The Scented Salamander: Perfume & Beauty Blog & Webzine: January 2008

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January 8, 2008

Parfums 137 Nara 1869: New House, Unique Old Stories (2008) {New Fragrances} {Historical Perfumes}

Parfums 137 subtitled Jeux de Parfums (Perfume Games) is a new French perfume brand that proposes an interesting, both learned and playful serialized concept, that of introducing each semester a new range of three perfumes meant to be layered in 7 possible combinations, which each time will be inspired by a unique, extraordinary story. 1 is for a story, 3 for the already mixed essences, and 7 for playfulness (they indicate in advance how the layerings smell). The idea is to progressively build a library of perfumes, one can assume in the tradition of popular serialized encyclopedia.

The first coffret offered by the house is called Nara 1869 and is based on a true olfactory historical event, one exhumed from a very little known discreet chapter of the history of perfumes.......

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January 9, 2008

A Preview of the New Thierry Mugler Ad for the Mirror Perfumes {Scented Image}

There are five perfumes in the new Thierry Mugler collection called Miroir, Miroir. Here is a peek at the advertisement where each scent represents a different facet of the same woman who is goddess-like. The quintet already debuted at Sephora Champs Elysées in December of 2007 but will become more widely advertised this month.

(Source: Obstyles)

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Dior Homme TV Ad by Hedi Slimane with Jamie Dornan

Merry Christmas! - Caron Nuit de Noël (1922) Advert, 1928

Paris Hilton Goes To Dadeland

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January 10, 2008

How The Dali Perfumes Came To Be {The 5th Sense in the News}

Apparition of the face of the Aphrodite of Knidos, 1981

There is an interesting article regarding the collaboration between Jean-Pierre Grivory chairman of Parfums Salvador Dali and the artist himself. It details how the relationship came to be and how Dali started sketching the first perfume flacon on the spot; he was more interested in leaving his mark on the packaging than on the scents themselves. His bottles are instantly recognizable and the juices they contain are distinctive too. The original Salvador Dali for Women was great when it came out, offering an extremely soft and sensual texture. The one for Men is also wonderful (see review). There are many more to explore.

"In a marriage between art and fashion comes perfumes in bottles designed by the great master Salvador Dalí.
Of the five senses, the sense of smell is incontestably the one that best conveys a sense of immortality. – Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
WHEN your name and work not only endures but also inspires others, that’s another sense of immortality. The master of surrealism Salvador Dalí certainly lived up to the reputation for being eternal.".....

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New Horizons for Fragrance Communications

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Fragrance & Beauty Trends in China: News In Brief {Fragrance News}

South China Woman by Wang Yidong, 1988

According to a press release by the NPD Group, within the Chinese beauty market in 2007 skincare products (71 %) were much more heavily consumed than fragrance (12%) with both perfume and makeup (17%) nevertheless showing promise. This pattern reflects cultural habits whereby makeup and perfume are traditionally little worn. By contrast in the US, the market breaks down into 30% skincare, 41% makeup, and 28 % fragrance......

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Anne Hathaway To Be Spokesperson For New Lancôme Fragrance

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Taking The Opium Express -The Yves Saint Laurent Opium Exhibition in Paris {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} {Guest Contributor}

Odalisk by Seb Janiak © Pauline/The Scented Salamander

I have the great pleasure of introducing our new contributor, Pauline. She is based in Paris, enjoys fragrance but is even more interested in beauty and cultural topics in general and will write on these from time to time. Today, she reports in words and pictures on the current Opium Express exhibition by Yves Saint Laurent in Paris which runs until January 19, 2008.

"Taking the Opium Express" by Pauline, Guest Contributor

To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent's most famous perfume, Opium, an exhibition or “espace ephémère” (lit. ephemeral space) as the French call it was created in the heart of the Marais neighborhood in Paris in order to rediscover this sensual fragrance through an artistic and sensory itinerary, meant to be taken at a leisurely pace. The exhibit proves to be a succession of unforeseen surprises and sensory delights. One is invited along the way to slide open the drawers of a mysterious curios cabinet and discover their exotic contents, sip fragrant tea in the tea room, and even take a relaxing massage. Opium was inspired by Yves Saint Laurent's numerous travels to Morocco, Japan, China, Mongolia, India and Turkey and these multi-cultural sources of inspiration form the theme of the “Opium Express” exhibit.......

"Yves Saint Laurent by Artus" © Pauline/The Scented Salamander

Please come visit the exhibit! © Pauline/The Scented Salamander

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January 11, 2008

Robert Piguet New e-Commerce Website & The 60th Anniversary of Fracas {Fragrance News}

Robert Piguet have taken the practical and gratifying decision, for consumers of quality niche perfumes, of opening a new e-commerce website; "niche" does not need to equate "difficult to get". Their catalogue now comprises the following re-editions and re-workings of classic fragrances: Bandit, Fracas, Visa, Baghari, and Cravache. Fracas, the tuberose soliflore of reference by Germaine Cellier is officially feting its 60th anniversary, together with l'Air du Temps.

www.robertpiguetparfums.com

(via Cosmetic World)

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Cruel Gardenia by Guerlain (2008) {New Fragrance}

Guerlain is releasing two new creations in early 2008, a feminine and a masculine respectively called Cruel Gardenia and L'Ame d'un Héros (see next post).

According to Guerlain, Cruel Gardenia, in the L'Art et La Matière collection, promises to be a highly unusual and novel gardenia composition playing with emotions and memories of childhood. This emotional trend in perfumery is extremely interesting we think. In 2007 Serge Lutens Louve and Humiecki & Graef Skarb showed that a perfume can literally aim to manipulate your emotions. Cruel Gardenia, reportedly, was not treated as a classic white floral at all. The perfume was composed by Randa Hammami together with artistic director Sylvaine Delacourte.......

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Guerlain L'Âme d'Un Héros (2008) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

In the collection of Guerlain re-editions called Les Parisiennes, the new addition is called L'Âme d'Un Héros (The Soul of a Hero) in reference to "the legendary Roman general Coriolanus, who inspired Shakespeare and Beethoven, as well as Plutarch." It is a re-take on a former fragrance by Guerlain, Coriolan; as can be expected it will be probably inspired significantly by it but modified somewhat too and made more upscale thanks to more luxurious ingredients (see Mayotte and Mahora)........

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Cruel Gardenia by Guerlain (2008)

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Estée Lauder Pure White Linen Light Breeze Heralds Spring (2008)

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January 12, 2008

Henry Cavill Adds A Celeb Note To Dunhill London + Meet & Greet in London {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

Continuing to add portraits to our gallery of celebrities that lend their name and fame to perfumes, we can now report that actor Henry Cavill who plays Charles Brandon the 1st Duke of Suffolk in the popular series, The Tudors (2007), has become a spokesperson for Dunhill fragrances......

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Stetson TV Spot with Tom Brady {Scented Images}

Set yourself free, with a little cologne! Tom Brady is racing (in a car) with a black stallion in the wide open Western American spaces (California in fact). Aaah, the nostalgia for the frontier days is palpable!