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August 26, 2006New Perfume & Flacon: Paprika Brasil by HermèsHere is a sneak peek at the flacon for the upcoming Hermès release, Paprika Brasil:  Source: Au Féminin Previous Posts in New Perfumes: New Perfume: L'Homme by Yves Saint Laurent
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Fragrance News: Upcoming Fragrance Book, Le Printemps de Guerlain It will be published at the end of October 2006, in the collection "Beaux Livres" and will retail for 50 Euros. The book is 256 pages long and comprises more than 80 unpublished documents. It will be sold in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada in bookstores as well as in the Guerlain boutiques. Source: Au Féminin Previous Posts in Fragrance News: Fragrance News: The Portieux Flacon for M.A. Sillage de la Reine by Château de Versailles Fragrance News: More on Chandler Burr's Scent Strip in the NYT
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Fragrance News& Shopping Tip: Elixir des Merveilles by Hermès Now AvailableThe Hermès boutique in Boston just received the latest release by Hermès, Elixir des Merveilles, which is officially due out in September 2006: Hermès of Paris 320 Boylston St Boston, MA 02116-3917 (617) 482-8707 Source: Hermès boutique
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August 27, 2006Fragrance News: A Perfume Website for With Love by Hilary Duff Hilary Duff has set up a website to showcase her upcoming fragrance, With Love. You can watch a short video showing the shooting of her advertising campaign. And here's what Duff has to say about perfume: "I love wearing a beautiful fragrance and don't feel completely dressed without one." Sources: www.hilarynet.org, www.undercover.com, The Moodie report Photo shows how the carton for the perfume unfolds like a flower when opened. Previous Posts in Fragrance News: Fragrance News& Shopping Tip: Elixir des Merveilles by Hermès Now Available Fragrance News: Upcoming Fragrance Book, Le Printemps de Guerlain Fragrance News: The Portieux Flacon for M.A. Sillage de la Reine by Château de Versailles
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Fragrance News: Enchanting by Celine Dion The stable of celebrity fragrances managed by Coty, the leader in this area, will soon include a newcomer. A new perfume by Céline Dion called Enchanting will be introduced in September 2006 in Europe and in March 2007 in North America. "Enchanting Celine Dion was developed with perfumer James Krivda of Givaudan and contains notes of osmanthus, cyclamen red berries, orchid, gardenia and freesia. The golden juice comes in a tall six-faceted glass bottle, created in-house." The perfume will be mass-marketed and accompanied by a promotional CD as a gift-with-purchase. The 30 ml edp will come with an amethyst-colored crystal ring by Swarowski. In Europe, the 30 ml eau de toilette will retail for 16.95 Euros and the 30 ml eau de parfum for 19.95 Euros. Source: Cosmetic News Previous Posts in Fragrance News: Fragrance News: A Perfume Website for With Love by Hilary Duff Fragrance News& Shopping Tip: Elixir des Merveilles by Hermès Now Available Fragrance News: Upcoming Fragrance Book, Le Printemps de Guerlain
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Fragrance News: New Collector's Edition of 24, Faubourg by Hermès To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the introduction of 24, Faubourg in 1995, Hermès will issue a limited edition of the perfume, in a bottle designed by Serge Mansau to imitate the lines of the silk scarf issued at the same time. The carré de soie was designed by Benoît Pierre Emery and stylizes the spirals of the flacon and the light shining through the perfume. The fragrance is a creation of Maurice Roucel's. Source: Cosmoty.de Previous Posts in Fragrance News: Fragrance News: Enchanting by Celine Dion Fragrance News: A Perfume Website for With Love by Hilary Duff Fragrance News& Shopping Tip: Elixir des Merveilles by Hermès Now Available
