Alexandre Menais Director of eBay Europe is reported to have said today that the French court ruling against his company, ordering them to pay over 60 million dollars in fine is "indecent". In consequence and while waiting for a ruling...
June 2008 Archives
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Dans Tes Bras by Maurice Roucel (2008) {New Perfume}
Editions de Parfums, under the helm of its founder and perfume editor Frédéric Malle, has unveiled its latest fragrance composition titled Dans Tes Bras (In Your Arms). It was created by perfumer Maurice Roucel. The celebrated French perfumer is also...
Chi Tea Organic Green Tea Liquid Extract: Antioxidants Boost & Cooling Help {Eat for Beauty}
Just posted on Beauty And The Salamander: Chi Tea Organic Green Tea Liquid Extract: Antioxidants Boost & Cooling Help (We will soon add widgets on TSS to keep track of the latest post on BATS and vice versa)...
Landmark Ruling In Favor of Luxury Brands {The 5th Sense in the News}
As a follow-up to yesterday's announcement, eBay has been sentenced to pay a 61.3 million dollars or 38.6 million Euros fine to luxury group LVMH by a French court today. This is a clear signal that the pressure put on...
Perry Ellis for Men (2008) {Perfume Review} {Men's Cologne}
The new Perry Ellis for Men by Perry Ellis represents an avowed effort on the part of the brand to go upscale under the aegis of its new owner since 2007, the Falic Fashion Group LLC. This evolution is immediately...
eBay Risks Paying 80 Million Dollars In Damages {The 5th Sense in the News}
Photo © LVMHIt is no mystery that attempting to buy luxury items such as a Chanel perfume on eBay sold at heavily discounted prices is risky business. More often than not, they turn out to be fakes. Ebay has been...
New Beauty Blog: Beauty & The Salamander - Vogue Italy All-Black July Issue -
Dear Readers,We are pleased to announce that we have opened a new section on mimifroufrou.com dedicated to beauty stories and more oriented towards the visual arts. The new beauty blog is called Beauty And The Salamander. The Scented Salamander...
Mustela StellaProtect •• New Skincare Line for Sensitive Skin
Mustela, a great beauty brand for those who seek out gentle products for both mom and kids, is launching a new dermo-pedriatic line for mom-to-bes and toddlers called StellaProtect. It was especially formulated to help relieve complaints about uncomfortable...
Mandarina Duck Scarlet Rain (2008) {New Perfume}
Trendy luggage brand Mandarina Duck has launched a new perfume aimed at satisfying the tastes of a more mature age group of women called Scarlet Rain. It was developed and produced by Idesa Parfums. The new scent also ties...
Ralph Lauren Notorious (2008) {New Perfume}
Ralph Lauren will launch a new women's perfume this summer and fall called Notorious that hopes to revive the codes of old Hollywood glamour. Model Laetitia Casta who fronts the advertising campaign promisingly describes it in this way "It's...
Nagi Noda's Wild Hair Hats at Colette ••
Nagi Noda's very peculiar outlook on hats and hair and the possibility to conflate them makes you think of a surrealist's tea cup seemingly made out of fur. The artist also parades a whole series of animal shapes on top...
Interview with Serge Lutens Around El Attarine And Serge Noire {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
Photo © Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido •• Interview with Serge Lutens Around El Attarine And Serge Noire •• 1) TSS: El Attarine is a reference to Arabian culture, to a well-defined place, the coranic school of Fès. It was written...
•• Interview de Serge Lutens •• Autour de El Attarine et de Serge Noire {Passion for Perfume - Portrait}
Photo © Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido Serge Lutens s'exprime autour de la création de ses deux derniers parfums, El Attarine et Serge Noire. Nous apprenons qu' El Attarine est un condensé de son expérience d'artiste et d'esthète du cinquième...
•• Creed Love In Black (2008) •• A Celebration of Jackie Kennedy Onassis {New Perfume}
The house of Creed will release a new perfume for women this September 2008 titled Love In Black. It was inspired by the sense of elegance, beauty, and personality of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Creed established in 1760 is...
•• Pop Beauty Lip Lust •• For Your Lip Quenching & Color Needs
Pop Beauty is a London-based brand founded by musician Sara Strand. They love color so much that they have named themselves after a key makeup concept, "pop". Says Strand,"The Pop girl is anyone, and according to Strand, age makes...