Etat Libre d'Orange have opened a subscription for an exclusive numbered collector set of Tom of Finland (the perfume) items. The subscription opened on February 1st and runs until March 31st 2008. For 150 €, you can sign up...
February 2008 Archives
Guerlain Habit de Métal (2008) {New Fragrance}
Guerlain is preparing to introduce a limited-edition of its classic men's fragrance equally beloved by women, Habit Rouge (1965), called Habit de Métal (Metallic Frock). It is not altogether clear whether the jus itself was changed, but the mention...
Caron Aimez-Moi (1996): Buried Roses in Violets: Rose + Violet {Perfume Review} {Smell-The-Roses-Till-Valentine's Day Challenge - Day 26} {Violet Notebook}
The 1996 ad for Aimez-Moi "Love Me - this is just the name of my perfume" from Couleur de Parfum Aimez-Moi by Caron, created by perfumer Dominique Ropion, was first introduced in 1996 and relaunched later in a different...
Stéphanie de Saint-Aignan Berbériades Extrême, Lil Altarelli, L'Eau Nirique, & Blanc d'Hiver (2008) {New Fragrances}
Stéphanie de Saint-Aignan has announced that four new fragrances are to come as part of her 2008 collection. On a personal note she explains that she recently gave birth to a little boy named Sacha and that she hopes...
Perfume News in Brief: New Les Parfums de Rosine This Spring
Les Parfums de Rosine will release a new perfume this spring at the end of April 2008 called Un Zéphir de Rose. It is said to be a fragrance based on a subtle mix of aniseed and rose. The...
Glamour & Avon Empower Women: The Hollywood Issue + Launch of glamourfilmfest.tv {Beauty Notes}
Fresh off the press (release), here is some information about the special March issue of Glamour which contains loads of tips and Hollywood insiders' views about making it in Tinseltown as a woman. In partnership with Avon, a major...
Ed Hardy For Women & Men by Christian Audigier (2008) {New Fragrances}
Ed Hardy have introduced two new perfumes for women and men called Ed Hardy for Women and Ed Hardy for Men. If the names of the fragrances themselves may sound a bit staid, the packagings are definitely not. Under...
Frederic Malle Limited Edition Coffret Collector {Fragrance News}
This year, Frederic Malle Editions de Parfums are proposing their Test Kit in a vamped up version. It takes the shape of an art book and includes a book on the perfumers behind the 16 perfumes of the brand....
Pierre Balmain Ambre Gris (2008) {New Perfume}
Pierre Balmain, which interestingly Osmoz categorizes as an "alternative brand" - this made us do a double-take as cultural habits are hard to die but it is justified in economic terms - will launch a new perfume at the end...
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Figue-Iris, Laurier-Réglisse (2008) {New Fragrances}
Guerlain will issue two new Aqua Allegorias at the end of March 2008. Figue-Iris offers a composition based on fig and iris and Laurier-Réglisse on laurel and licorice. This is a collection that is particularly dear to Jean-Paul Guerlain....
Agent Provocateur Rose Passion Massage Oil: A Very Sexy Green Rose (2007) {Perfume Review} {Smell-The-Roses-Till-Valentine's Day - Day 25}
Agent Provocateur released a set of three sensual massage oils in 2007 which includes the aphrodisiac scents of rose, tuberose, and ylang-ylang. You could have expected something magical containing a pinch of a secret ingredient, but we merely thought...
Estee Lauder Youth-Dew Goes Retro Style: New Packaging = Updated Scent? {Fragrance News} {Perfume Review}
Estee Lauder have released a new bottle packaging for their classic fragrance Youth-Dew released in 1953. They re-edited the bathroom tile blue flacon of the 1950s according to the Estee Lauder website. Advertisings from that era show that actually,...
Jo Malone Red Roses (1996) {Perfume Review} {Smell-The-Roses-Till-Valentine's Day - Day 23}
Jo Malone Red Roses is like a fastidious gardener's dream of a red rose scent. It is the second red-rose composition included in this series after Comme de Garçons Red Series: Rose. Of the two it is the less apparently...
June Jacobs Better Love Naturel (2008): An Ecological Perfume {New Fragrance}
June Jacobs is a brand of Spa Products that has decided to officially adopt an ecological policy in this beginning of 2008. For those of our readers who insist on using ethical green brands, this is one more buying...
Rochas La Rose Eau de Jeunesse (1949) {Perfume Review} {Smell-The-Roses-Till-Valentine's Day Challenge - Day 22}
A 1954 ad for "La Rose de Rochas" This review ought perhaps to go under the heading of "antiquing" as we have only sparse information available at this point on this relatively little known fragrance by Marcel Rochas...