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July 2007 Archive
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 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. Read more....
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.....
Continue reading "Interview With Nicolas Olczyk, Fragrance Consultant - ROUGE CURACAO {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}" »
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......
Continue reading "2007 Glam Beauty Awards: The Results Are In {Beauty Notes}" »
 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.
Read more.....
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 Please read our answer to Jamie.......
Continue reading "Are Guerlain Mayotte and Guerlain Mahora the Same Perfumes? {Ask Marie-Helene}" »
 Covet promised to reveal more freely the “vixen" side of Sarah Jessica Parker and since we know that Lovely (2005) had a toned-down musk that smacked of marketing compromise for the actress who usually loves her musk straight-up and dirty, we were expectant and holding our breath metaphorically speaking, awaiting something like a modern-day Bal à Versailles, a gift from the fragrance developers to SJP after her resounding success with Lovely in 2006. Instead what we get is yet another perfume in shackles and Covet is not even as pretty smelling as Lovely, which does not make it necessarily more interesting smelling.......
Continue reading "Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker {Perfume Short (Review)} {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
Estée Lauder Pleasures Delight is the latest twist on the original Pleasures introduced in 1995. This new perfume will be a permanent addition to the collection of Pleasures fragrances, which apart from the original also comprises Pleasures Intense (2002) and Pleasures Exotic (2004).
This time, the inspiration is indulgently and charmingly gourmand with sweet notes of whipped strawberry meringue, sugared rose petals, caramel, and fluffy marshmallow delicately folded into the fragrance. The scent is comforting, sheer, and very pretty, evoking the carefree atmosphere of a holiday spent by the sea in an elegant resort like Martha’s Vineyard eating Italian strawberry and vanilla ice-cream accented with a dash of patchouli added by a slightly eccentric new-cuisine local chef and accompanied preferably by a long drink of refreshing cool peony-scented water that is almost tea-like in its delicacy.......
Continue reading "Estée Lauder Pleasures Delight {Perfume Short (Review)} {New Fragrance}" »
As previously announced, British celebrity Coleen McLoughlin has now launched her signature perfume called in the end Coleen X. If ever proof was needed that celeb fragrances are more than other types of perfumes about image, image, image, here we have it. Already public conversations center more on the photoshopped image of the young woman on the advert than on her recent contribution to perfumery. In case anyone is interested the new perfume features a “top note of sweet orange with a heart of marine accords and patchouli and a base of vanilla, amber and musk” and was developed with Robertet. (Source: metro.co.uk)
While we wait for September to come, here is a sneak preview of the upcoming trio of perfumes by Parfum d'Empire about which we already made an announcement: Osmanthus Interdite, Equistrius, and Fougère Bengale.
This summer Acqua di Parma is launching a new limited edition hesperidic perfume called Colonia Assoluta Edizione Riviera, which aims to capture the joie de vivre of the fabled coastline. Think Antonioni's L'Avventura.... "Sophia Loren. Anouk Aimée. For over a century, the Italian Riviera has been synonymous with glamour.......
Continue reading "Colonia Assoluta Edizione Riviera by Acqua di Parma {New Perfume}" »
This summer Roger et Gallet are launching a new fragrance called Rose together with a rich line of ancillary products. The rose-based Eau Douce Parfumée has notes of Nepali rose, peony, amber, and almond milk. It retails 32 Euros/$44 for 100 ml......
Continue reading "Roger et Gallet Rose {New Perfume} {Bath & Body}" »
Lalique will introduce a new feminine fragrance in September of 2007 called Amethyst. It was composed by perfumer Nathalie Lorson of Firmenich. She is also the author of the two preceding Lalique perfumes, Encre Noire (Black Ink) and Perles (Pearls).......
Continue reading "Amethyst by Lalique {New Perfume}" »
British fashion designer Paul Smith launched his latest perfume simply called Rose. The jus centers of a new rose breed that was specially and lovingly cultivated for him by his wife Pauline as a birthday present and baptized "Sir Paul Smith". The designer said,
Roses evoke the past so I wanted to reinvent the rose from the start......
Continue reading "Rose by Paul Smith {New Fragrance}" »
Women's Wear Daily has published a comprehensive list of the upcoming scents in the next six months. Without reproducing the whole catalogue, we are calling your attention to a number of them that were mentioned either briefly or not at all on the blog or are worth mentioning again like the Givenchy fragrances. You can find even more upcoming launches on our New Perfumes and Fragrance News page.
August Women's: Golden Amber by Becker.eshaya; available exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman, followed by a rollout to 2,000 stores in September; $75 for 60-ml. edp.
Puma I Am Going from P&G Prestige; available in drugstores and perfumeries worldwide except the U.S., where it will be sold only in Puma stores; 30 euros ($41.35 at current exchange) for 60-ml., 40 euros ($55.13) for 90-ml. edt. World of Your Own The Scent by Grassroots, from the Beauty Bank Division of the Estée Lauder Cos.; available exclusively at Kohl's; $23.50 for 1.7 oz......
Continue reading "News in Brief: Perfume Launches This Summer & Fall {New Fragrances}" »
 This fall Kilian Hennessy will introduce a brand new collection of six perfumes regrouped in a line called L'Oeuvre Noire (The Black Work) under the general label By Kilian, which apparently will be subdivized into other smaller ones such as By Kilian Don't be Shy and By Kilian Prohibited. The fragrances are inspired by a mix of 18th French literature and 19th century French poetry references, from Choderlos de Laclos to Baudelaire, Verlaine, and Rimbaud .....
Continue reading "By Kilian L'Oeuvre Noire: Love, Beyond Love, Liaisons Dangereuses, Cruel Intentions, A Taste of Heaven, Straight to Heaven {New Fragrances}" »
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