Number one luxury group LVMH has felt particularly targeted by the gray market and vulnerable to counterfeiters operating on the #1 online auction site eBay. In a step-up of their demands (see series of posts), they have been wanting for eBay to stop allowing the "distribution" of their goods even when authentic.
For this reason, it has become for example virtually impossible to find vintage perfumes by Guerlain or Givenchy or even empty bottles of those on eBay.fr except when someone goes undercover selling them without using the brand name.
LVMH is keen on publicizing a zero-tolerance policy and continues to sue eBay until it seems they can get to the last private seller standing, a position that eBay finds practically unreasonable and objects to on the grounds that LVMH are trying to crush the laws of market competition.....
I have started The Red Lipstick Series to brighten the long winter days on Beauty & The Salamander. Check out Rouge Crazy today, inspired by the Crazy Horse Cabaret in Paris.
Keeping Up with the Kardashians has nothing to do with Kim Kardashian perfume, yet everything to do with it. Reality TV is one of the passions of 21st century society and it is going to help create the publicity necessary for the upcoming signature perfume of Kim Kardashian to get noticed.
"Keeping up with the Kardashians
returns for its fourth season with a very special season premiere, Sunday, Dec.
13 at 10/9c, only on E!
Watch as a tempest of siblings,
business and fame engulf Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner and paparazzi fave Kim
Kardashian as their huge Hollywood families
collide!"
Balenciaga decided to launch their new perfume Balenciaga Paris which signs their return to the fragrance world in London yesterday on December 1, 2009. Coty Prestige UK Managing Director Liz Garrett stressed the importance of the event by calling it "The birth of a new house." The new fragrance, a "violet chypre" is presented as the fulfillment of a 10-year-old dream by Balenciaga artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière who had been wanting to rekindle the perfume identity of the brand ever since his first days at the couture house...
Sean John aka P Diddy is entering winter with two new nocturnal perfumes, Unforgivable Night for Men cologne, a flanker to Unforgivable and I Am King of the Night for Men, a variation on I Am King. The "night" motif is more often than not used in perfumery to denote a more intense and sometimes sexier composition.
For Unforgivable Men Night EDT, the blend is now more intense and even boozier...
We are so used to representing to our selves the scents of babies as eminently desirable that the reaction to the idea of perfuming your little bundles of love can be one of incredulity or sarcasm. I remember years ago reading a shopping guide to baby products and encountering the reaction of the author in a brief passage dedicated to baby perfumes. He or she had two main points to make 1) this was an European idea, hence understandably somewhat strange; 2) use perfume only if you think your baby stinks, which was phrased in such a way as to let you feel that you would be a monster to think that babies ever smell. Culturally, we are trained to focus on the cuddly smells of babies and forget about the rest, which nevertheless exists aplenty. Saying - or even thinking - something like "my baby smells" is not easy because it feels judgmental rather than objective.
I would like to say however that perfuming is not just about deodorizing, and therefore the point is moot for me. Perfuming is a gesture of refinement. It adds beauty to the world and will no doubt create a bond with your children, a reservoir of memories into which to tap in the future.
Here is a list of Baby Approved Perfumes if you want to explore this option. Many women also like to use baby fragrances as they are alcohol-free and discreetly scented. In the summer, they are a good solution for the beach. Don't forget too that they make great baby-shower gifts! And why not offer perfume to a baby or a new mom for the Holidays?
Clayeux Eau de Senteur Moi Bébé Bleu & Rose (Aroma Water Me Blue, Pink Baby), from birth
This adorable multiple award-winning duo is kept warm in a protective woolly sock which was meant to embody purity. Both are formulated without alcohol, were clinically tested and can be worn by newborns. Moi Bébé Bleu is a gourmand and floral scent with notes of lemon tree blossom, orange flower and bergamot. Moi Bébé Rose is a fresh white floral scent with notes of iris and jasmine.
Available at bebe-beaute.com for 28,25€ each
Love Chic Baby Coco & Momo, from 6 months
The bottles contain heart glasses.
"Love, Chic Baby for Girls - Coco scent is a soft burst of crisp,, floral freshness that delicately captures the innocence and youthful radiance of little girls. For Girls is formulated with a soft bouquet of Pink Mandarin, Italian Bergamot, Water Lily, Pink Peony, Yellow Freesia, Island Pineapple, and Sheer Rose.
Love, Chic Baby for Boys - Momo combines a soft, refreshing blend of fruits for a light, crisp scent. For Boys is formulated with Mandarin, Orange, Pink Grapefruit, Wild Strawberry, Melon, and Dewberry.
Available at babyoliverboutique.com for $34,50 each.
Nivea Eau de Senteur
A gentle linden blossom scent formulated without alcohol.
I know there is that special brand of perfumes that incurs the favor of Californians and especially L.A.-based celebrities. My personal theory is that the largest egos do not wear perfume and when they do, they need hush-hush perfumes that do not overshadow them.
Jaye Hersh the owner of Shop Intuition knows a thing or two about the mores of the town in which she lives because her signature fragrance is called It and it's very discreet, clean and sexy. This sounds L.A. to a T to my mind. The scent is meant to meld with your personality rather than take any particle of attention away from it....
