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Currently I am working on a book. Je travaille à l'écriture d'un livre. Featured Best Rose Fragrances for Valentine's Day: The 2012 Edition Latest Fragrance Review Fragrance Essays Bint el Sudan, The Other, African Chanel No.5 - Interview with Nick Evans of IFF Smelling Tommy Girl Now: When the 1990s Smell Like The 1940s White Accords in Perfumery: So Long The 70s Reviews of New Perfumes Isabel Derroisné Eclat Eternel Parfum d'Empire Azemour Les Orangers Les Parfums de Rosine Glam Rose Clinique Aromatics Elixir Perfumer's Reserve 6 New Celebrity Fragrances to Try Out this Fall The Body Shop White Musk Libertine Cartier L'Heure Convoitée (English Version) Cartier L'Heure Convoitée (French Version) Maître Parfumeur et Gantier Cuir Fétiche Thierry Mugler Angel with Bitter Cocoa Powder Annick Goutal Mon Parfum Chéri From the Archives Reviews of Past Fragrance Launches First Impressions of the Thierry Mugler Coffret Based on the Novel by Süskind. |
November 1, 2007Jessica Simpson To Launch Signature Perfume with Parlux {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume} Parlux has announced that they have signed a deal with Jessica Simpson to launch her new signature perfume line. This is the second time that Simpson ventures into the world of cosmetics.....
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Fairytales by Lulu Guinness {New Perfume} Mirror & Fairy Tales {Trend Alert}
 Fairytales Eau de Toilette, $58 for 3.4 fl. oz. Lulu Guinness launched a new perfume yesterday on Halloween day called Fairytales. It is a limited edition and is inspired by the tales of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. She had already launched a fragrance inspired by the same magical theme called Cast a Spell, a woody oriental...... Continue reading "Fairytales by Lulu Guinness {New Perfume} Mirror & Fairy Tales {Trend Alert}" »
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My Life, My Dream, My Passion - Parfums Grès Collection: Hommage à Marlene Dietrich {New Perfumes} {Retro Celebrity Fragrances} Grès is proposing an altogether new concept for the brand: the retrospective homage paid to a star customer of the house. It seems to be a twist on the major celebrity fragrance trend breaking into the market. This one could be called the "Retro Celebrity" sub-category of celebs perfumes. Grès is launching a trio of perfumes called My Life, My Dream, My Passion in the Parfums Grès Collection: Hommage à Marlene Dietrich which are each said to reflect a different facet of the Golden Age of Hollywood actress and singer Marlene Dietrich who used to patronize the house of Grès.......  Each 60 ml Marlene Dietrich perfume available for 59 € or US $ 85
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Jaguar Prestige by Jaguar {New Perfume - Cologne}
Jaguar is going to release its most prestigious men's cologne to date called Jaguar Prestige. It is described as a complex and rich scent with a distinctive personality and was composed by perfumer Dominique Preyssas...... Jaguar Prestige Eau de Toilette, 50 ml for 47 € or US $ 68 and 100 ml for 75 € or US $ 108. Continue reading "Jaguar Prestige by Jaguar {New Perfume - Cologne}" »
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Interview with Roja Dove, Perfumer, Professeur de Parfums, & Founder of Haute Parfumerie at Harrods - Part One {Passion for Perfume - Portrait} Roja Dove's own creations are usually known only to the happy few, extremely limited in their editions, and as you will see in this interview, they bring the concept of exclusivity to new heights. With this new trio, we see a more ready-to-wear approach in terms of distribution, yet the philosophy presiding over the creations of the fragrances remains very niche, that is, that there is no brief and, yes, that there is an insistence of high quality ingredients sourced with exceptional care. This is at least what "niche" is supposed to mean in the best sense of the term, although one would have to notice that is does appear at times to just be another overblown marketing label, except in terms of limited distribution. Interviewing Roja Dove over the telephone felt almost like a conversation at times. It was a delightful experience and for us there was a sense of contributing a few more pages to the fragile history of perfumes. We could have asked even more numerous questions but we had to limit ourselves. Despite this precaution the interview is long so we have decided it was best to publish it in several installments.Today is part I/4. Marie-Hélène Wagner: First, thank you for accepting to take our questions.
