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March 2008 Archive
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Jean Paul Gaultier and Issey Miyake, which are both brands owned by Beaute Prestige International, have announced their limited-edition summer scents for spring and summer 2008. This year Jean Paul Gaultier dreams of Africa and proposes scented variations of Classique and Le Mâle bottled in the usual anthropomorphic bottles decorated this time with African adornments, "She is a queen, a sensual temptress wearing an ornament of wood and glass beads. He is a manly, sensitive Maasai warrior sporting a solar talisman." .....
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Moschino have released a new perfume in their Cheap & Chic series. It is called Hippy Fizz and is described as a sparkling luminous fragrance in accord with the atmosphere of springtime. The perfume includes notes of cedar wood, raspberry leaves, rose, Parma violet, magnolia, lotus, musk, osmanthus. EAU DE TOILETTE NAT. SPRAY 30 ml 33,50 euro
EAU DE TOILETTE NAT. SPRAY 50 ml 51,00 euro
EAU DE TOILETTE NAT. SPRAY 100 ml 71,00 euro (via Sfilate.it)
Le guide du parfum pour elle et lui by Rebecca Veuillet-Gallot is a popular, conveniently sized perfume guide first published in 1995 and last reprinted in 2005. One can only assume that most people in France who are seriously interested in perfume (as in the jus ), its descriptions and history own a copy of it or have read it at the library, especially so since its only alternative in French is the review guide by Luca Turin (1992;1994), which is out of print. We wanted to do a review of it because we almost bypassed it in favor of more copious tomes not expecting to find a tremendous amount of information in the rather slim copy. Once we started reading it, we had to realize that underneath its understated character, it is a wonderfully rich little book that one will go back to, finding new details each time depending on the questions you ask yourself.......
Dust jacket
Continue reading "Le Guide du Parfum by Rebecca Veuillet-Gallot: Book Review {Scented Thoughts} {Fragrant Reading}" »
Jeweler David Yurman has unveiled his upcoming debut signature fragrance, David Yurman. It is a floral chypre, which to us is an indication that the brand is opting for a certain measure of sophistication as opposed to going the fruity-floral or gourmand routes....
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Paris-based niche perfume house Histoires de Parfums have introduced a new fragrance titled Ambre 114. It is a homage paid to ambergris. The scent is described as a spicy oriental and like all of their other perfumes is a unisex composition.....
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Camille Goutal, the daughter of Annick Goutal who co-creates the brand's perfumes with Isabelle Doyen, will be the guest of honor at a reception at perfumery Aedes in New York City on April 3rd, 2008, 6-8 pm. You are invited to join in for a preview of Les Orientalistes. Please RSVP at: Aedes at Aedes dot com
On a separate note, we just realized that the new perfumes as they are organized in the coffret compose the word "AME" (soul).
The new trio of perfumes by Annick Goutal titled Les Orientalistes is inspired by the tradition of the Orientalist imagination, which was at its peak in 19th century Europe. At the same time it pays homage to three main materials: amber, myrrh, and incense also called Olibanum or Frankincense. Isabelle Doyen and Camille Goutal have decided to literally interpret the familiar notion of an oriental fragrance by bringing out the figurative motif hidden in the warm, mysterious folds of compositions that today mix the intense, nonchalant, and sensual notes of amber, coumarin, vanilla, benzoin, patchouli...
In the 19th century, an Oriental perfume would have meant any perfume that included exotic substances evocative of the East, prime among them, patchouli, as can be seen in the reconstitution of writer George Sand’s Perfume by Nicolas de Barry. It is only towards the end of the 19th century with the introduction of Vanillin that orientals would come to canonically include this aroma originating from South America, most famously in Shalimar (1925)......
C'est là que j'ai vécu, dans les voluptés calmes,
Au milieu de l'azur, des vagues, des splendeurs
Et des esclaves nus, tout imprégnés d'odeurs,
Qui me rafraîchissaient le front avec des palmes,
Et dont l'unique soin était d'approfondir
Le secret douloureux qui me faisait languir.