Mandy Aftel the owner of and perfumer for Aftelier the all-natural perfumery has released a new perfume called Trèvert, a portmanteau word meaning "very green" in French.
"Verdant pine absolute, leafy flouve absolute, and ambery clary sage contribute to this "very green" eau de parfum."
Flouve Odorante or Anthoxanthum odoratum is reputed for its coumarine-like scent.
Jennifer Lopez just released a perfume called My Glow inspired by motherhood topped with a cutesie cherub. While her twins are growing, the Glow portfolio obviously wants to do the same. In February 2010, there will be a new Glow scent called Blue Glowby JLO.
It's a fruity-floral eau de toilette blended with exotic fruits, a vintage rose and even -- confession time -- a wizard perfume aromachemical designed by Givaudan, the giant fragrance supplier, called Florymoss...
Nasomatto the Italian perfume brand that claims to be the work of a "crazy nose" might finally convince the last of the remaining skeptics that this is not just marketing. Black Afgano, an ink-colored hashish-based fragrance reportedly painstakingly sourced from behind the lines of fire in Afghanistan is now available in an oversized flacon of extrait that seems to be a candidate for the Guinness Book of World Records while appearing to be seen through the eyes of Alice in Wonderland. It is bigger than the 1 L Fontaine Impériale by Guerlain.
Black Afgano is now bottled in a 2 Liter giant incarnation of its own self, with the same burnt oak wood cap, and its new name is Black AfganoExtrait de Parfum 2000 ml...
Muscs Koublaï Khan by Serge Lutens is now available in the flat pocket-sized 50 ml spray bottles also called export bottles for a limited time only in the Collection Ephémère (Ephemeral Colleciton).
"Le singulier pluriel
... raffinement, cruauté, complexité des sens dans leurs contradiction, Koublaï Khän, Grand Mongol, Empereur de Chine.
Dans son palais, ce fils du ciel fit élever une colline au sommet de
laquelle, se dressait un pavillon de contemplation en laque et jade...
Please see after the jump my translation of Lutens's story around this scent inspired by a vision of Gengis Khan...
Sean John did so well for his first time on HSN that his perfume I Am King sold out in the first 15 mn of the show. After a caller asked if he would create an I Am Queen Perfume, P Diddy said that the women's version of I Am King was already being developed and is called Empress with a launch scheduled for next year.
Perfume author Annick Le Guérer will publish a new book from December 17, 2009 entitled Si le parfum m' était conté (If The Story of Perfume Were Told to Me) at Editions Garde-Temps made in collaboration with l'Osmothèque in Versailles. The foreword was written by the President of the Osmothèque Patricia de Nicolaï.
Like other tomes at the publishing house and her previous work Quand le parfum portait remède, the book is transformed into a less abstract object that is usual for print and scented with 12 perfumes from the past....
Inaugurated in April 2009, Esxence will convene for its second annual edition in Milan from March 25 to 28, 2010 at the Museo della Permanente, Via Turati. The event accessible by invitation only is dedicated to the promotion of artistic or niche perfumery. It is "the international appointment for any brand that operates, with passion and conviction, to the magnificent art of the olfactory language."...
Van Cleef & Arpels will introduce a new women's perfume in March of 2010 called Oriens, Latin for the Orient. The fruity floral chypre was composed by perfumer Bernard Ellena of Symrise in collaboration with licence holder Inter Parfums SA. The nose is from a family of perfumers which includes brother Jean-Claude Ellena and niece Céline Ellena....
2009 Holidays window display at Louis Vuitton
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Balenciaga decided to launch their new perfume Balenciaga Paris which signs their return to the fragrance world in London yesterday on December 1, 2009. Coty Prestige UK Managing Director Liz Garrett stressed the importance of the event by calling it "The birth of a new house." The new fragrance, a "violet chypre" is presented as the fulfillment of a 10-year-old dream by Balenciaga artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière who had been wanting to rekindle the perfume identity of the brand ever since his first days at the couture house...
Clayeux Eau de Senteur Moi Bébé Bleu & Rose (Aroma Water Me Blue, Pink Baby), from birth
Nivea Eau de Senteur
Jennifer Lopez just released a perfume called 
Muscs Koublaï Khan by Serge Lutens is now available in the flat pocket-sized 50 ml spray bottles also called export bottles for a limited time only in the Collection Ephémère (Ephemeral Colleciton).
Perfume author Annick Le Guérer will publish a new book from December 17, 2009 entitled Si le parfum m' était conté (If The Story of Perfume Were Told to Me) at Editions Garde-Temps made in collaboration with l'Osmothèque in Versailles. The foreword was written by the President of the Osmothèque Patricia de Nicolaï. 
Van Cleef & Arpels will introduce a new women's perfume in March of 2010 called Oriens, Latin for the Orient. The fruity floral chypre was composed by perfumer Bernard Ellena of Symrise in collaboration with licence holder Inter Parfums SA. The nose is from a family of perfumers which includes brother Jean-Claude Ellena and niece Céline Ellena.... 
