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October 2007 Archive
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Molinard, a perfumer from the south of France established 1849, and the creator of the celebrated classic Habanita, amongst others, has just released two new perfumes in La Collection Parfumée called Bois Fleuri (Blossoming Wood) and Ecoute Moi (Listen To Me)......
Continue reading "Bois Fleuri & Ecoute Moi by Molinard {New Fragrances}" »
Spanish company Perfumes y Diseno is launching a new perfume for babies for the fashion accessory brand Tous called Baby Tous. The packaging featuring a little bear wearing a night cap is whimsical and suggestive of a fragrance with calming properties.......
Continue reading "Baby Tous by Tous {New Fragrance}" »
Sophie Kune, the author of Femmes Avant Tout, a blog dedicated to the on-going celebration of one's femininity even through sickness, together with her friend Requia, have organized a "pink chain" of solidarity that originally involved 160 women bloggers who were asked to create a pink recipe for the cause of breast cancer awareness month. 120 recipes were retained and are featured in a free down-loadable eBook. For each person that clicks to get the *free* eBook until the end of January 2008, Roche, the partner of the blog, will donate 1 Euro each time to the association "Le Cancer du Sein, Parlons-en", up to 15 000 Euros total......
Continue reading "Chaîne Rose - Les Recettes des Blogueuses: Free Pink Recipe eBook for Breast Cancer Awareness Month {Fragrant Recipes}" »
More often than not one is tempted to associate vetiver with masculine fragrances. Fragrances that famously advertize vetiver the rooty, herby ingredient are the likes of Carven Vetiver, Givenchy Vetiver, Guerlain Vetiver, all meant for men. Notwithstanding this olfactory code and convention, we all know that Vétiver by Guerlain was high-jacked by women, signaling a popular protest against such entrenched positions. In the 1910s-1920s, vetiver was to be found in a number of very feminine fragrances that played the liberated card of the garçonne, such as Caron Violette Précieuse, Tabac Blond, Chanel No.5, Cuir de Russie, Bois des Iles, Molinard Habanita, etc. Later of course Bandit offered a masterful feminine use of vetiver. In the very recent past a number of perfumes have demonstrated that vetiver can add femininity and sexiness to a fragrance and the trend is picking up as evidenced by a series of new releases in both niche and design lines........
Continue reading "Oh So Feminine Vetiver - {Trend Alert}" »
We reported last year about an original concept expressed in a fragrance for firefighters called Dévouement. In the spring of 2007, a feminine flanker came out called Dévouement pour Elle dedicated this time to women firefighters and so now the previous perfume has been renamed Dévouement pour Lui. The fragrance was created by a young perfumer from Grasse, Franck Lions......
Continue reading "Dévouement pour Elle by Kreadis - Limited Edition {New Fragrance}" »
Jacques Helleu, Artistic Director for Chanel Parfums and Clocks, passed away on Friday 28 September 2007 at the age of 69. Marie-Louise de Clermont-Tonnerre, the director of Chanel Communication told AFP that the news came as a shock as Jacques Helleu had told no one about his sickness.........
Continue reading "Death of Jacques Helleu, Chanel Artistic Director ~ Décès de Jacques Helleu {News Flash}" »
Unforgivable Woman by Sean John is, perhaps not surprisingly so, like the macho dream of a women's fragrance. The slight surprise comes with the realization that this is not just a sexy fragrance. The scandalous flavor of the ad campaign made one expect to discover a sulfurous potion. It is indeed a man's trap, but in a more complete sense. In this case and after a while the soft powdery and creamy floral that is Unforgivable Woman betrays the desire of the man who envisioned it to be both seduced and protected by the woman who wears it. The age-old dichotomies of "la mama y la puta" or again the virgin-mother and the whore are somehow weaved into the perfume with its suggestions of innocent baby powder and powdered milk allied with the subliminally comforting notes of apple, pina colada, coconut, and orange flower and then the racier musk, patchouli, and woods.........
