The house of Creed have announced that they have set up a new text-alert service to respond more efficiently to the numerous queries emanating from their fan base. According to the press release,......
October 2008 Archives
1528 Parfums Or Blanc, Or Rose, Or Jaune (2008) {New Fragrances} & Gold-Trend Alert
Zero Otto in collaboration with Italian Gold-leaf conceptual artist Anna Carla de Leonardis just launched a new line of perfumes in Rome. The trio of scents is meant to interpret her vision of art and creativity into fragrance. The perfumes...
Everyone Has a Fragrance, Even Hollyoaks! + Am I Normal? Body Odour (2008) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
I am not sure I need to smell this one but it is so fun to see everyone and their neighbors getting to deh-ve-lo-peh a perfume that I couldn't resist posting about Hollyoaks by Hollyoaks, the new indispensable fragrance for...
Humiecki & Graef Askew, Geste, Multiple Rouge, Eau Radieuse (2008) {New Fragrances}
Exciting news! Following Humiecki & Graef's interesting debut scent in 2007, Skarb (see review Part I, Part II and Tangent on Daniel Craig, Skarb & Jewish Escapees in Forests), the ambitious, arty and experimental perfume brand has launched no less...
Samsung Lavender Cell Phone: It Looks & Feels Like a Perfume Bottle {Fragrant Shopping}
Samsung has launched a neat concept and object, the Lavender Cell Phone that looks like, nay is, a sleek modern perfume bottle (think Givenchy Play or Azzaro Now) and holds a small perfume container complete with spray nozzle......
Philosophy The Haunted House (2008): Halloween Bath Indulgences {New Fragrances} {Shopping Ideas}
Time to get scary in the bath! Philosophy has launched a set of 3 gourmand scents for the bath & body aficionados and tricksters. If right now you are not satisfied with your Dial or Ivory soaps and want to...
Miss Dior Chérie: The Official Ads & The Unofficial One + A Perfumista Hit by Reverse-Associations {Perfume Images & Adverts} {Scented Thoughts}
Here are the new print ads for the fragrance Miss Dior Chérie shot with model Maryna Linchuk. Sofia Coppola has been hired by Dior to film the TV commercial version of the ad featuring the same model but the latter...
Floris Discontinues Fragrances {Perfume News}
The house of Floris has confirmed to TSS that they will discontinue several fragrances from their catalog "...to make way for future launches." The perfumes which are going to be withdrawn from circulation are: Vetiver, China Rose, Zinnia and even...
Badgley & Mischka Couture (2009): Red-Carpet Appeal {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
To fête the 20th anniversary of their label, team Badgley & Mischka have concocted a new juice meant to embody the dreams and glamor that their company was able to foster. The idea is simple: as Badgley puts it "One...
Vincent Cassel to be Face of New Yves Saint Laurent Men's Fragrance {Perfume News} {Celebrity Fragrance}
French actor Vincent Cassel will lend his looks to a new masculine fragrance by Yves Saint Laurent to be launched next spring on March 2, 2009. YSL in this manner will follow up on the success of L'Homme which was...
Korloff Kn° I, II, & III (2008) {New Fragrances}
Korloff Paris will launch a trio of perfumes to pay homage to the 88 ct black diamond called the Korloff Noir said to be the largest black cut diamond in the world. Each perfume is numbered rather than named and...
Role of Scent in Reproductive Strategies: The Case of the Kakapo {The 5th Sense in the News}
Reading about the role scent may play in the mating behavior of Kakapos reads like a dream come true for a member of the human male species. Why? Because even more so than for women, the # 1 motivation for...
John Galliano by John Galliano (2008): Edgy Violets {Perfume Review & Musings} {Violet Notebook}
John Galliano perfume ad featuring his muse: the fragrance just launched in Europe. Expect to see it in 2009 in the US and the Middle East John Galliano by John Galliano The Skinny:Perfumers: Christine Nagel and Aurélien GuichardArtistic Director:...
Talk by Christophe Laudamiel on the Future of Perfume Design {The 5th Sense in the News}
An interesting talk by perfumer Christophe Laudamiel entitled "Design for the Invisible" about orientations he sees for the future of perfumery defined very broadly as the art that has to do with olfaction in general not just fine fragrances as...
Smell of Outer Space Recreated for Nasa {The 5th Sense in the News}
Stellar Spire Eagle Nebula, Wikimedia CommonsHere's a short article in the Times describing the smell of outer space and explaining why company Omega Ingredients is working on recreating it for Nasa. The guy in charge of the project is Steven...