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November 2, 2007Beloved by American Beauty: Ashley Judd Reveals Her Romantic Side {New Perfume} Continue reading "Beloved by American Beauty: Ashley Judd Reveals Her Romantic Side {New Perfume}" »
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F For Fascinating, Incanto Heaven, Apparition Sky by Ferragamo {New Perfumes} Ferragamo recently presented its four upcoming fragrances at the TFWA World Exhibition: F For Fascinating, Incanto Heaven, Apparition Sky, and Ungaro, the latter about which we reported earlier on.........  Continue reading "F For Fascinating, Incanto Heaven, Apparition Sky by Ferragamo {New Perfumes}" »
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Ruehl No. 925 Signature Scents Online, Amazing Prastara Royal Sale + Bonus for TSS Readers {Shopping Tips}
Ruehl No. 925, a division of Abercrombie & Fitch, has opened an e-commerce site and is now selling its duo of perfumes for her and for him online. Their Signature perfume retails for 1 oz. $ 34 and 3.4 oz. $ 68. R-4, the men's cologne, is available for 1.7 oz. $ 48 and 3.4 oz. $68........
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Interview with Roja Dove - Part Two {Passion for Perfume - Portrait} The Haute Parfumerie at Urban Retreat, Harrods Marie-Hélène Wagner: And so, logically, you are going to add more fragrances then, to cover more families? Oh, maybe? Continue reading "Interview with Roja Dove - Part Two {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}" »
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November 4, 2007Jubilation 25 for Women & Jubilation XXV for Men by Amouage {New Fragrances} Amouage just celebrated its 25th anniversary in Muscat on the 1st November of 2007 reportedly after more than a year of preparation to stress the importance of the event, by launching a new duo of perfumes for women and men respectively called Jubilation 25 for Women and Jubilation XXV for Men. They have also taken this opportunity to set up a new e-commerce website.........  Continue reading "Jubilation 25 for Women & Jubilation XXV for Men by Amouage {New Fragrances}" »
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Can Can by Paris Hilton {Perfume Short (Review)} + Samples Giveaway {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Fragrance} Can Can by Paris Hilton seems to be the epitome of the commercial fragrance in 2007, with a capital letter C, and even two as you can see on the packaging. To come into existence the scent seemingly had no choice but to pillage left and right. Image-wise its ad visuals draw heavily on the Lady Marmalade iconography from the movie Moulin Rouge by Baz Luhrmann -- fine. This influence was officially acknowledged as an homage paid to the movie and that song in particular. And sometimes a good perfume needs a little help from popular culture to make its mark more ostensibly........ Here is a video of Lady Marmalade as sung in Moulin Rouge,
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November 5, 2007New Comité Français du Parfum Website: Le Parfum, Quelques Gouttes de Luxe {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} The Comité Français du Parfum (CFP) has set up a new website on the occasion of a perfume promotion campaign called Le Parfum, Quelques Gouttes de Luxe, which features in particular a series of video interviews with personalities from the fragrance world (click on "Parfum et Inspiration"). They are Vanessa Seward, artistic director at Azzaro, Jean-Paul Guerlain, Annick Ménardo, Jean-Claude Ellena, Mathilde Laurent, Dominique Ropion, Sophie L'Abbé, Jean-Michel Duriez, Lolita Lempicka, and Jacques Polge.........
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World Of Your Own by Grassroots {New Perfume}
Grassroots, a brand owned by the Estee Lauder Companies and exclusively distributed through Kohls, has launched a new perfume called World Of Your Own. Grassroots specializes in naturally sourced products and wishes to appeal to consumers with a taste for the wholesome life....... Continue reading "World Of Your Own by Grassroots {New Perfume}" »
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November 6, 2007Interview with Roja Dove - Part Three: On Chypres & Orientals, the Perfume Industry & Media {Passion for Perfume - Portrait} That which is Unspoken but was photographed by Lillian Bassman in 1951, "It's a Cinch, Carmen" Today, Professeur de Parfums and international perfume expert Roja Dove shares his thoughts on the revival of chypres and also the special brand of seduction conveyed by chypres versus oriental fragrances. He then reflects on the state of the perfume industry and the role of the new media and traditional media on the promotion of fragrance culture and education. If you missed the two first installments, you can also read Part One and Part Two of this interview. Roja Dove: But I think that….I have this whole story on the chypres. I think that oriental perfumes are all about seduction. They are about just that right amount of décolleté showing, the height of the heel, the shade of the lipstick, all of those things. But I think they’re all about tease, about teasing and they’re about promise. Whereas I think that the chyprés are actually the ones that deliver.........  Bettina by Georges Dambier, 1955
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