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Currently I am working on a book. Je travaille à l'écriture d'un livre. Featured Best Rose Fragrances for Valentine's Day: The 2012 Edition Latest Fragrance Review American Beauty Beloved Red Rose Fragrance Essays Bint el Sudan, The Other, African Chanel No.5 - Interview with Nick Evans of IFF Smelling Tommy Girl Now: When the 1990s Smell Like The 1940s White Accords in Perfumery: So Long The 70s Reviews of New Perfumes
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February 13, 2007Scented Teddy Bears for Valentine's Day {Shopping Tip}Still looking for a V Day's present? Check out these cute scented Teddy Grams: Here's an article about this business venture: Student's business has perfect gift
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February 14, 2007Kouros Tattoo Collector, Opium pour homme Eau d'Orient, L'Homme Eau d'Eté by Yves Saint Laurent {New Perfumes}
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Chocolate Body Painting by Shunga Erotic Art {Fragrant Shopping} {Shopping Tip} If you think teddy bears are cute but are not exactly your style, check out the Shunga Erotic Art line with their "intimate moment products". Amongst others, you will find a chocolate body paint set: "Combine adult play with romance. Use this chocolate body paint to write love poems, draw hearts, flowers, and reveal your artistic side. It's insanely delicious." A 100 ml bottle retails for $10.99
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February 15, 2007Alahine by Téo Cabanel {New Perfume}
Téo Cabanel's third fragrance Alahine will debut in the spring of 2007. It follows the two initial fragrance launches of Oha and Julia in 2006. Alahine is described as a soft amber scent inspired by palaces in Persia and by the Orient. It includes notes of Bulgarian rose, vanilla, pepper plant, orris, benzoin, and patchouli refreshed further by bergamot and lavender. It will retail from 78 to 144 Euros. You can find more information about the brand by visiting their site.
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How Far Can A Wine Collector Go: Lessons For Fragrance Collectors {The 5th Sense in the News}Check out this article in the New York Times about a man mad about wine. He has an 8000 foot square cellar and more than 65 000 bottles of wine, not including the 14 000 ones he recently auctioned at Sotheby's. Could a fragrance collection grow that large? By Wine Besotted: A Fantasy Fulfilled
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February 18, 2007Royal Bain de Caron by Caron {Perfume Review & Musings} {Perfume History & Facts} The Historical Background The story that is told regarding the creation of this seemingly eccentric perfume is that of a Californian millionaire who ordered it so that it would be used as a substitute for the real champagne that he liked to pour in his bath. The custom-order for the boozy champagne perfume was motivated by the strictures imposed by the Prohibition (1920-1933) but seems also to have been well in tune with the spirit of excess of the Roaring Twenties. So, if you would like to relive a Fitzgeraldean moment, pour some in your bath! One source mentions that William Randolph Hearst is the millionaire in question and that it was meant to be used by "his wife"whatever that might mean concretely (Millicent Hearst or Marion Davies?). I said "seemingly eccentric" because apart from the fact that there was a pragmatic motivation for the creation of the perfume, the association of perfume and champagne was seen as a fairly logical one by perfumers as both offer an image of bottled luxury, exhibit similar colors, smell or can smell fizzy, and are festive gifts. Guerlain designed the bottles of L'Heure Bleue and Mitsouko for example with a cap whose shape is inspired by a champagne cork to reinforce the unconscious associations. Yves Saint Laurent did the same for Champagne/Yvresse. More recently, Mona di Orio has picked again on this tradition by designing her bottle tops with an explicit wired champagne cork design. Félicie Wanpouille who designed the Caron perfume bottle is the one who took the analogy to its maximum conclusion ....
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An Article on Chanel Les Exclusifs, Kate Moss' Fragrance & Wax Figure, A Galimard Franchise in the US, Dispute Over Beckham Instinct {The 5th Sense in the News}
Here is more reading about the new Chanel line with a rare picture of the man behind the Serge Lutens fragrances and now the Chanels. Shall we call him the "éminence grise" of French perfumery?: • Christopher Sheldrake and Jacques Polge are asked what makes a fragrance memorable? • Kate Moss' fragrance deal with Coty is confirmed: Moss to Launch Perfume .....
