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

September 2007 Archive

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September 1, 2007

How To Buy Patents Of Discontinued Fragrances {Ask Marie-Helene}

Hi,

I was surprised and happy to discover your website, being a lover of the fragrances I've loved/love. I've wondered about some of the fragrances that have been discontinued, and you may have info on your site about this, but I haven't had time yet to read everything! I'm just wondering about how easy/difficult, and how costly, it is , for one to buy recipe/patent for discontinued fragrances. Might be a better option for me to buy STOCK in companies that WILL produce some of the older good ones.

Thank you,

Melissa B. ......

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Smells Like Rain In The Spring In Belgium...... {Ask Marie-Helene}

Hi,

I came across your website a few days back and was really impressed. There is an ocean of happening things to read on your website!!! I am looking for a particular perfume for a friend back in Belgium. The trouble is he only gave me the description of the fragrance and he doesn't remember the name of the perfume either. Here is what he says....

Smells like rain during spring in Belgium
Contains clay
Pretty expensive

Is there someone who can help me ??? I'm now in India and am leaving for Belgium in a week. Would be fantastic if I could get it for him.

Cheers,

Joseph H.

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Interview of Lyn Harris of Miller Harris on Beauty Interviews {Fragrant Reading}

Beauty Interviews has a piece with Lyn Harris, the founder and perfumer of Miller Harris.

How do you source the ingredients for Miller Harris perfumes?
I only use the finest quality raw ingredients. I take pride in carefully selecting my materials from different regions and with my chemicals, again, I have my favourites, which I obtain through certain suppliers whom I favour. As I defined and refined my style, I have found that I am far more selective of the chemicals I work with. I have now got to a stage in my creativity where I am happy to limit myself to around 300 out of thousands and thousands available in perfumery. This is important in defining my style as a perfumer. I am confident about limiting my vocabulary in terms of these materials. However, the opposite is true of natural ingredients. I try and discover new naturals – I don’t like to be limited in that respect.

September 4, 2007

Spiritueuse Double Vanille by Guerlain {New Perfume}

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After having recently proposed Iris Ganache, a white-chocolate-and-iris based gourmand fragrance, Guerlain is further proposing to enchant our noses and palates with Spiritueuse Double Vanille (Liquorish-y Double Vanilla) which continues their exploration of the sophisticated gourmet and gourmand theme in perfumery, pushing it a step further with this time, an association with macaroon specialist Pierre Hermé......

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Diesel Fuel For Life For Her & Him

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Scent 1, 2 & 3 by Headonism - Organic Hair Care Shampoo {Fragrance News} {Hair} {Fragrant Reading}

There is a very interesting interview of Alan Stuart, co-founder of Headonism, a line of organic scented hair care on newconsumer.com, "The UK's hottest ethical lifestyle magazine." The fragrances are so good a French perfumer could not believe his nose when he caught the aroma of Scent 2 and was told it was coming from a shampoo and not from a fragrance.....

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Air of Style & The Stylistics by Mac {New Perfume} {Beauty Notes}

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One can catch a whiff of the holidays already just a day after Labor Day weekend as brands are gearing up to offer new perfumes for the holiday season. Mac, which is more of a household name where makeup is concerned nevertheless offers a collection of fragrances, to which it is going to add a limited edition called Air of Style together with a makeup line called The Stylistics.....

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Vétiver Pour Elle by Guerlain {Fragrance News}

Initially launched in 2004 as a limited edition, Vétiver Pour Elle will be included this fall in the Guerlain collection called Les Parisiennes.

How could it be otherwise? Jean-Paul Guerlain's female friends after having adopted his original Vétiver, which he composed in 1959 when he was just 18, were begging him to offer a feminine twist on the classic fragrance. Even if adopted by generations of women who had not waited for anyone's permission to make Vétiver theirs, curiosity being part of human nature and dissatisfaction the motor of progress or history at least, a Vétiver For Her was felt to be long overdue.....

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Derek Jeter Driven Black by Avon {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

After the overwhelming success of his debut Avon fragrance, Driven, which is the #1 men's scent sold by Avon, Derek Jeter will expand his fragrance and beauty portfolio to include a new men's perfume in December of 2007 that is meant to be more of the evening, revealing his more mysterious and sensual sides. The new cologne is called Driven Black and is described as a woody oriental......

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September 5, 2007

Coty Prestige is Going For The Shimmer This Fall: JLo Glow Shimmer, JLo Glow After Dark Shimmer & Euphoria Crystalline Limited Editions {Fragrance News}

What better way to catch one's attention anew but to sparkle hoping to dazzle? The message from Coty Prestige this fall will be the one that is summed up by JLo on the packagings of the anniversary editions of her scents called JLo Glow Shimmer and Glow After Dark Shimmer: “Never Stop Glowing. Love, Jennifer”.

A limited edition of Euphoria called Euphoria Crystalline adorned with etched flowers and crystals issued by Coty Prestige as well will also be available.....

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Dior Midnight Poison by Wong Kar-Wai with Eva Green {Scented Images} {Celebrity Perfume}

To promote the launch of Midnight Poison, Dior has set up a luxurious-looking website complete with behind-the-scenes film footages and down-loadable skins. You can watch the advertising film shot by Wong Kar-Wai and featuring actress Eva Green.......

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