Lebanese singer Elissa has released a signature perfume called Elle d'Elissa. The Arab press stresses the fact that it is a first for woman artist in the Arab world to have both an eponymous perfume and one created by a Western company (Georges Stahl).........
Interview with Katherine Ashenburg: Do You Prefer to Scrape, Change Shirts or Soap? {Fragrant Reading} {Holiday Shopping Ideas - $20 or Less} {Notebook: Fresh & Clean}
There is a fascinating interview with author Katherine Ashenburg on the history and practices of cleanliness in Salon. Judging by the exchange she seems to retain the theses of classic works of previous researchers on these questions such as Alain Corbin, Georges Vigarello, or Françoise de Bonneville but she also introduces comparative American material for example on the turning point that the Civil War was in the United-States for the discovery of the advantages of cleanliness and its decidedly democratic flavor. She also brings her own personal reflections which are very interesting. The interview and excerpt form her book were so compelling, we immediately went to order a copy of it........
Comme des Garçons will launch a new fragrance in March of 2008 called 888, a lucky number. The composition was inspired by the initial question of knowing whether gold has a smell and then the idea of finding an olfactory equivalent of it.......
Balmain by Balmain (1998) {Perfume Short (Review)}
Balmain by Balmain was launched in 1998 fifteen years after Ebène and twenty years after Ivoire. It is one of the lesser known Balmain fragrances. Rather than to present itself as being an innovative composition, it is a perfume that recaptures the classic style of French perfumery and its values of elegance and restraint promoted and exemplified in great part by French haute couture designers such as Pierre Balmain and reflected in both their sartorial and perfume creations. Everything about Balmain perfume is stylized, even its discreet carnal innuendos.......
An Announcement for Plagiarists, Plunderers & Pilferers of All Hues & Shades {Ask Marie-Helene}
This announcement is for you who take contents out of this blog without attribution and without our permission, simply copy and paste a whole post or translate it into a foreign language or take out the news or scholarly contents of 3 or 4 different sources in different languages assembled into one post here without giving credit and linking back to The Scented Salamander......
The One for Men by Dolce & Gabbana (2008): A Real Man's Fragrance Fronted by Matthew McConaughey {New Perfume - Cologne}
Following the blockbuster success of The One for Women whose ad is fronted by model Gisele Bündchen, Dolce & Gabbana are preparing to launch a masculine flanker in March of 2008 called The One for Men. The brief for the new scent was to create a "real man's fragrance" with an emphasis on the word "uomo" according to WWD. Gabbana added, "I wanted it to be a classic — not a banal classic, but a classic men's fragrance that would last for years and be the type of scent that women adore,"......
Ladies & Gentlemen's Seasonal Miniature Fragrance Collections by Penhaligon's {Holiday Shopping Ideas & Tips - $50 or Less} -Update
Penhaligon's are once more offering their very popular sets of delicately packaged miniature perfume collections for the Holidays, both for ladies and gents. The perfumes come in their trademark apothecary bottles in 5 ml sizes adorned with tassels and in a festive red coffret decorated with images of traditional grooming objects.......
Chanel Slipcase by Assouline {Holiday Shopping Ideas & Tips - $50 or Less}
A sure hit with the fashionistas-cum-perfumistas is the Chanel slipcase by publisher Assouline containing 3 books on Chanel jewelry, perfume, and fashion. It is already sold out on the Assouline site, but still available at Saks for $49.95 only! Made in Italy.
Lolita Lempicka is offering a limited edition coffret for the Holidays. The flacon itself is one of the most beautiful ones on the market and like a piece of jewelry.....
It is that time of the year again when the brainstorming session for the Holidays season starts anew. What to offer? We will go for new things and if you are waiting until the last weeks of the year to shop for Christmas, you will have the advantage of being able to offer the newest things to have appeared in the stores........
Interview with Perfumer Maurice Roucel {Fragrant Reading}
Highly recommended read. It is especially illuminating on the kind of balance a great (and successful) creative perfumer attempts to strike between (needed) commercialism and his reflection on art. After discovering Maurice Roucel's perfumes such as Tocade, 24 Faubourg, L'Instant, Insolence, Musc Ravageur and many more you can also discover his sense of humor, earthiness, and intelligence in this interview given to Symrise,
"Monsieur Roucel, Perfumes classically consist of smells from meadows and forests, fruits and flowers, water and wood. But traditional perfumery has moved into the 21st century. What new challenges does this bring to perfumers?
That’s not at all true! Since aldehydes were first used in perfumery in the 1920s in Chanel No. 5, perfumes have become much more abstract and are full of ingredients that cannot be found in nature......
Rochas, the fashion and perfume house that launched Femme, Madame Rochas, Eau de Rochas, Tocade and more is preparing to introduce a new feminine fragrance on February 1st 2008 simply called Soleil (Sun).
The scent is described as featuring luminous florals, vanilla, woods, and meltingly good fruits. The advert is fronted by model Morgane Dubled.
