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June 2007 Archive
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Dior will issue a new fragrance, the fifth in the Poison franchise, called Midnight Poison, not to be confused with Midnight Charm. Actress Eva Green (Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royal" and Isabelle in "The Dreamers") will be the face for the new scent. Green said.....
Continue reading "Midnight Poison by Christian Dior {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 The American Fifi Awards were handed yesterday to the prize recipients. The event is modelled after the movie Oscars. Celebrities that presented included: Sean Combs, Paula Abdul, Daisy Fuentes, Zac Posen and Jane Seymour. The winners are: Hall of Fame Award: Donna Karan
FRAGRANCE OF THE YEAR: Women's Luxe: Juicy Couture by Liz Claiborne Cosmetics
Men's Luxe (tie): Terre d'Hermès — Hermès; Unforgivable by Sean John — Sean John Fragrances/Estée Lauder
Women's Nouveau Niche: KenzoAmour — Kenzo Parfums
Men's Nouveau Niche: Viktor & Rolf Antidote — L'Oréal USA.....
Continue reading "US Fifi Awards For Best Fragrances 2007 {Fragrance News}" »
French company Inter Parfums, the owner of the Burberry franchise, is going to launch a new brand named Roxy. Its first fragrance will be simply called Roxy and will be introduced this summer. The line of eaux de toilette wishes to entice adolescents and young adults aged between 15 and 25......
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There is an article on the latest perfume launched by Bond No9, Coney Island, in the New York Times. You can read our review of this savory-sweet gourmand and fruity marine scent here. If you just read the NYT article, it would sound, surprisingly, like it is just about being a fruity Tequila scent....
Breathing In Coney Island, At Just $178 A Bottle
 Pierre Guillaume's Parfumerie Générale has released a new fragrance called Un Crime Exotique (An Exotic Crime), which is already available at Luckyscent, $105 for 50 ml. Apparently, this gourmand gingerbread fragrance comes from a stash of super private perfumes from the house and is deemed to be no less than"...the most unique fragrance created by this wonderful brand." Notes are: Chinese osmanthus, gingerbread, tea, cinnamon, star anise, mate absolute, vanilla sugar, South Sea Island sandalwood. (Source: Luckyscent)
Yves Rocher fragrances can be surprisingly good, the more so since their price points are extremely reasonable. The brand employs excellent, even great perfumers, thus discreetly developing a democratic ideal for perfume-wearing. Not all of their scents are immediately available in the US, but when they do, it is worth trying them. In a very timely fashion, as Father's Day on June 17 is approaching, a new men's scent called Altikä is now available in the US. It is described as a fresh woody cologne with notes of ozone, polar mint, and cedar. It is inspired by the sensation of intense mountain winds in the Alps. It retails $21 for 2.5 oz....
Continue reading "New & New-To-The-US Fragrances by Yves Rocher: Altika, Jardins des Iles, Désir de Pivoine, Eau de Cologne Verveine {New Perfumes}" »
 Nick Coleman reports on Prince's new scent 3121 and loves to use overused stereotypes when describing the fragrance. 3121 might smell like one's Grandma or French bordellos, you choose. I think that if he tried harder he could come up with "smells like Grandpa" and "smells like Nevada bordellos" and his readers would find that even more amusing and coherent....but maybe I am just being too optimistic.
Indeed, it seems that It's Not Easy To Make Sense of Prince's New Scent .....
Continue reading "Report on Prince's New Perfume 3121, Le Labo Scent Le Méridien, When It Is A Good Time to Perfume Ourselves And When It Is Not, Summer Perfumes, An Interview with Frederic Malle & Pierre Bourdon {The 5th Sense in the News}" »
Opus Oils is a perfume brand based both in Hollywood and Paris, which proposes several collections of perfumes that are whimsical, narrative, and retro in their appeal. We received a press release regarding their latest creation, a burlesque fragrance called Roller Girl "inspired by our love for the rough and tumble game of Roller Derby & the beautiful, skilled & talented women that play it." Visiting their website, we were drawn towards their for-her and for-him wormwood fragrance duo, each fragrance being respectively named Absinthia (notes of wisteria, vanilla sugar, actual absinthe...) and Absintheo (same notes, with added fig and sandalwood). In our book, it is always worthwhile to stop to smell the wormwood and get dazzled by a beautiful emerald-green color. (Read our review of Absolument Absinthe)....
Continue reading "Opus Oils: Perfume Collections From the Burlesque To The Divine {Fragrance News} {New Perfume} {Niche Perfumery Directory}" »
I saw that Opus Oils had created a fragrance for Rouge Beauty. For the sake of cataloguing fragrance destinations, here is their address in the French Quarter in New Orleans, next to Hove and French Bourbon (I plan to review some of the latter's scents in a bit by the way): 901 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
(French Quarter)
Tel: 504-528-8686
 Devotees of Creed Spring Flower will love this Collector Edition issued by the house of Creed. Others can discover a lovely, elegant, and subtle fruity-floral perfume, in the best sense of the expression, originally created for Audrey Hepburn.....
Continue reading "Creed Spring Flower Collector Edition {Fragrance News} {Luxury Perfume}" »
 In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brand, Givenchy is going to re-issue 10 masculine and feminine fragrances from its catalogue in September of 2007. The re-edtions include Le De (named after Hubert de Givenchy's particle of nobility),.....
Continue reading "Re-Editions of 10 Vintage Givenchy Fragrances {Fragrance News}" »
 In pure naughty Agent Provocateur style, the brand has issued a collection of three massage oils based respectively on the sultry Rose Passion, Sensual Ylang-Ylang, and Tuberose Intoxication. Ready for a threesome? The coffret of 30 ml bottles of oils is available for $60 from their website. If you prefer one scent in particular, each 125 ml bottle of one oil retails for $55.
(Sources: Madame Figaro, Agent Provocateur)
India & Spa is an exotic beauty destination located in the 3rd arrondissement in Paris, France. It offers a range of services inspired by the Ayurvedic tradition. They have also developed 3 lines of beauty and fragrance products scented with the same scents: Ayurvédique, Ananas, Fleur de Bougainvilliers, Fruit de la Passion, Jasmin-Ylang, Miel de Litchi, Chocolat Malgache, Figue..... Each oil retails for 24 Euros. For more information, you can visit their website (Sources: Fashion Mag.fr, India & Spa)
Floris Malmaison was created in the 19th century, in an era when Malmaison Carnations had become all the rage within the elegant circles of society since their introductions from France in the early 1860s. Named after Joséphine de Beauharnais’ residence of La Malmaison, they soon intoxicated England. They were commonly displayed by the fashion-conscious as a buttonhole or corsage accessory whose heady spicy scent was but another mark of refinement and distinction. Oscar Wilde is famous for having had a fetish for the bloom, which he liked to dye each day anew in green. But he was far from being the only one enamored with it. Malmaison Carnation expert Jim Marshall writes that these flowers were “…the cult flower for the Edwardian Summer Season” as they bloomed from June to August. It was also traditional to compose bouquets of Malmaisons laced with Asparagus Fern and to put them in crystal vases. Peter Coates evocatively describes the flower as “…wonderfully opulent, with deeply fimbriated petals bursting from jade calyxes like bosoms of Edwardian beauties and as powerfully scented”...... 
Continue reading "Malmaison by Floris of London {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
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