The Scented Salamander: Perfume & Beauty Blog & Webzine: May 2009

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May 26, 2009

Free Ed Hardy Geisha Tote with Fragrance Purchase {Shopping Tip}

If you've missed out on previous luscious Ed Hardy GWPs, here's your chance to snag a free red geisha tote without having to step on anyone's toes at the perfume counter....

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May 27, 2009

Kiehl's Superbly Restorative Body Lotion - Limited Edition Endorsed by Celebs

Kiehl's have launched a limited-edition collection of Argan and vegetal Squalene-based body lotions meant to mend all those unsightly crocodile cracks. Check out what we have already written about Argan and Squalene in the past.

The new product is called the Superbly Restorative Body Lotion and to make things even more exciting Kiehl's have asked Erykah Badu, Adrian Grenier, Kerry Slater, and the Parsons New School of Design to pitch in...

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Eat Your Kiwi

Did you know that the best way to integrate vitamin C into your beauty routine is by eating it and in kiwis in particular!

Topical application of C and fruit acids on skin pales in comparison with the advantages of just eating one kiwi a day, a fruit known for its anti-wrinkling properties thanks also to its content in vitamin E.

Eat it well ripened for maximum anti-oxydant benefits.

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Kiehl's Essence Oils {Fragrance News - New Packaging} {Perfumista on a Shoestring}

Kiehl's have released a revamped and more extensive collection of their Essence Oils which total up to 122 different scents. They have selected 10 essences for the 2009 lineup.

A neat detail is that each essence is now dated with its year of introduction, an excellent way to know how a particular decade smelled!...

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Ambranextra by Moellhausen {Fragrance News - New Molecule}

Well, it's hard to resist the selling line for new kid in town perfume molecule Ambranextra although the pitch mainly targets perfumers and fragrance developers. But see what is the promise held by this new aromachemical which smells unique (and if you thought only a perfume reviewer could take off on flights of fancy, think again. It all starts in the labs)...

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May 28, 2009

Scent Opera Green Aria: More Reading {The 5th Sense in the News}

Noses and Ears Etc: Two Profile, One Nose & Turban by John Baldessari

As previously announced, a modern form of olfactory spectacle is being developed with the upcoming Scent Opera Green Aria.

There have already been various types of smell-o-visions, numerous scent installations, olfactory concerts, theatrical performances, so what is the added twist here? (see for example in France the works of Laurent Assoulen, Michel Roudnitska, Francis Kurkdjian and more*...)...

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Neotantric Fragrances: 6 Campy Ways to Practice Tantra (2009) {New Fragrances - New Line}

Neotantric Fragrances is a new Stockholm-based Swedish line of perfumes owned by Jesper Rönnbäck loosely inspired by the philosophy of Tantra and definitely by camp. The brand obviously does not take itself seriously enough to write philosophical treatises on the subject, so instead they created 6 perfumes....

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Blog Nuts & Bolts - We're on Twitter {Ask Marie-Helene}

Dear Readers,

We wanted to call your attention to the fact that you can get updated on what's happening on the blogs on the mimifroufrou.com site via Twitter. The perfume blog can be followed on www.twitter.com/scentsalamander and the beauty blog on www.twitter.com/beautsalamander.

Twitter is convenient because it allows for I-Phone updates....

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Britney Spears's Faux Gay Perfume Ad for Mo {Fragrance News - Perfume Images}

After the authentically faux Louis Vuitton perfume ad that was circulated some time ago, we now have the official faux and authorized fragrance ad for Mo by Britney Spears.

The singer recorded a TV ad for theNewNowNext awards to pay homage to her reportedly significant gay following by acting in a pastiche of her own perfume ads for Curious, Believe and In Control which are portrayed as steps of progressive self-realization leading her to the Mo revelation...

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Paris Hilton Holding Her FiFi Award & Siren {Perfume Images} {Celebrity Fragrance}

As announced previously, Paris Hilton was the recipient of the FiFi award for Celebrity Perfume of the Year. She entirely deserves this award and absolutely not for the contents of the bottles she sells of course but because of the imagery she sells. She exemplifies what a glamorous-cum-trashy attitude can bring to the image of the fragrance business. In her hands is a message of attractive easiness...

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DIY Shiny Salon Hair

La Tresse by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, 1926

Someone was asking me what kind of tips one could use at home to get the kind of great glamorous hair that result from a hair-salon session. I promised that person to ask a hair expert to come share some insights on the blog. But then I remembered a really easy and effective tip that I actually tend to forget using for my own benefit. That's just for the shiny part of glamorous hair salon...

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May 29, 2009

Calvin Klein CK Free (2009) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

Added: Perfume Review of CK Free for Men

Calvin Klein will launch a new men's perfume in September 2009 called CK Free. The scent is meant to rally a lot of people looking for the same thing, or rather escaping from the same reality...by wearing the same cologne. How ironic is it that in order to attempt to flee the daily grind one is invited to wear what sounds like Eau de Grind en Masse. Hope that works,

"CK Free has been created to offer men an everyday escape away from the daily grind regardless of their age, ethnicity or social status. It's very democratic."...

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Jo Malone Vanilla & Anise (2009) {New Perfume}

Jo Malone will offer a new pairing of scents with Vanilla & Anise in their library of fragrances that I like to compare to a naturalist's butterfly collection. It is scheduled for a September 2009 release. The perfume is described as a floral vanilla and "designed to evoke the moment that vanilla orchids bloom at day-break in Madagascar,...it explores different aspects of vanilla, blending it with white flowers and spices."...

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The Roses of Wyck: Old Rose Symposium May 30, 2009 {The 5th Sense in the News}

There is a lovely article in the Philadelphia Enquirer about ancient roses found in the garden of Wyck House in Germantown. The house and its garden are filled with history having harbored 9 generations of the same family since the 17th century and having preserved a rose garden planted in the 1820s. The Marquis de La Fayette was once a visitor and a guest...

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Sunscreen Q & A with Dermatologist Dr. Neal Schultz from NYC {Beauty Notes}

OK, here is the sunscreen Q & A I mentioned earlier on.

Can adults use sunscreens for kids? (Kiehl's has a new one coming out) and why or why not? Of course yes....separation for adults and kids is marketing and has no medical basis.

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May 26, 2009

Free Ed Hardy Geisha Tote with Fragrance Purchase {Shopping Tip}

May 27, 2009

Kiehl's Superbly Restorative Body Lotion - Limited Edition Endorsed by Celebs

Eat Your Kiwi

Kiehl's Essence Oils {Fragrance News - New Packaging} {Perfumista on a Shoestring}

Ambranextra by Moellhausen {Fragrance News - New Molecule}

May 28, 2009

Scent Opera Green Aria: More Reading {The 5th Sense in the News}

Neotantric Fragrances: 6 Campy Ways to Practice Tantra (2009) {New Fragrances - New Line}

Blog Nuts & Bolts - We're on Twitter {Ask Marie-Helene}

Britney Spears's Faux Gay Perfume Ad for Mo {Fragrance News - Perfume Images}

Paris Hilton Holding Her FiFi Award & Siren {Perfume Images} {Celebrity Fragrance}

DIY Shiny Salon Hair

May 29, 2009

Calvin Klein CK Free (2009) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

Jo Malone Vanilla & Anise (2009) {New Perfume}

The Roses of Wyck: Old Rose Symposium May 30, 2009 {The 5th Sense in the News}

Sunscreen Q & A with Dermatologist Dr. Neal Schultz from NYC {Beauty Notes}

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