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February 2008 Archive
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 Grammy award-winning Latina icon and singer Shakira has signed an agreement with Spain-based Puig Beauty & Fashion Group to develop a line of signature beauty, perfume and personal-care products. (via Cosmetic News)
Paris-based jeweler Poiray is reported to be on the eve of launching a signature fragrance this spring. The perfume was developed by Panouge, a company specializing in custom orders for famous brands as well as re-editions of forgotten fragrances...
Continue reading "Poiray To Launch Signature Perfume {Fragrance News}" »
Parisian lingerie brand Chantelle, which was established as far back as the 19th century in 1876, have introduced for the first time a collection of four fragrances together with a range of beauty products (more details about those in a separate post) to create four new rituals of beauty. The four perfumes are: Eau de Désir, Eau Sensuelle, Eau Elégante, and Eau Libre. The eaux de toilette were created by perfumer Delphine Thierry. To each perfume and range of body products corresponds a different color-coded universe of seduction. Women can either sample quickly the products by sliding open the Cosmetic Bar found in the Chantelle boutiques or head to the Beauty Room to test them more at leisure together with an advisor.
Eau de Désir is symbolized by red and announces an universe of "daring seduction". The perfume is described as a gourmand and sensual fragrance. Top notes are fruity with notes of yellow plum (mirabelle) and mandarine followed by a tender core including notes of chocolate, incense, rose, benzoin, and cumin. Base notes are amber, patchouli, cedar, and a soft vanilla....
Continue reading "Chantelle Eau de Désir, Eau Sensuelle, Eau Elégante, & Eau Libre (2008) {New Fragrances}" »
In an original move, Downy have decided to partner with Gen Art to ask three emerging fashion designer talents to create clothes that will be inspired by the scents of the three new Downy fabric softeners in the Simple Pleasures Radiance Collection. This initiative inscribes itself in a movement that aims at developing the interactive arm of marketing. Consumers will be able to chime in with their ideas on the Mood Board. Perfumes in the Downy line are said to have been developed by the perfumers who created fragrances for Valentino, Escada, and Lacoste, which is also an interesting way to develop perfume-culture awareness and make consumers be more conscious about the skills that go into designing home fragrances, including laundry detergents or softeners...
Continue reading "Downy Radiance Collection Inspires Fashion {Fragrance News} {Home Fragrances}" »
The No. 1 issue of the new French version of GQ is now available. You can visit their site; there is a comic video ad for the launch of the magazine that tries to answer the question: "does the ideal man exist?" (the 2 mn version on the right hand-side is funnier). Lancement du premier numéro de la version française de GQ ou Gentlemen's Quarterly. Pub marrante à savourer sur le côté droit du site (la version longue de 2 mn est plus drôle ou plus lourde, comme on voudra!).
We reported last fall about the launch of a new Italian line of fragrances called Memento. Here are some more information about their first creation bearing the title 22 Settembre 2007, Ore 8, Vaporetto Per Il Lido Venezia, which reads like an excerpt from a personal diary. As its name indicates, this new perfume brand aims to emphasize the psychological dimension of perfumes as they are able to trigger our recall of the past through olfaction....
Continue reading "Memento 22 Settembre 2007, Ore 8, Vaporetto Per Il Lido Venezia (2007) {Fragrance News} {New Perfume}" »
Jean Paul Gaultier is preparing to launch a beauty care line for men called simply and explicitly Monsieur as well as a fragrance that is part of it called Monsieur: Eau du Matin (the aesthetics of the ad look quite a bit like those of Antidote). It will be commercialized from April 1st 2008. Like his previous beauty line Le Beau Mâle it is destined to men who feel free from conventions and love grooming....
Continue reading "Jean Paul Gaultier Monsieur Eau du Matin (2008) {New Cologne} + Monsieur Beauty Products {Beauty Notes}" »
Agent Provocateur plays marketing hardball with the help of Jen Dawson desnuda in Selfridges
As the Brits say, model Jen Dawson sat in that Selfridge's window on Thursday February 21st "startkers. Starkers"... to help call attention to the new perfume Strip by Agent Provocateur. It is a very good perfume, but rather than to spray it on the passers-by they decided to offer visual stimulation to potential customers and onlookers. Did they remember to buy the perfume for their wives and girlfriends?...
