August 2009 Archives

Britney Spears Circus Fantasy (2009) {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}

Wednesday, 26 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Britney Spears Circus Fantasy (2009) {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}

Notes: sugar-coated raspberry, apricot blossom, blue peony, waterlily, red sweetheart orchid, sweet vanilla wood, creamy musks, violet candy.Circus Fantasy is the latest fragrance by Britney Spears. It is a variation on the standard creamy, lactic fruity-floral that has been Britney...

New Mariah Carey Forever Perfume Ad: She Looks Different

Friday, 21 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

New Mariah Carey Forever Perfume Ad: She Looks Different

Added: Perfume Review of Forever by Mariah CareyMariah Carey unveiled the new advert for her upcoming fragrance, Forever. The ad is very much photoshopped to the point where it is hard to recognize Carey. They have given her the taut...

Friday, 21 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Cutex Commercial from the 1980s {Retro Beauty}

Strong nails are a must for man-eaters. I find the woman's voice in this commercial quite hypnotic; I realized it's because the intonation mimics the meowing of a cat, but in a very stylized manner....

Hard Candy Now at Wal-Mart {Beauty News}: The More Bells & Whistles, The Merrier

Friday, 21 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Hard Candy Now at Wal-Mart {Beauty News}: The More Bells & Whistles, The Merrier

Hard Candy has debuted in a new mass-retail channel by appearing legitimately on the shelves of Wal-Mart. The brand specifically created a rich range of 261 products for the retail giant. According to Reuters, for Wal-Mart this is a move...

Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One (2009): Fronted by Scarlett Johansson {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

Friday, 21 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One (2009): Fronted by Scarlett Johansson {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

Added: Review of Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One.Dolce & Gabbana just launched their Anthology perfume collection under the D&G label but they are not forgetting their The-One franchise with an upcoming launch based around the idea of a rose...

Torrid Plus-Size 26 Finalists Models Announced: Help Choose 6 Winners by Voting Online Now {Beauty News}

Friday, 21 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Torrid Plus-Size 26 Finalists Models Announced: Help Choose 6 Winners by Voting Online Now {Beauty News}

Torrid, the plus-size fashion and accessories label have announced that they have picked 26 finalists as part of their campaign to find the next new faces of Torrid. They are asking you to help them choose the 6 winners! Pretty...

Britney Spears Circus Fantasy (2009): "Welcome the Ringleader" {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}

Thursday, 20 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Britney Spears Circus Fantasy (2009): "Welcome the Ringleader" {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}

Britney Spears will release a new fragrance in August 2009 called Circus Fantasy in reference to her current show tour and her Fantasy portfolio developed with Elizabeth Arden. It comes right after Hidden Fantasy. The singer already managed to insert...

Synthetic Musks are Everywhere, in your Blood Stream, your Milk & Lake Michigan {The 5th Sense in the News}

Thursday, 20 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Synthetic Musks are Everywhere, in your Blood Stream, your Milk & Lake Michigan {The 5th Sense in the News}

A study in the August 2009 issue of Journal Science of the Total Environment reports that synthetic musks can be found in the blood stream of people using body care and perfume products and that the more people use them,...

Esteban Esprit de The Le Bain (2009) {New Perfume}

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Esteban Esprit de The Le Bain (2009) {New Perfume}

Esteban is proposing a new fragrance called Esprit de Thé (Spirit of Tea) in their Le Bain (The Bath) collection which is usually a charming and laid-back library of scents. In 2006, there was a little commotion over Sensuelle Russie...

Thierry Mugler Alien & Angel Liqueur de Parfum (2009) {New Perfumes}

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Thierry Mugler Alien & Angel Liqueur de Parfum (2009) {New Perfumes}

Thierry Mugler is not making wine or cognac (yet) but he is turning perfume into a heir to the great traditions of liqueur-making by borrowing and adapting centuries-old methods of aging. One empirical conundrum was finding the right type of...

L'Atelier Boheme Cyclamen, Tiare Moana, Rhizomes (2009) {New Perfumes}

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

L'Atelier Boheme Cyclamen, Tiare Moana, Rhizomes (2009) {New Perfumes}

CyclamenIndependent French niche perfumery L'Atelier Bohême has released three new perfumes. They are called Cyclamen, Tiare Moana, and Rhizomes and were created by perfumer and brand owner Crystelle Darchicourt (see interview in French and English)... Tiare Moana...

Scented Quote of the Day, from Perfumer Laurent Le Guernec:

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Scented Quote of the Day, from Perfumer Laurent Le Guernec:

Marguerite Duras -- Academy Awards both © Richard Avedon Who Created This, I or Us? The perfume industry is struggling with official definitions of authorship. Compared with the movie industry which is much more mature on this topic, I...

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

A Young Kate Moss Auditioning for L'Oreal

From the archives come two videos of a young Kate Moss auditioning for l'Oréal. There is a longer silent footage after the jump. In it she offers her profile to the camera at one point. In that moment she made...

Carven "Le" Vetiver Re-Edition (1957/2009): Back to the Vetiver Roots {New Perfume}

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Carven "Le" Vetiver Re-Edition (1957/2009): Back to the Vetiver Roots {New Perfume}

The fashion house of Carven which gave in the past the legendary perfume names of Ma Griffe (1946) and Vétiver (1957) will resurrect an authentic version of the classic 1950s men's Vétiver based on the original formula which is now...

Azzaro Elixir for Men (2009) {New Perfume}

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 By Chant Wagner

Azzaro Elixir for Men (2009) {New Perfume}

Azzaro will release a new twist on its best-selling classic cologne Azzaro for Men (1978) called Azzaro Elixir for Men. The new version is said to keep the fresh fougère/fern accord but to have supplemented it with warm oriental notes...

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