The Scented Salamander: Perfume & Beauty Blog & Webzine: July 2007

July 2007 Archive

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July 5, 2007

XX and XY by Hugo {New Perfumes}

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)

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Beckham Intimately Beckham Night for Men & Women, Celine Dion Paris Nights, Kylie Minogue Sweet Darling, Miss Sixty Rock Muse {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Perfumes}

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.......

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Fil de Soie by L'Atelier Bohême {Perfume Short (Review)} {Men's Cologne}

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.....

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July 6, 2007

More on Can Can by Paris Hilton {New Perfume}

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......

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Man by Jil Sander {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)

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Sexy Beast, A New Perfume for our Canine Friends {The 5th Sense in the News}

Sexy Beast is a line of grooming products for doggies that includes an award-winner signature perfume described as " A unisex blend of bergamot and vanilla-infused musk combined with natural patchouli, mandarin and nutmeg oils." and "a low-alcohol fragrance formulated specifically for a dog's sensitive sense of smell." The bottle was designed by famed designer Karim Rashid (KenzoAmour, Ryoko....).

The concept is still unusual, but not new since it was most recently reactivated by Etienne de Swardt for the fragrances called Oh My Dog! and Oh My Cat! And let us not forget that the Romans loved to scent animals.

It retails for $50 and $65.

July 9, 2007

Interview With Nicolas Olczyk, Fragrance Consultant - ROUGE CURACAO {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}

Nicolas Olczyk, thank you for accepting to answer our questions. You are an independent fragrance consultant based in Paris, France, the founder and owner of ROUGE CURACAO, as well as a journalist working for osMoz, an educational and informational website owned by fragrance development company Firmenich.

TSS : How did you become interested in perfumes and when did you know it was going to become your profession? Was there an epiphany, an aha moment or was it more progressive?

Nicolas Olczyk:

I guess I fell in love with scents when I was a child. I travelled a lot and particularly to the French West Indies where I got attached to the culture. There, scents are everywhere! Moreover, my uncle had an aromatic company where I was able to improve my olfactory training. I did a master’s degree in chemistry that I completed with a work placement in Grasse. Between 1999 and 2002, I continued to train ‘on the other side of the mirror’ in the sales force for Sephora and then for Estée Lauder Companies. This enriching experience allowed me to understand better customers’ perceptions, but also to have a sharp vision of the whole perfume development process, from the labs to the final client.....

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2007 Glam Beauty Awards: The Results Are In {Beauty Notes}

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Glam has released the lists of winners of the 2007 Glam Beauty Awards. "With more than 500 brands and 3,000 products submitted, only 56 products, including mascara, fragrances, shampoo, and blemish treatments, walked away with Glam's highest honor the 2007 Glam Beauty Award."[...] The 2007 Glam Beauty Awards help today's women identify the best beauty products at all price points. „Glam readers voted for their favorite beauty products that help them keep looking fresh, radiant, and of course glamorous," said Tracey Anderson, executive editor of Glam.com. „At Glam.com, we are proud to have such an engaged community of beauty and fashion fans who make these beauty awards a true reflection of what our readers care about."

Here are the lists of readers' choices as well as the editors' picks......

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Prince 3121 in the News {The 5th Sense in the News}

The Philadelphia Enquirer has an article about the locally-based perfume development company Revelations, which created the new Prince perfume, 3121.

Larry J. Couey, the owner of Revelations Perfume & Cosmetics, got the Prince gig by accident. While visiting an agent in Los Angeles in August 2006, Couey overheard a conference call with Prince's former label. The musician's perfume discussions with a larger cosmetics company had broken down, and he wanted to find a smaller independent firm.

July 10, 2007

Are Guerlain Mayotte and Guerlain Mahora the Same Perfumes? {Ask Marie-Helene}

Hello - I read your blog everyday, and really enjoy it.

I have a question – but first, a little background. We were in Epcot the other day, and of course, I stopped in to the French and Italian perfume shops. In the Guerlain store, I came across “Mayotte”, which they were telling me (actually pompously insisting to me) was a “Vintage” fragrance, but I knew that I had read somewhere that it was actually called something else in the last several years or so, and then reissued in a new bottle. I just did not recall the name of the original fragrance at the time. Since returning home, I’ve done my research, and it was originally called Mahora. I liked the fragrance, but I didn’t need a 4.2 oz bottle for $190.00. I love fragrances, and have many – and because I have many, I prefer smaller bottles. Which leads me to my question – is it absolutely the same juice? On your website I read that it is, however, on another it says that it’s been reformulated. I can get it at a great discount on one of the website discounters, but not having tested Mahora (and having tested the Mayotte), I don’t want to purchase it, unless it actually is the same juice. I defer to your expertise.

Thank you,
Jamie

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