We reported last year about some of the amazingly scented and textured Pacifica Body Butters. Since then, the brand issued a line of personal fragrances that echo the scents of their candles and butters. A visit to the Anthropologie...
September 2007 Archives
New Opi Pink of Hearts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month + Contest {Beauty Notes}
Opi is introducing a new color in October of 2007 called Pink of Hearts in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a porcelain-like milky pink pastel and the caps are cutely decorated with pink ribbons to express...
Origin of "Eau de Naphé" {Perfume Words}
One of the two latest perfume launches by Comptoir Sud Pacifique, Eau de Naphé, resurrects an interesting exotic and slightly mysterious ancient perfume expression which in the 19th and 20th centuries means "orange blossom water". You will find the...
Montaigne Eau de Parfum (2007) & Montaigne Eau de Toilette (1986-87) {Perfume Short (Reviews)} {New Perfume/Advance Review}
Caron perfumes, especially in the pure parfum concentrations are deep compositions, complex, and from this very complexity derives an intriguing duality that one can find in several of them. Oftentimes they seem to oscillate between an oriental nature and...
New Jo Malone Boutiques, White Jasmine & Mint Launched {Scented Path & Fragrant Addresses} {Shopping Tips}
The Jo Malone brand is expanding its international presence with the opening in a few days - and after Cannes - of a new boutique in Paris, rue Saint-Honoré. Next, another boutique will open in Lyon.Boutique Jo Malone Paris,...
Givenchy Re-editions, Guerlain L'Instant Magic, Bulgari L'Eau de Toilette Rosée, Avon Imari Seduction, Frederic Malle Outrageous! Now Available {Shopping Tips}
• Givenchy III, Le De, Eau de Givenchy, and L'Interdit by Givenchy are now available in their re-edited versions at Nordstrom for $85 each.........
Shalimar Black Limited Christmas Edition by Guerlain {Luxury Perfume} {Fragrance News}
Guerlain is introducing a limited edition of Shalimar - an "édition limitée Noël" - for the holiday season elegantly dressed up in black called Shalimar Black. The juices, in Eau de Parfum and Pure Parfum concentrations, remain unchanged. (Photo:...
Flight of Fancy by Anna Sui {New Perfume}
Anna Sui has launched a new perfume called Flight of Fancy. Information is not currently available on their website but it is already sold on eBay in Europe and the picture of the flacon is courtesy of photographer and...
Comptoir Sud Pacifique Mage d'Orient & Eau de Naphé {New Perfumes}
Comptoir Sud Pacifique have introduced two new perfumes called Mage d'Orient and Eau de Naphé. Mage d'Orient (Magus of the Orient) is categorized as a woody scent with a multifaceted personality and said to offer a novel accord of...
News in Brief: New Chloé, Upcoming Des Filles à la Vanille EDPs, Tina Borstein is Back, New Olivier Durbano {Fragrance News}
• The iconic tuberose perfume from the 1970s, Chloé (1973), now called Chloé Classique, will see a new addition to its franchise after Chloé Narcisse and Chloé Innocence thanks to a new partner who wants to reinvigorate it. In...
L'Oréal is Suing eBay over Sales of Counterfeit Perfumes {The 5th Sense in the News}
The French newspaper Libération announced that in August L'Oréal had launched a legal action against the auction site eBay as they allow sales of "counterfeit perfume bottles". This decision was announced on September 8 2007 and comes as the outcome...
Hugo Boss XY & XX Human Nature Video {Scented Images} {New Perfumes} {Free Samples}
As previously announced, Hugo Boss is launching a duo of perfumes called XY and XX. The advertising campaign is in full gear and you are now invited to watch the short movie accompanying the perfumes on YouTube (not the commercial...
Immortelle L'Amour by Ayala Moriel Parfums {New Perfume} {Fragrant Recipe}
Perfumer Ayala Moriel of Ayala Moriel Parfums is preparing to launch her new creation called Immortelle L'Amour (Everlasting, Love) based on immortelle or Everlasting flower in November of 2007. Immortelle has a wonderful complex and original aroma in and...
The Ruby-Red Shoe & The Cobra at Harrods {Unscented Yet Cool}
Photo by Shaun Curry/AFP The British have a reputation of eccentricity to defend and they just did that very well. What better way, one must acknowledge even genius way, of guarding a pair of bejeweled haute couture shoes but to...
Tilleul by Parfums d'Orsay {Perfume Short (Review)}
Parfums d'Orsay was first founded during the Romantic period as Maison Parfums d'Orsay by Count d'Orsay, reportedly in 1830, this date according to the brand but other dates are also put forth. 1908 is the more recent date at...