(Extrait de "La vie antérieure " de Baudelaire)
Continue reading "Annick Goutal Les Orientalistes: Ambre Fétiche, Myrrhe Ardente, Encens Flamboyant (2007) {Perfume Reviews}" »
Fragonard have introduced a collection of concreta versions of some of their best-selling fragrances: Cologne, Ile d'Amour, Suivez-Moi, Beau Gosse, Eau Fantasque, and Eclat. Each little pill box is decorated with a Paris monument. The set retails for 25 €. (via Profession-Beauté)
Balmain Ambre Gris - the cap represents a couture thimble and grey amber is evoked through the elegant grey coloring of the jus. Following our previous announcement about the upcoming Balmain Ambre Gris, more details are now available. The fragrance was composed by perfumer Guillaume Flavigny from Givaudan who created La Môme as well for Balmain in 2007.....
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Incensing The Veil by John Singer Sargent - aquarelle version of the painting by the same author, Ambergris Smoke (1880) JSS Gallery Well, you cannot deny it now, ambergris is making a prolonged comeback. In a world where perfume trends can be short-lived (is the mega 2007 iris-trend still alive this year?), a classic material like grey amber that is not exactly pedestrian is seducing anew. The trend is essentially taking place within the niche sector of perfumery in an effort, we can assume, to find notes and accords that are rarer, i.e., neglected by the mainstream market, and offer a stronger personality. Interestingly, the contrast between the niche/mainstream iris-trend and the ambergris-trend as a solely niche one tends to show that the latter is slower to combust but more enduring.
So what noteworthy ambergris perfumes do we have here?.....
Continue reading "Ambregris' Comeback 2006-2008 {Trend ALert}" »
 Because the web 2.0 is a little too much like the wild, wild west at times, we were thinking some folks should really think about creating a web police corps. That might help hold in check some of the verbal garbage, oops, abuse, oops, excesses seen on unmoderated boards and things like gratuitous death threats that you could call the police for in real life or sue people's arses for, plus content stealing......
Continue reading "Off Topic Now But Could Become On Topic: Fingerprinting The Web with Advestisearch {Fragrance News}" »
 If the title of the perfume, White Jasmine and Mint by Jo Malone, seems to suggest an unusually fresh and airy rendition of jasmine thanks to the addition of mint, in reality the perfume surprises you with its slightly more complex dual character, which reveals a warm and rich creamy facet.
The perfume opens on a tapestry-like floral bouquet rather than offer any discernable singled-out note; it is delicately hemmed with mint (the “Jo Malone mint accord of wild mint and peppermint leaf”). The first moments offer variegated nuances: soapy, subtly animalistic, savory, creamy, green, woodsy, and perfume-y. In fact and in reference to the latter, the scent combines a fresh natural simple-girl spirit with a dash of sophistication. The scent sharpens a bit too much to my nose for a little while seeming to screech a bit, but next a mellower cardamom milky creamy sensation follows letting out lightly mentholated notes while further blending with a crushed green-foliage impression. A little savory-sweet nuance is unexpected and adds a discreet edible nuance to the blend......
Continue reading "Jo Malone White Jasmine & Mint (2007) {Perfume Review}" »
So cute. Fashion brand Oilily which caters to women of all ages who do not shy away from bright patterns have released a new limited-edition perfume called Oilily Flowers....
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Mimosa is one of the most delicate of floral scents, hard to capture in a fragrance. It is simply intoxicating to inhale its scent in the South of France during the winter mimosa festivals in places like Bormes Les Mimosas.
There is an interesting article about its natural history and local adaptation on the French Riviera, as well as a list of perfumes in which the note appears as a main one or a more secondary one,....
Continue reading "Comprehensive Article on Mimosa {Fragrant Reading}" »
The musée Christian Dior in Granville is organizing an exhibition on dandies called Dandysmes 1808-2008, which will take place between May 1st and September 21 st 2008. It celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of writer Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808-1889) who wrote a book on this fascinating topic entitled Du dandysme et de Georges Brummel...... (Barbey d'Aurevilly pictured on the right)
Continue reading "Dandysmes 1808-2008 at Christian Dior Museum {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}" »
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