After having perused the website Awful Plastic Surgery which keeps track of all the botched plastic surgeries undergone by celebs, you have to throw up your arms in the air and ask: "Why, oh why?". The most heartbreaking examples are...
July 2009 Archives
Roget & Gallet Love The Dior Port-of-Call Concept {Perfume Images & Advert}
Apparently Roger et Gallet think that the Dior idea of selling fresh eaux de cologne by evoking the atmosphere of port of calls in the summer is great (see ad for Escale à Portofino and ad for both Escale...
Lancome Hypnose Senses (2009): Second Skin {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance}
The bottle for Hypnôse Senses is beautiful in its crystalline simplicity. The name of the perfume is only readable on the top of the cap. The shape is borrowed from Magie by Lancôme (1950). This time, the shape is further...
Celine Ellena & Thierry Hernandez Mix & Blend Bombay Bahia for Bombay Sapphire {Fragrant Recipe} {Fragrance News}
Perfume and cuisine, perfume and beverages, the possibilities are endless as taste and smell are so inter-dependent. Gourmand perfumes, fragrances with a wine or spirits note tentalize the senses. Perfumer Jean-Michel Duriez composed once a cocktail directly inspired by Joy...
Juicy Couture Couture Couture (2009) {New Perfume}
Juicy Couture have briefly announced that the brand will introduce their third feminine fragrance following Juicy Couture and Viva La Juicy this summer. In August 2009, expect to see a brand new scent called Couture Couture. Yes, you have to...
Helena Rubinstein Wanted: Fronted by Demi Moore, Composed by Benaim & Ropion {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Helena Rubinstein will release a new perfume called Wanted named after their makeup line. Actress Demi Moore who is already their spokesperson for their beauty products will also be the face of Wanted. The perfume is described as a composition...
Yves Saint Laurent Parisienne (2009): Fronted by Kate Moss, Composed by Grojsman & Labbe {New Perfume}
What started as an internet saga tracking down some of the bits and pieces of news that came to see the light of day around the upcoming Parisienne by Yves Saint Laurent, has now become more widely distributed news. The...
Chanel Jade & Jade Rose Limited-Edition Nail Polishes
Chanel is issuing a limited-edition of two rare colors of nail polishes inspired by the house's recent runway looks. I am not 100 % sure which collection is referenced here, but found two matching looks from the Ready-to-Wear Autumn/Winter 2009...
Diane von Furstenberg D Gets Evaluated by Passersby in New York, and Not in a Good Way {The 5th Sense in the News}
Designer Diane von Furstenberg pumps her perfume in the air in the Meatpacking district in NYC, gets irate feedback from passersby and neighbors who are less than enamored with her signature scent D. The epithets soon rain......
Perfume Used as Weapon by Serial Offender in Central London {The 5th Sense in the News}
The London Daily News reports that a man is using perfume as a pretext to lure in his unassuming victims in central London. We had heard about not infrequent street mugging in London lately, but this is a creative twist...
Acqua di Parma Magnolia Nobile (2009) {New Perfume}
{A fragrance review of Magnolia Nobile by Acqua di Parma was added to the blog!}With Magnolia Nobile, the new fragrance from Acqua di Parma to be introduced from September 2009, one is invited to take a moment of respite by...
Sahlini Femininde (2009) {New Perfume}
Perfume brand Sahlini founded in 2006 is continuing to expand its portfolio. After the initial La Femme and L'Homme followed by La Femme en Noir and L'Homme en Noir which were collector versions of the originals with a slightly tweaked...
Yves Rocher So Elixir (2009): The Essence of Femininity {New Perfume}
Yves Rocher is preparing for its next major feminine launch called So Elixir. The woody-floral perfume is based on a white floral accord and was created with 6 hands by perfumers Marie Salamagne, Olivier Cresp and Jacques Cavallier of...
Halston Woman & Halston Man (2009): Perfume Serves as Inspiration for Marios Schwab's Pure Metallic {New Fragrances} {Fashion Notes}
The Halston brand have revived their perfume classics under the aegis of Elizabeth Arden. The original Halston for Women issued in 1975 and Halston Z-14 (1976) will be introduced after having undergone a modern adaptation work by perfumer Carlos Benaïm...