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November 2006 Archive
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 Dianthus, borrowing its name from the Latin scientific term for carnation, is the latest perfume by Italian fashion house Etro. As with many Etro fragrances, the perfume bears a simple and elegant signature. There are no chichis here, the style is definitely not baroque, and the eau de toilette invokes simple fluid lines in a clothing. It is a true eau de toilette; its relative lightness as well as the design of the flacon makes it be akin to a bath product, an impression which is confirmed by the soapy and clean undertones found in this carnation soliflore... Dianthus Chinensis
Continue reading "Etro Dianthus (2006) {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 Bulgari has officially unveiled its latest fragrance, Omnia Améthyste. It comes after Omnia and Omnia Crystalline, both featuring Asian-themed notes. The perfume will debut in Asia first and be more widely distributed in September 2007. "Omnia Améthyste opens on notes of green sap and pink grapefruit, giving way to the prominent accords of iris and Bulgarian rosebud. The base features heliotrope and solar woods accords. Omnia Améthyste will be available as a 25ml, 40ml and 60ml edt, priced in travel retail at €29, €38 and €48 respectively". Source: The Moodie Report
 Frederic Malle has released a series of four luscious and refined body butters based on 4 of their 15 fragrances from the Editions de Parfums line. Those are Beurre d'Iris (90 Euros) based on Iris Poudre, Absolue Cassie (100 Euros) on Une Fleur de Cassie, Absolue de Rose Turque DM (110 Euros) on Une rose, and Absolue Tubereuse DM (125 Euros) on Carnal Flower.
The hydrating base was created by an MD, Dr. Patricia Le Bastard. The Beurres Exquis (Exquisite Butters) come in 200 g jars made of luxurious black bakelite. Source: Chez Sarra
 Eau d'Italie Le Sirenuse Positano is a line of perfumes originally inspired by Hotel Le Sirenuse in the locale of Positano on the Italian Amalfian Coast. To the initial Eau d'Italie have succeeded three other perfumes, all inspired by Italy and its history: Paestum Rose, Sienne L'Hiver (Sienna in Winter), and Bois D'Ombrie (Umbria Woods). I find that perfume and nostalgia being intimately linked, it is only fitting that a sense of place be translated into perfumes. The symbolic gesture of taking a handful of dirt and inhaling its scent deeply to be reminded of one's roots and provenance is something that all people who have been transplanted in their lives can relate to. It may be those few grams of earth, that some even take with them upon leaving, as it may be any types of physical evidences of our lives past. I also said earlier that nationalism as a deeply aesthetic emotion could be potentially shared and reactivated through the sharing of common, iconic smells. Le Sirenuse seems thus to be piecing together an image of Italy, ideal and worth remembering. It is a romanticized version of the Italian peninsula in the fall and winter...
Continue reading "Paestum Rose, Sienne L'Hiver, Bois D'Ombrie by Eau D'Italie Le Sirenuse Positano" »
 Ho Hang by Balenciaga was created by nose Jacques Jantzen in 1971. It is classified as an aromatic fougère. The Eau de Toilette features top notes of bergamot, lemon, orange, basil, mint. Heart notes are rosewood, geranium, carnation, lavender, nutmeg, and pimento. Base notes are patchouli, vetiver, sandalwood, amber, vanilla, Tonka, labdanum, and musk....
Continue reading "Ho Hang by Balenciaga {Perfume Review & Musings} {Men's Cologne of the Week}" »
 L'Atelier Bohême, an artisan perfume house from France has just released their latest creation called Immortelle Eau de Parfum which was composed for Festiv'Art 2006. It takes its inspiration from the symbolism of cultic birds from the Roman Antiquity to honor the city of Evreux (Gisacum in Latin) and, in particular, from that of the peacock symbol of immortality and an attribute of the Roman Goddess Juno...
Continue reading "Immortelle by L'Atelier Bohême {New Perfume}" »
London jewelry designer Solange Agazury-Partridge will launch a new scent on November 14 2006. It is called Stoned and is described as a modern heady oriental. The nose behind the scent is Lynn Harris of Miller Harris. Notes feature Italian bergamot, classic rose, jasmine absolute, labdanum, tree moss, musk and vanilla bourbon. The perfume also, more unconventionally, includes diamond dust....