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February 19, 2007Les Exclusifs by Chanel: An Overview {Perfume Review & Musings} {Scented Thoughts} The Total Chanel Look in the 1960s In the weeks leading to the release of Les Exclusifs by Chanel (please read our previous post for a description of the line) what we had to go with were the names of the perfumes, the descriptions of the notes, and the interviews of the perfumers who composed the new fragrances, namely Jacques Polge in association probably with Christopher Sheldrake although this last point is left rather vague. One could identify two aesthetic orientations in the comments: the evocative-artistic one and the tradition-bound house-of-Chanel-inspired one. Names like Bel Respiro, 28, La Pausa, Coromandel were almost Baudelairean or Proustean in their appeal promising us an art of evocation, what perfumery is best at creating: immediate emotion, a sense of place. We would travel on the wings of La Pausa and alight in the villa haunted by Chanel's spirit while feeling the soft breeze caressing the palm trees and even hear the creaking noises of the furniture and smell the fresh velvets of the cushions or something like that. Coromandel would be, could only be terribly poetic and rare. Instead it seems that the tradition-bound Chanel-inspired current of thought has weighed in heavily in the creations of the perfumes...... 
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February 20, 2007C'est La Fête by Christian Lacroix {New Perfume}
Christian Lacroix is launching a new fragrance in March 2007 called C'est La Fête! (Party Time!). It is described as a fruity-floral and was composed by Jean Jacques of Takasago. The packaging is a twist on the one for their previous fragrance C'est La Vie! (which did not do that well). The eau de parfum will retail between 28 Euros for 30 ml and 70 Euros for 200 ml. Source: Cosmetic News
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Benghal Perfume & Beauty Collection by Lancôme {New Perfume} {Beauty Notes} Lancôme launched its second fragrance in its Collection Voyage (travel collection) after Tropiques last year. The perfume is described as being a soft floral with light spicy and fruity accents. It is inspired by the gardens of Indian palaces. This year, the fragrance is accompanied by a makeup collection comprising a palette for the face and a series of 3 lip glosses. These limited editions are in principle reserved for travel retail but last year one could spot Tropiques at online discounters soon enough after the launch. Source: Osmoz
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An Article Listing "10 Perfume Snobberies" in Elle {The 5th Sense in the News}
Check out this article on Elle.fr listing "10 perfume snobberies" in which to indulge. The list includes Les Exclusifs, Serge Lutens Rousse, Dr. Bach, Indult, Aesop, Solange Agazury, Etat Libre d'Orange, and Prada Essences.
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February 21, 2007Eau de Star & Ice*Men by Thierry Mugler {New Perfumes}
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Liberté by Cacharel {New Perfume}
Cacharel will release a new perfume this spring called Liberté (Freedom). The brand plans to target the group of women who are between the ages of 25 and 35. Their classic scent Anaïs Anaïs is now reportedly mostly worn by women in their forties. This is an interesting fact to note as the fragrance was initially marketed to young women or very fresh-looking "jeunes filles en fleurs" when it launched in 1978. Apparently attachment to the fragrance is key in explaining its continued appeal rather than the scent itself being perceived as a "young" one by the new generations.....
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Juozas Statkevicius Eau de Parfum Now Available at Beauty Habit {Shopping Tip}
The once elusive Juozas Statkevicius Eau de Parfum hailing from Lithuania is now available at Beauty Habit. It retails $165 for a flacon of 50 ml. You can read our review of the beautiful evocative perfume here. Source: Beauty Habit
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Ambre et Diamant Noir by Ambregris {Perfume Review & Musings}
When Elle recently devoted an article to listing ten particularly snob, i.e., confidential niche perfume brands, they omitted to include Ambre et Diamant Noir by Ambregris. We could muse that this is most assuredly due to the fact that the fragrance does not qualify as snob, but rather as - how shall we put it? - extremely snob. The perfume lover is always pleased to discover a very confidential perfume, which moreover turns out to be a superb one. Ambre et Diamant Noir (Amber and Black Diamond) is exclusively sold at the Ritz Hotel in Paris and only in a very few other locations internationally. It was created in 2000. We wished we had discovered the perfume sooner, that is last winter, because it would have ended our quest for a suitable amber scent. Yes, even Ambre Sultan we felt, was not refined enough for us.....
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