual names often based on word plays and creative imagery. Perfume compositions are both traditional and daring through the adjunction of assertive, unusual notes.There appears to be a predilection for trendy gourmand scents and a belief that comfort fragrances play or ought to play a central role in our lives.

There used to be two different lines, one numbered and the other one, named. The latter has remained while the first one has been discontinued by Nez à Nez. The named selection is exported and can be ordered from their site...

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August 11, 2006

The 5th Sense in the News: Perfumes (and Any Liquid for that Matter) Banned From Airplanes

Check the video on the front page of the New York Times showing tightening of security measures at airports. Airport security is witch hunting any type of liquid that a passenger might carry, including water. An unlucky person saw his expensive perfume end up in a trash bag. The Moodie Report also says that airport retail is in crisis and that business people are attempting to organize deliveries at the gate to overcome the crisis.

New York Times

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Shopping Tip: Serge Lutens Chypre Rouge Now at Aedes

Aedes has received the latest Serge Lutens, Chypre Rouge, and is ready to take your orders. I can vouch for their service which is excellent and extremely swift. You also get 7 free samples with each order.

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Perfume Review & Musings: Insolence by Guerlain

I will first review the advertisement for Insolence and then the perfume. My illustrations are in reverse order though; hope you're not confused already.

So I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to review the new Insolence by Guerlain as it would help me clarify my own impressions of it. A little trip to Sephora last weekend allowed me to get hold of a generous sample of Insolence as I felt that the couple of spritzes that were drying off my hand wouldn't be enough to get to the bottom of it. After all it's a perfume by Maurice Roucel, the author of Musc Ravageur, 24 Faubourg, Iris Silver Mist, and Be Delicious, to name a few; there might be hidden complexity there. It is a also a newly heralded Guerlain generation of perfumes as the very bourgeois and posh perfume house is attempting to break its classic image and reach out to a younger set of women. With this battle plan in mind, Guerlain has decided to appeal by putting out a rebellious, insolent perfume and hiring Hilary Swank/Million Dollar Babe as its icon.

Swank is perfect to embody insolence, the value, but the strange images used in the advertisement campaign seem to want to deflect the potential threat posed by the representation of an insolent young woman: the actress looks stultified, frozen, immobile; in brief, her insolence is safely put away in a place that looks like it might be a locked Swiss bank safe with the key completely lost in the netherland of aborted rebellious dreams...

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August 12, 2006

Fragrance News: Upcoming Interview with Nez à Nez

Christa Patout and Stéphane Humbert Lucas from Nez à Nez although currently on vacation have graciously accepted to do an interview with TSS. I will publish it both in French and English as soon as I have completed my translation of the French interview. Please check back in the next coming days.

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August 13, 2006

Fragrance News: Fleur de Narcisse 2006 by L'Artisan Parfumeur (Updated)

L'Artisan Parfumeur will be introducing this fall the second perfume belonging to its collection of luxurious vintage (millésime) fragrances. This time it is an homage paid to narcissus. The scent is called Fleur de Narcisse. Just like a "grand cru" or exceptional wine, these rare vintage perfumes are based on a single harvest of flowers of exceptional quality, in this case narcissus poeticus from Languedoc-Roussillon...

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