Loana Eau de Parfum: The French Give In To The Celebrity Fragrance Craze {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
The French exceptionalism regarding celebrity fragrances is officially defunct now with the launch of the Gallic version of a celebrity perfume called Loana Eau de Parfum. French celebrity perfumes have appeared in the past already as early as in the days of Jean Marais or in the 1980s with Catherine Deneuve or 90s with Inès de la Fressange, but the trend appeared rather placid in France compared to the UK or the US. With Loana, the whole concept is getting a contemporary adaptation and shaking of the cobwebs as the design of the bottle and the advert look very close to their British equivalents, in other words, very pink (see our Celebrity Perfumes page)......
This delightful object is a "pistolet à parfum" from the end of the 18th century. It is made of enameled gold and fine pearls. The petals of the bud open becoming a flower to reveal a vinaigrette in its heart. The golden blossom could release perfumes or the effluvia of salts for ladies on the verge of fainting. There is also a timepiece inserted in the perfume pistolet (see on the right). Exquisite.
Terre de Sarment, Caravelle Epicée, Passion Boisée, & Esprit de Fleurs (2007) by Frapin {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrances} + Practical Perfume Application Tip for Winter
Cognac Pierre Frapin, cuvée 1888
Inhaling the different facets of the new quatuor of perfumes by Frapin which includes Terre de Sarment, Caravelle Epicée, Passion Boisée, and Esprit de Fleurs, put out by the venerable multi-secular French Cognac house ("established" coincidentally on a date marking the end of a period in the Middle Ages in 1270 cf. death of Saint-Louis during the 8th and last crusade) is as close as one can get to taking a stroll in imagination around the 300 hectares Frapin domain and, one surmises, smelling some of Béatrice Cointreau’s favorite smells. She also more recently added Champagne Gosset to the family enterprise.
By now with all these names that are the names of both real people and famous alcohols one will have understood that for a specialized contingent of liqueur and wine producers the relationship between wine-making and perfume-making may quickly have become a self-evident one, that is upon further thoughts........
8th Annual Basenotes Awards: Polling Booths Now Open {Fragrance News} - Updated
Basenotes, a perfume site which is part community forum, news, and both owner and user-generated database has opened its survey pages for its 8th Annual Awards. They are interested to know what you think about the following categories in 2007:
Best new fragrance (Masculine and Feminine) Best overall fragrance (Masculine and Feminine) Best fragrance for day (Masculine and Feminine) Best fragrance for evening (Masculine and Feminine).........
Maxim's Sem Luxury Scented Candles {Fragrant Shopping - Home Fragrance}
We have more details regarding the new collection of decorative scented candles issued by Maxim's de Paris the legendary Parisian restaurant, just in time for the Holidays. We lingered a bit more on the series called Belle Epoque last time, now there is more practical information about the Sem collection named after the famous caricaturist Georges Goursat who used to haunt the restaurant in its early days.
Incidentally, please consider all of our new scented products and perfume announcements as ideas for possible presents to be offered this end of the year. These have to be good and if they are new, wouldn't it be even more exciting to offer and to receive as a way of feeling the Zeitgeist?
The Sem candle collection comprises Bergamot Eclat, Figuier Blossoms, and Fruit Glace.......
Durance en Provence has released a new rose-based perfume called Ancian Rosa, an eau de toilette made with petals of Rose Centifolia inspired by the "old roses of Grignan".
"The head note is a bright blend of hesperides, fresh and bubbly. The heart is an intertwining of flowery notes: rose, violet, jasmine. In the background patchouli and musk confer a deep and sensual touch."
The 3.3 oz eau retails for 17 €. A series of ancillary products accompany it, including a hand-cream.
La Femme, L'Homme by Sahlini (2006) {New Fragrances}
Cécile Martin,a young French perfume designer, founder and owner of Sahlini Parfums wanted to combine the contrasted perfumery traditions of her Indian origins and Western upbringing. In 2006 she released a duo of perfumes called La Femme and L'Homme, which have become better publicized since then (French Elle Oct 2007). More perfumes are to come (Shahs).
La Femme is described as a delicate Indian oriental. It features top notes of fresh notes, orange blossom; heart notes are jasmine, tuberose, and patchouli; base notes are sandalwood, vanilla, and musk.......
Roja Dove Talk at the V & A - 14 December 2007 {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}
Londoners or visitors to London eager to learn more about the history of fragrance can attend a talk offered by expert Roja Dove at the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Lecture Theatre on the 14th of December 2007 at 7:15 pm. Tickets available online.
"Roja Dove, Maestro of Fragrance and the world’s only Professeur des Parfums reveals the stories behind great couture perfume creations including Diorissimo for Christian Dior, L’air du Temps by Nina Ricci and Balenciaga’s Le Dix......"
First Premier Bouquet by Van Cleef & Arpels {New Fragrance}
Jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels will issue a new fragrance in January of 2008 which will be yet another variation on their iconic fragrance, First, launched in 1976; it is called First Premier Bouquet. The composition is by perfumer Antoine Lie of Givaudan......
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