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March 2007 Archive
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 As previously reported, the new fragrance Courvoisier L'Edition Impériale cologne is the cognac brand's first venture into a perfume extension of its label. The scent does not contain any cognac note "because the marketers wanted to accentuate the aspirational lifestyle suggested by the name." Its official launch will take place at Bergdorf Goodman next Monday although it already started selling out unofficially. For a detailed description of the perfume you can go to our previous post.....
Continue reading "Courvoisier L'Edition Impériale Now Available At Bergdorf Goodman {New Perfume} {Shopping Tip}" »
 After Neonatura Cocoon and Neonatura Elevate, Yves Rocher will be releasing Neonatura Souffle (Breath) in May of 2007. The perfume was created by perfumer-designer Delphine Lebeau of Givaudan. It "evokes the radiantly heated sensuality of a warm breeze caressing the sand." The scent is based on a sunny jasmine. "It contains 90.34% natural ingredients, including mandarin orange, orange and benzoin. To protect the environment, the box is made of paper from managed forests. Eau de parfum Néonatura Souffle, 1.7 fl. oz, €37." Source: Osmoz
Futuristic Perfumes After having whetted our appetite with the announcement of the upcoming release of Azzaro Now and, especially, recently reviewed the new CK IN2U, we wanted to seek out other examples of the futuristic trend in fragrance creation. For these fragrances, the sensations that they create make one feel like one is entering an universe that has been depicted most often in science-fiction novels or movies. They aim at disorienting the perfume wearer, but it must be added, only to some extent. Taking into account the fact that olfaction is the sense of memory, these perfumes, although they make reference to a world that seems hard to place at first, are really artful combinations of familiar and novel notes that tease our senses of both the affective past and the projected future......
Continue reading "Neblina/L'Esprit de Neblina by Yves Rocher {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 The German Duftstars 2007 have been awarded. There were 40 finalists in 8 different categories. Looking at the list, one realizes that there was one category that was particularly fraught with competition that is, the one including older time-tested classics like Angel, Arpège, 1000, and Opium......
Continue reading "German Duftstars Awards For Best Perfumes 2007 {Fragrance News}" »
The latest release by Gucci is a masculine perfume called Gucci Pour Homme II. It was created by the Proctor & Gamble team and Mane. It includes fresh and silvan top notes of bergamot and violet leaves. The heart unfolds on a spicy accord of pimento, black tea, and cinnamon. The base deepens with notes of olive wood, tobacco leaves, musks, and myrrh. The perfume is a follow-up to Gucci Pour Homme. It is reminiscent of the incensey notes of the first one only en passant while taking on a very different persona. Markus Strobel, general manager of prestige products and fine fragrances for P & G said "the formula is aimed at hitting "the sweet spot" between providing a "fresh, easy to wear' ambience, "a masculine sensuality" and a "distinct, memorable" sensation." He also added "I think we've never spent as much time on a male fragrance as we did on this one, and it really is amazing,". It took Gucci two years to design the fragrance and the result is indeed remarkable.....
Continue reading "Gucci Pour Homme II by Gucci {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}" »
 Chopard is launching a new men's perfume named Chopard Pour Homme. It was designed by perfumer Thierry Wasser and is inspired by the cult 70s TV show The Persuaders!. The scent is described as an elegant amber woody oriental. It further is characterized by the nose as being "very boyish but manly"[...] adding “Yes, it’s a very youthful fragrance, but the man really needs to be 30-plus to appreciate it.”......
Continue reading "Chopard Pour Homme by Chopard {New Perfume}" »
 "The perfume of iris, from Corinth, was long held in the highest esteem, till that of Cyzicus came into fashion. It was the same, too, with the perfume of roses, from Phaselis, the repute of which was afterwards eclipsed by those of Neapolis, Capua, and Præneste. Oil of saffron, from Soli in Cilicia, was for a long time held in repute beyond any other, and then that from Rhodes; after which perfume of oenanthe, from Cyprus, came into fashion, and then that of Egypt was preferred. At a later period that of Adramytteum came into vogue, and then was supplanted by unguent of marjoram, from Cos, which in its turn was superseded by quince blossom unguent from the same place. As to perfume of cyprus, that from the island of Cyprus was at first preferred, and then that of Egypt; when all on a sudden the unguents of Mendes and metopium rose into esteem."