Continue reading "Stoned by Solange Agazury-Partridge {New Perfume}" »
 Guerlain has appealed against the judgement made by the Paris's Court of First Instance. This means that Insolence meanwhile will not be withdrawn from the shelves....
Continue reading "Guerlain Has Decided to Appeal Against the Judgement on Insolence {Fragrance News}" »
 The writer Colette reports that the scent of the lilies were so heady in the garden of her mother, Sidonie, that the latter would ask her to shut out their smell by closing the garden gate a little and bringing armloads of lilies to church. And then Colette writes:
"The uncompromising scent of the lilies made the air dense and disconcerted the hymn singing. Some of the congregation hurriedly left the building, while others left their heads droop and slumbered, transported by a strange drowsiness".
Black Orchid, as its name promised to deliver, is a dark voluptuous perfume with all the attributes necessary to become the scent of choice of a film noir femme fatale. The perfume seems to play, from the onset, with the evocation of disquieting shadows projected on the wall of a passion crime scene and makes us enter a universe replete with seething sensuality, foreboding and mystery. It is a beautiful rare, both dark and unexpectedly green, heavy and fresh perfume with gourmand and even slightly offensive overtones. Remarkably so the scent toys with some near-repulsive olfactory facets such as the smells of cheese and borderline decaying matter found in certain tropical flowers due to the combined presence of compounds like dimethyl disulfide (DMDS, 1) and dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS, 2). The perfume artfully manages to stay precisely on the edge of repulsion, suggesting it more as the next possible outcome rather than making it concretely be felt....
Continue reading "Black Orchid by Tom Ford {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 It's that exhilarating time of the year again.To get into the holiday spirit The Scented Salamander is going to go window shopping and bring you some gift ideas. It's always a good idea to shop in advance for the holidays to get the best selection available and reduce your stress levels later on. This year's limited edition of bejeweled figurative solid perfume compacts by Estée Lauder is a great resource. Some people might think they are a bit kitsch, but what's wrong with Kitsch anyway one may ask?... 
Continue reading "The Holiday Favorites Collection by Estée Lauder {Fragrant Shopping & Gift Ideas} {Countdown to the Holidays}" »
 Ever wanted to speed up the healing process after you got a scratch, a small wound, or acne spot on your face (or elsewhere for that matter) to get your even complexion back faster than mother nature initially intended for you?....
Continue reading "Review of Cicamosa Repairing Emulsion by Lutsine {Beauty Notes}" »
 The Japanese brand Fuwarinka has taken the classic concept of the fragrant chewing gum to the next level: chewing some gum should not only freshen your mouth, it should do the same job for your whole body....
Continue reading "Functional Candy & Gum by Fuwarinka {Fragrant Shopping & Gift Ideas} {Countdown to the Holidays}" »
 Jardin de France has released 6 new eaux de toilette called Eau Nacrée, Eau Perlée, Eau Givrée, Eau Boisée, Eau Epicée, & Eau Irisée. Two are meant to be worn by women, two others by men, and the last pair of eaux are unisex. The brand Jardin de France was established in 1920 and takes its name from its region of origin, Amboise, located on the Loire river bank and dubbed "the garden of France". Jardin de France is already well-known for its rich line of colognes comprising 21 different variations on the theme in the collection L'eau de Cologne 1920....
Continue reading "Eaux Nacrée, Perlée, Givrée, Boisée, Epicée, & Irisée by Jardin de France" »
 The Scented Salamander has spotted these elegant and ecological silk pouches made out of recycled vintage Geisha kimonos from the 1930s-1960s, all hand-sewn. You can use them to carry purse-sized perfume bottles or a compact mirror to avoid scratching its precious surface or cosmetics or even a cell-phone....
Continue reading "Perfume Pouch by Aroma M {Fragrant Shopping & Gift Ideas} {Countdown to the Holidays}" »
November 2006 Archive
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