As previously announcedThierry Mugler, who since the days of the Das Parfum Coffret seems to have become specialized in products that are both exclusive and off-beat, is preparing to launch at the beginning of 2008, after this fall's La Part des Anges, a combined makeup and perfume concept called Dare The Metamorphosis. It is inspired by the theme of the mirror, which is said to be an object of personal fascination for Thierry Mugler......
A 50 ml Eau de Parfum will retail for 130 € or US $ 191
A 100 ml flacon of Eau de Parfum, $140, samples available for $3 each
Frapin, which is a multi-secular family of Cognac makers related to16th century writer François Rabelais continues its incursion in the world of fragrances to be worn as opposed to tasted with a collection of four new perfumes called Terre de Sarment, Esprit de Fleurs, Caravelle Epicée, and Passion Boisée.
This quatuor comes after an initial personal fragrance, 1270, named after the year of the establishment of the family in the Cognac country. The perfumes are created by or at least together with Béatrice Cointreau, the great grand-daughter of Pierre Frapin the creator of the Cointreau estate, who was trained at ISIPCA, and is also the CEO of Cognac Frapin and Champagne Gosset......
A 50 ml flacon is available between $89 and $98 - sample programs available too
I Profumi di Firenze is a Florentine perfume house, which was established in 1966 after the infamous flood that affected the city allowed Dr. Giovanni di Massimo to recover a long-forgotten 16th century manuscript filled with antique recipes in the basement of his old apothecary shop. This fall they offer a series of new perfumes, some exclusive to the stores that carry them. The new offerings are Miele Rosa, Muschio Bello, Tierra di Sienna, Magnifico 9: Peperoncino, and O-Piu.......
We received a tip regarding the possibility to purchase the new limited edition Bijou de Parfum by Les Néréides online at a reduced price of 279 € here, for lovers of jewelry and violet scent........
Jo Malone is issuing a Limited-Edition perfume called Pine & Eucalyptus, which combines the concepts of a skin scent and a home fragrance, hence the name of the fragrance, Living Cologne, a reference to its studied diffusive power rather than to the Living-Flower technology.....
After an initial foray into the more modernist universe of niche fragrances with its three colognes designed by its former artistic director Hedi Slimane, Eau Noire, Cologne Blanche, and Bois d'Argent, Christian Dior will introduce a new exclusive ensemble of perfumes on November 19 2007 called La Collection Particulère designed by John Galliano and created by perfumer François Demachy.
It is composed of three Haute-Parfumerie fragrances named Passage No.4, Passage No.8, and Passage No.9, each being inspired by a famous model and muse that has marked the Dior style and representing a different facet of femininity. Interestingly enough, two different trios of models are cited, one seemingly more French, one more international, one older generation, one newer generation, depending on the source. In this manner for example Passage No.8 is associated both with Lucky and Kate Moss.....
“Ninety-nine percent of my job is personality management. It’s about knowing who you are talking to and how they would like to hear things. There are certain designers in our portfolio who do not want to hear the word ‘commercial, while there are others who embrace it.”
Note: Catherine Walsh is senior vice president of American Fragrances for Coty Inc. (Source: Women's Wear Daily)
To accompany our review of Elle by Yves Saint Laurent, here is an interview in French of Jacques Cavallier and Olivier Cresp of Firmenich regarding the creative process around the new fragrance,
Elle is the new women’s perfume creation by Yves Saint Laurent and is being billed as a major fragrance launch for the brand, which reportedly has made the choice to issue fewer fragrances over the years but to support them with prestige advertising campaigns. An international website in five languages was made accessible earlier on to learn more about the story around the fragrance. In the US, the perfume will be distributed through an e-commerce website from November 2007.
It is described by their creators as a woody floral and by the press release as being "the embodiment of an incomparable style, contemporary chic with a touch of the bohemian."
Elle by Yves Saint Laurent offers a subtle brand of exoticism and reveals an originality that might well have been left unnoticed if tried on too distractedly or succeeding too close in time to other fragrances.
The fragrance appears deceptively familiar at first, seemingly wanting to decline its identity as yet another trendy smoky rose composition, of the rose-patchouli obedience, but one’s mind is little by little gently pulled by the nose to realize that there is in fact an authentic displacement of that idea..........
Perfumers Olivia Giacobetti and Jean-Pierre Béthouart have united their efforts to create five new Eaux de Toilette in a collection called Pluie d'Arômes by spa brand Cinq Mondes. It is an extension of a pre-existing line of candles and shower oils. Olivia Giacobetti had previously already created and Eau Egyptienne for Cinq Mondes.
Each scent is associated with a color and a psychological state of mind, a little bit in the vein of the Kenzo palette of perfumes issued this fall that associates color and scent although this time color is not so much conceptualized as a direct source of creative inspiration for the perfumers, as aiming to have the perfume wearer "click" with the color and capture a different type of energizing message each time........
With its pot-pourri name, evocative of houses warmed up by the inner glow of fall and winter, Orange Spice by Creed ends up evoking warm interiors, yes, but in particular that of an 18th century tavern filled with the smoke of civet-scented tobacco stuffed in clay pipes in a room made sultry from the steam of spicy tea cups and mugs of cooked wine. The scents that linger in the air are a powerfully animalic civet, the sunny bites of oranges, wisps of medicinal clove, the sweet smoldering note of cinnamon, and the leathery suggestion of Tonka bean with its subtle powdery almond facet..........
Histoires de Parfums, a niche perfume house established in 2001 in the heart of the Marais by founder and owner Gérard Ghislain has issued a new fragrance called Ambre 114.
The house has also repackaged and re-conceptualized their once upon a time differentiated collections by making the perfume bottles look as if they were books taken out from the personal library of a choosy connoisseur.......
A 1984 ad, "Paco Rabanne pour Homme -- it is up to you to make it unforgettable"
Paco Rabanne pour Homme by Paco Rabanne is a distinctive masculine fragrance in a world where men's colognes are more often than not accused of feeling as dull as dishwater as if their sole raison d'être was to attempt to mirror the ideals of the conservative man's dress code. Like a tie that ought to blend in seamlessly with a grey suit rather than become a clashing focal point of social attention and judgment, the average mainstream cologne is business-like and strives to self-efface professionally. Some men will protest and exhibit an accepted sign of eccentricity such as, say, the polka dotted bow-tie or the cartoon-covered tie - riskier this one - but the gesture rarely extends to their equivalents in perfumes.
Fortunately, Paco Rabanne pour Homme sends a subtler message than the desperate reaches for color that men in grey or black sometimes dare experiment. It offers more depth, character, and presence than your average non-intrusive cologne, without imposing too much on the senses. In other words, it is distinctive, but not showy or angling for flamboyance. In 1975 its particular charm did not pass unnoticed and it managed to win two FIFI awards for "Most Exciting Men's Fragrance" and for "Most Appealing Men's Fragrance Package", this one designed by Pierre Dinand .....
A 1973 advert "After Calandre the perfume of the era, Paco Rabanne launches its men's line"
Azzaro pour Homme by Loris Azzaro today is still after its launch in 1978 one of the best-selling men's fragrances in the world and last year in 2006 was still the third best-selling cologne for Father's Day in France. If one of its creators', perfumer Wirtz's ambition was to bring it a step further than Paco Rabanne pour Homme which pioneered the category of the aromatic fougère redolent of Mediterranean herbs and aromas typically found in the scrubland, he seems to have succeeded in his endeavor......
The most recent advert for Azzaro pour Homme as found on the Azzaro website
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