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July 1, 2007

Tubéreuse 40 by Le Labo {Perfume Short (Review)} {Celebrity Fragrance}

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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........

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July 2, 2007

Your Current Top 3 Fragrances {Ask Marie-Helene}

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Dear Readers,

Karen from Australia is doing a research on fragrance tastes. Here is her letter:.......

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Sexy Thoughts by Paula Abdul {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

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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".......

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Tomatoes With Hints of Lemon & Rose Please {The 5th Sense in the News}

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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......

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July 3, 2007

Fragrance Conspiracy {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} {Fragrance News}

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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......

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Note Ambrée by Martine Micallef {New Perfume} Private Line for Douglas {Fragrance News}

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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.......

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Iris Pallida 2007 by L'Artisan Parfumeur {New Perfume} L'Eté en Douce, Chez Moi {Fragrance News}

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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........

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July 4, 2007

Happy 4th of July! & Perfumes for the 4th of July {Scented Thoughts}

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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 

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News in Brief: 3 New Annick Goutal Perfumes For This Fall {New Perfumes}

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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)  

July 5, 2007

Crisis Looming for Russian Perfume Market {The 5th Sense in the News}

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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......

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