Yves Saint Laurent has launched a new lipstick duo called Lip Twins. The packaging is gorgeous, looking like a little jewel that will be easy to carry about in one's purse. It is also practical with its mirror and brush. It contains two different textures, a satiny one and a glossy one that you can wear together or separately according to your mood. Lip Twins comes in 12 different combinations of colors and contains an SPF 8. It retails for $30 at Saks, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom etc.
Here's a new travel destination for perfume lovers: "The world's oldest perfumes have been found on Cyprus by a team of archaeologists. The perfumes were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in tiny translucent alabaster bottles. The remaining traces found in Pyrgos, on the south of the island, are more than 4,000 years old"..... Eau de BC The Oldest Perfume In The World in The Telegraph
• Four perfumes from the archaeological site were re-created and named Hera, Athena, Aphrodite and Artemis.....
Continue reading "World's Oldest 4000-Year-Old Perfume Factory Is Discovered & Antique Cypriot Perfumes Are Reconstituted {The 5th Sense in the News}" »
 Evody is a new Parisian niche perfumery located between Saint-Michel and Odéon in the Latin Quarter that has opened at the beginning of December 2006. The name Evody is borrowed from the Bible and refers to a woman who is said to have been always on a quest for new perfumes. It is managed by a mother and daughter team, Régine and Cérine Droin. They bring in their experience of selective perfumery and were encouraged to open the boutique by Sylvaine Delacourte, the artistic director of Guerlain......
Continue reading "Evody, A New Niche Perfume Boutique in Paris {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}" »
 The new masculine version of Vogue called Vogue Hommes International is now available at your newspaper stand. You can read both English and French versions of the magazine: Vogue Hommes International
For your viewing pleasure, here is another advertisement for Gucci II Pour Homme. It is one of the best releases of the first quarter of 2007 in our opinion although, we don't want to unfairly heighten expectations as this can cause some people to feel too easily disappointed. "It's a terrible scent!" Read our review. It is, at the very least, a must-try scent. Source: Fashion Mag.fr
 Perfumer Andy Tauer is launching a new fragrance called Rêverie Au Jardin (Day-Dreaming In The Garden). It will be his fifth commercialized perfume. He is also the author of a series of four other beautiful, original perfumes named L'Air Du Désert Marocain (The Air of the Moroccan Desert), Le Maroc Pour Elle (Morocco for Her), Lonestar Memories, and Orris (a limited edition that has sold out I believe). You can read an interview we did with the author here. The new perfume was inspired by the different facets of lavender. The creation process was discussed in part on his own blog, Perfumery...
Continue reading "Rêverie Au Jardin by Andy Tauer {New Perfume}" »
 Dior has launched a new masculine fragrance, which is presented as a novel take on the classic men's fragrance Fahrenheit by Dior (1988). It is called Fahrenheit 32 and was designed by Dior Homme artistic director Hedi Slimane based on an idea by François Demachy, perfumer and director of olfactory development of LVMH together with Louise Turner of Quest. On a separate note, it was announced today by Women's Wear Daily and Vogue UK that Hedi Slimane is not working for Dior anymore.....
Continue reading "Fahrenheit 32 by Dior {New Perfume}" »
After having shared our impressions of the new line of Les Exclusifs by Chanel and reviewed 31, Rue Cambon while giving further impressions of the line, we are now completing the task of reviewing the remaining fragrances.
Bel Respiro was named after Coco Chanel's retreat in Garches, purchased in 1920 in the suburb of Paris. The designer herself preferred to dub it "Noix de Coco" (Coconut).
The fragrance starts with a soapy and green accord. It then sweetens up with light amber all the while keeping the suggestion of an armful of fresh leaves, herbs, and stems. Deeper ambergris undertones underline the now thicker forest-y accents as the mood gets slightly darker and shadowy with some discrete peppery touches to spice up the brew. It is a short ode sung to the beauty of green herbaceous notes and the presence and sensuality of a woman. If you lean in close enough you will be able to smell the balmy woods scenting the nape of her neck after the wind has brushed her hair during her walk in an abstract green scenery where there are no or little flowers. The perfume is a new, stylistically economical take on such classics as Chanel no 19 and Vent Vert by Balmain and might remind American perfume wearers in particular of the very herbal verdancy of Private Collection by Estée Lauder.....
Continue reading "Les Exclusifs: Bel Respiro, No 18, & 28 La Pausa by Chanel {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Perfumes}" »
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