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July 2007 Archive
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The ways to a perfume are a bit intricate sometimes and we do not remember exactly how we ended up testing Le Labo Tubéreuse 40, but we do remember that suddenly we had to know more about the story behind the scent when we read that it had been created for Kirsten Dunst for her role as Marie-Antoinette in the Sofia Coppola’s movie. Without having what could be termed a “fetish” for Marie-Antoinette, we nevertheless love to follow some of her steps or rather the traces of them that she left here and there as a fashionista, a perfumista, a mother, a wife, and arguably as a martyr. So we asked some questions to the founders of Le Labo, the young, purist, and “revolutionary” perfumery that exists between Grasse and New York City. Fabrice Penot provided insights into the development of the perfume that you can read about in our Q & A conducted with him this week........
Continue reading "Tubéreuse 40 by Le Labo {Perfume Short (Review)} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
Dear Readers, Karen from Australia is doing a research on fragrance tastes. Here is her letter:.......
Continue reading "Your Current Top 3 Fragrances {Ask Marie-Helene}" »
If we already knew that Paula Abdul was planning to launch her debut signature perfume, we did not know yet that she could make the process sound so irreverent, especially when talking about her inspiration to compose a fragrance for Simon Cowell tentatively called "Ode to Simonella".......
Continue reading "Sexy Thoughts by Paula Abdul {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
 Israeli researchers have succeeded in incorporating aromas of lemon and rose into a new kind of GM tomato. The transgenic tomato includes a gene from a variety of lemon basil, Ocimum basilicum, that produces an aroma-making enzyme called geraniol synthase, Efraim Lewinsohn of Newe Yaar Research Centre and colleagues report......
Continue reading "Tomatoes With Hints of Lemon & Rose Please {The 5th Sense in the News}" »
 Fragrance Conspiracy presents itself on its business card as an alternative distributor of rare perfumes, the ones in particular created by artistic director Rami Mekdachi a former musician who is now well-known for having a knack in bringing out the soul and personality of a place and translating it into perfumes......
Continue reading "Fragrance Conspiracy {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} {Fragrance News}" »
Martine Micallef is preparing to launch a new perfume called Note Ambrée (Amber-y Note). It is part of its most recent line of perfumes called Les Notes established to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand and which already comprises Note Vanillée and Note Poudrée (seen in picture). These scents are sold accompanied with a CD of music.......
Continue reading "Note Ambrée by Martine Micallef {New Perfume} Private Line for Douglas {Fragrance News}" »
 In October of 2007 L'Artisan Parfumeur will introduce its third installment in its series of perfumes dedicated to choice vintage harvests. After Fleur d'Oranger 2005, Fleur de Narcisse 2006, it will be the turn of Iris Pallida 2007 based in principle on the most selective type of iris to be had. It is described as a floral-woody fragrance and was created by Anne Flipo........
Continue reading "Iris Pallida 2007 by L'Artisan Parfumeur {New Perfume} L'Eté en Douce, Chez Moi {Fragrance News}" »
Happy 4th of July! We are reposting articles published last year on the blog regarding perfumes and politics and in particular what fragrances are good to wear on the 4th of July! Patriotic (American) Perfumes to Wear on the 4th of July: Some Modest Suggestions My National Parfum Photo from allposters.com
Following a plural-launch pattern that is quite trendy this year although not radically new, Annick Goutal will release three new perfumes at once in September of 2007. Since the launch is still spoken of in a bit of a hush-hush manner, all we know for right now is that perfumer Isabelle Doyen together with Camille Goutal created three fragrances based respectively on amber, myrrh, and incense. Myrrh rhymes with cashmere.... and amber and incense too it suddenly seems.
(Source: Osmoz)
Excessive alcohol consumption has been a serious long-standing problem in Russian history. Gorbachev's reform policy for curbing alcohol consumption initiated in 1985 and officially in effect on paper until 1988 was a significant landmark. As the poster shown below demonstrates (date unknown), even alcoholic pregnant women have been a concern. The Russian government has been trying lately to curb the habit again and perfumes as they contain alcohol and people tend to drink them have become a target......
Continue reading "Crisis Looming for Russian Perfume Market {The 5th Sense in the News}" »
Hugo will launch a duo of perfumes on September 3rd 2007 called XX and XY. They are meant to suggest seduction as always with an added dose of aggression as well, mirroring in this sense the competitive relationship that exist between men and women, dixit the press release. The flacons were inspired by paint spray bottles.
XY has notes of green pear, basil, mint, crushed iced, Lebanese cedar, and patchouli. XX presents affinities with XY, yet develops different nuances. It includes notes of litchee, basmati rice, sambac jasmine, and sandalwood. (Source: FashionMag.fr)
Coty Beauty will be counting this fall on its stable of celebrity fragrances to cause a stir. The Beckhams after Intimately Beckham will launch Intimately Beckham Night for Men and Women, reportedly its sexiest offering to date.
Intimately Beckham Night for men combines spicy and citrus notes with a masculine floral heart and a warm base of amber, patchouli, vetiver and tonka bean. The women’s scent meanwhile features top notes of tangerine, bergamot and cinnamon, a white floral heart of lily, tuberose and orange blossom and a base of sandalwood, patchouli, vanilla, tonka bean and myrrh. The duo launches in September and comes complete with a full range of ancillary products, and is priced £26 for 50ml edt.......
Continue reading "Beckham Intimately Beckham Night for Men & Women, Celine Dion Paris Nights, Kylie Minogue Sweet Darling, Miss Sixty Rock Muse {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Perfumes}" »
Fil de Soie (Silk Thread) is one of three fragrances in the collection by L’Atelier Bohême, a small independent French perfume house located in Vernon, not far from Giverny and Versailles, known for being a subject of many Monet paintings. Crystelle Darchicourt is the nose behind the creations as well as the owner of the brand. Despite its delicate name, Fil de Soie resolutely claims to be a masculine fragrance evoking “…the spirit of a silken scarf and a stroll in the forest…” Like L’Atelier Bohême’s other creations, it is on the unusual side and does not lend itself very readily to immediate deciphering. The perfumes in fact seem to be blended to preserve a sense of quiet unassuming mystery. If in the end one can find some connections to other scents, one also has to acknowledge that the word “idiosyncratic” seems appropriate to describe them.....
Continue reading "Fil de Soie by L'Atelier Bohême {Perfume Short (Review)} {Men's Cologne}" »
 Celebrity fragrances smack of opportunism, but they are also fascinating in some sense as they mirror and shape, sometimes very successfully, the desires and dreams of the average consumer. There is also always the possibility that the fragrance will smell suprisingly good if the energy and money that go into advertising trickle into the scent itself as well. It is a little bit like a lottery game; we suspect that like the celebrities themselves the scents could be excessively bad or good, but never dull until we get a sniff of the jus and discover that well, yes, the celeb jus can also be yawn-inducing. But there exist a level of anticipation and pop culture excitement a priori that is of course priceless for fragrance developers......
Continue reading "More on Can Can by Paris Hilton {New Perfume}" »
 German fashion brand Jil Sander will launch a new masculine fragrance in September in Europe called Man, which is proposed as the feminine counterpart to Style introduced last year. The aromatic woody scent was created by Thierry Wasser in cooperation with Annick Menardo (Firmenich). It opens with notes of lavender, bergamot and violet, has a heart of sage and vetiver and a base of blue cedar and myrrh. The bottle is composed of two dark blue cubes, and, like its woman counterpart, was designed by Patrick Veillet.
It targets the "30-35 year old modern aesthete" and aims to promote a more international image for the German label. (Source: Cosmetic News)
July 2007 Archive
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