Continue reading "Unforgivable Woman by Sean John {Perfume Short (Review)} {New Fragrance}" »
Lush UK is going to launch a new perfume called Go Green Fragrance Spritzer. It was inspired by green activist Rebecca Lush (she is not a fictional character). Interestingly and somewhat humorously, perfumer Mark Constantine says that he created the perfume "....for Rebecca and other people who cycle and take public transport to work," seeming to allude unvoluntarily to the 19th century topos of the "stinking masses"......
Continue reading "Go Green Fragrance Spritzer by Lush {New Fragrance}" »
Ormonde Jayne has just opened her new online boutique destined to international shoppers. No dire need anymore to go on a pilgrimage to London. From the press communication, "All customers will receive a complimentary sample of an Ormonde Jayne perfume and packages will arrive on your doorstep in glossy white boxes embossed with the OJ logo with products nestled in antique gold shagreen paper. Look out for the new Sample Programme containing all ten fragrances housed in a velvet and satin pouch designed particularly for our clients who can't make it to our Old Bond Street perfumery.......
Continue reading "Ormonde Jayne New Online Boutique {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}" »
 We are all having the opportunity of becoming more and more versed in British celebrities thanks to perfume. The star of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing Kelly Brook is going to launch a new perfume called Kelly Brook. It is set to launch on October 17th 2007 in the UK.......
Continue reading "Kelly Brook by Kelly Brook {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
The Société Française des Parfumeurs is organizing their annual competition, which rewards each year an emerging talent. This year the inspiration for the creation of an original perfume should be guided by a quote from Le Mas Théotime (1945) by Henri Bosco, « You push your hand in among the damp leaves, which when shaken shed hundreds of tiny clear droplets of water onto your fingers whilst the little plant’ perfume exhales and intermingles near the ground with the smell of the plants below and the stronger emanations of the earth”.
Comme chaque année, la Société Française des Parfumeurs organise un concours destiné au repérage d'un nouveau jeune talent en parfumerie créative. En 2008 l'inspiration pour la création d'une fragrance originale devra être puisée dans cette citation extraite de l'oeuvre de Henri Bosco, Le Mas Théotime (1945), « On enfonce la main dans les feuilles humides, et, quand on les secoue, il vous pleut sur les doigts des centaines de claires goutelettes d’eau, tandis que le parfum de la petite plante se dégage et se mêle, au ras du sol, à l’odeur des herbes plus basses et aux puissantes émanations de la terre ».....
Continue reading "Société Française des Parfumeurs 2008 Creative Perfumer International Award ~ Prix International 2008 du Parfumeur Créateur {Fragrance News}" »
 There is an interesting portrait of a young woman scientist called Katharina Breme, who specializes in analytical chemistry. She just received a scholarship destined to women in science,"Pour les femmes et la science", and her work focuses on analyzing why certain molecules have a stronger olfactory impact than others. The human nose remaining the best instrument of analysis of aromas, she uses it and trains herself to smell using for reference the work by Jean-Noël Jaubert, Le champ des odeurs..... Read more........
 Annayake which has already created a number of perfumes, especially women's ones, has launched a new masculine fragrance called Tomo. It is described as being a sensual and virile scent.......
Continue reading "Tomo by Annayake {New Fragrance - New Cologne}" »
French designer Agnès B has decided to revisit her first fragrance creation called Le B, issued some twenty years ago, with the help of perfumer Olivia Giacobetti. She wanted to translate this time a memory of a summer vacation with the following words submitted to the perfumer's imagination: "sun, fresh, cotton, laziness, blond sand, white flowers, rumpled linen".......
Continue reading "Le B by Agnès B {New Fragrance}" »
OMG!! I can't close my jaw I am so stupefied by the kitschy character of the advert for the new Paris Hilton Can Can! Actually I finally managed to, but I am still experiencing a cramp of disbelief in my jaw muscles. This is her 4th women's fragrance (she also released at least one men's fragrance) and this time the aesthetics for the promotion images seem to be a cross between the universes of a beauty contest show for little girls + Valentine Day Chocolate box + Moulin Rouge as seen through a touristy snow ball + a Barbie doll package......
Continue reading "Can Can by Paris Hilton: The Ad {Scented Image} {New Perfume}" »
October 2007 Archive
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