Continue reading "Agent Provocateur Strip Gets Real {Fragrance News}" »
Tonino Lamborghni, the prestigious Italian car brand, has signed a deal with Coty to release three new colognes for men in April of 2008 titled Mitico, Feroce, Forza. Each will illustrate a different fragrance family....
Continue reading "Tonino Lamborghini Mitico, Feroce, Forza (2008) {New Fragrances} {Men's Colognes}" »
Hermès after Un Jardin En Méditerranée (2003) and Un Jardin Sur Le Nil (2005) will launch the third of the Jardins series in May of 2008 titled Un Jardin Après La Mousson (A Garden After The Monsoon). It was inspired by the Kerala region in India in that period which follows the upheaval of the monsoon. Hermès stress that instead of going for a spicy interpretation of India, in-house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena decided to bring out the cooler, quieter facets of this country which seems to be doing a comeback in perfumery if you think of Rose Kashmirie, Sahlini, Kenzo Amour Indian Holi...
Continue reading "Hermès Un Jardin Après La Mousson (2008) {New Fragrance}" »
Yves Saint Laurent will propose a limited-edition bottle for L'Homme designed by architect Jean Nouvel who also created the Quai Branly Museum called "L'Homme Yves Saint Laurent design by Jean Nouvel"....
Continue reading "Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme Relooked by Jean Nouvel {Fragrance News}" »
After having mostly focused on aromatic fougères, Hugo Boss will launch a new cologne for men called Boss Pure, which is inspired by the abstract smell of water and classified as a fresh scent. Reportedly, fresh perfumes are popular enough to constitute 45% of the men's market....
Continue reading "Hugo Boss Boss Pure (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}" »
The Germanopratine perfume house and boutique Diptyque will introduce a trio of colognes in the classical sense (no gender implication) from mid-May of 2008. They were created by perfumer Olivier Pescheux. L'Eau de L'Eau as its name indicates is a "freshened-up" version of the first Diptyque fragrance called L'Eau inspired by the spicy recipe of a 16th century pomander, From the press release, "It opens with the bright notes of a radiant Cologne, brimming with green mandarine, grapefruit, lemon and petitgrain. It then cedes to a sensual middle note of spices and flowers – clove, cinnamon, ginger, pink peppercorns, geranium, lavender and orange blossom. Benzoin balm, tonka bean and a hint of patchouli round out the persistent aura of the original L’Eau bouquet."....
Continue reading "Diptyque L'Eau de L'Eau, L'Eau des Hespérides, L'Eau de Néroli: Say "Fresh" Three Times (2008) {New Fragrances}" »
There is an article in the New York Times that attempts to interpret the drop in sales and perfume-wearing in the US which was reported recently by the NPD Group. Article is The Sweet Smell of Nothing Some comments: Interestingly, this exacerbation of invisible social tensions between people who are wearing and smelling perfume in the public space seems to be more characteristic of North America and Canada and has been frequently covered in the press in that region (this specificity was not expounded upon in the article). Taking a step back, one could think that it may be linked to over-sensitization and change of sensibilities as a result of anti-smoking policies in public spaces. Some people have noted that while they did not use to notice cigarette smoking so much twenty or thirty years ago, they have been made to be hyper conscious of the smell today. New social boundaries have been defined where volatiles are concerned and perfume may be logically following suit....
Continue reading "Perfume Tolerance & Consumption Is Down A Notch or Two in the US {The 5th Sense in the News} {Scented Thoughts}" »
Givenchy released a lighter version of Ange ou Démon in eau de toilette concentration in January of 2008 called Ange ou Démon Tender. It is a floral oriental scent centering on lily and contrasted with oak wood. A 100 ml flacon retails for 60 £ at Harrods.
February 2008 Archive
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