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The 5th Sense in the News & Scented Thoughts: Two Articles by Chandler Burr in the NYT I just read Chandler Burr's new column in the New York Times. I am somewhat relieved to see that the author is not so keen on using the much advertised 4 star rating system which I cannot help but find a bit crude (please note, Burr does not even get to use 5 stars). But more to the point, I can only express scepticism regarding that approach to evaluating perfumes, so outrageously simplistic it is. It fails to convince because it does not leave room for the temporal, psychological, not to mention individual biological dimensions influencing one's appreciation of a fragrance. Stamping a perfume with one's four stars of approval could look ludicrous. In my opinion, there should be significant room left for doubt and openness, as a perfume, to use Umberto Eco's aesthetic notion, is perhaps more than any other art form, an open work of art... Previous Posts in The Fifth Sense in the News: The 5th Sense in the News: Article on Terre d'Hermès The 5th Sense in the News: The SmHell of New York in the Summer, New Website for Bond no 9
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August 28, 2006Sisley Soir de Lune (2006) {Perfume Review & Musings} The latest fragrance by Sisley, Soir de Lune (Moonlit Evening) was reportedly 7 to 8 years in the making. Philippe d'Ornano, son of the founder of Sisley Cosmetics stressed, "You can do a fragrance for a season, or a lifetime," (...) "We are choosing to build a fragrance that will last a lifetime." The perfume comes 16 years after Eau du Soir (1990) and 32 years after Eau de Campagne (1974) the two previous perfumes introduced by the Sisley cosmetics brand established in 1973 by Count Hubert d'Ornano. Soir de Lune is officially described as a floral chypre but it is just as much a fruity and animalic chypre to the nose. This new composition seems to embody the very Platonic ideas of elegance and refinement bringing those qualities to a new level and in particular making the scent appear significantly more sophisticated than the previous chypre found in the portfolio of the brand, Eau du Soir at the risk admittedly of cannibalizing the first. The commitment to quality on the part of the d'Ornanos can be felt immediately upon inhaling the scent. You are struck here with a sense of accomplishment and refinement that makes you think that Sisley did not waste their time indeed as the fragrance has benefited from the extra attention and accumulation of experience. Soir de Lune is a great example of how perfumes can progress from one creation to another while paying attention to the same idea. Sisley have thus taken the same concept, the idea of a luxurious chypre, but it has now gained further polish and elegance, further depth in other words, characteristics that would be hard to just improvise or simply will, it seems. One can well imagine the number of trials and errors, the number of suppression of unnecessary details and effects. And the result is outstanding... Continue reading "Sisley Soir de Lune (2006) {Perfume Review & Musings} " » Previous Posts in Perfume Review & Musings: Andre Gas Ensoleille-Moi (2006)
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The 5th Sense in the News: Portrait & Interview of Serge Lutens in Luxury Culture Check this richly illustrated article in Luxury Culture showcasing Serge Lutens answering many interesting questions regarding perfumery, luxury, beauty, his life in Morocco, and the completion of his fragrance foundation in Marrakesh... Previous Posts in The Fifth Sense in the News: The 5th Sense in the News & Scented Thoughts: Two Articles by Chandler Burr in the NYT
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August 29, 2006Perfume Review & Musings & Sample Giveaway: Live Luxe by Jennifer Lopez
The latest fragrance by Jennifer Lopez, Live Luxe, was created by Claudette Belnavis of Takasago. The fragrance is dedicated to J-Lo's love of dancing. Notes are among others, pear, peach, amethyst freesia, muguet petals, diamond musk, and soft amber.
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Live Luxe starts with a sharp outburst of slightly tart fruits. It smells of mandarine, perhaps green apple, and overall of the concentrated and juicy smell of a Del Monte fruit salad. Underneath the frutiness, a creamy undertone already indicates the direction in which the perfume will evolve later. As the perfume unfolds a slightly clean ozonic smell envelops the fruits balancing out the creaminess to prevent it from becoming too cloying. (Now that I have read that there is an electric citrus note, that might be it; there is something in the air). Little by little, the fruit medley becomes less indistinct and a juicy pear appears on a peachy background...