November 2011 Archives

Strange Olfactory Encounters Are Being Offered to the Wrong Crowd: Armani Privé La Femme Bleue, Ambre d'Orient, Miller Harris La Plume, La Fumée {Scented Thoughts}

Black Square by MalevichIt is quite a surrealist experience to smell perfumes which are housed world aparts in different bottles and labeled under different name brands, yet smell strangely similar. The fact that the four perfumes under consideration were launched...

Miller Harris La Pluie, La Fumée (2011) {New Fragrances}

British niche perfumery Miller Harris have launched two new perfumes this year which take inspiration from the elements, rain and smoke. They are called in French La Pluie and La Fumée.I will reproduce the official descriptions of the Eaux de...

Simon Doonan Weighs In on Jersey by Chanel {Fragrant Reading}

Simon Doonan, artistic director at Barney's and author of immortal advice books such as Wacky Chicks and Eccentric Glamour, debates the semantics of the latest perfume by Chanel named "Jersey", to Jerseyans and the "American psyche." He should know, Jonny...

BLK DNM Perfume 11 (2011) {New Fragrance}

Johan Lindeberg's fashion label BLK DNM, which he prefers to call more restlessly and openly a "creative project" will add a subsidiary project to the main one. On December 1, 2011, the debut fragrance for the brand, Perfume 11, will...

Relaunch of Nilang by Lalique (1995/2011) {New Perfume}

Lalique are relaunching their aquatic-oriental from 1995, Nilang. As fragrance developers are more and more interested in wooing the Asian markets, it is à-propos to see second life given to this composition inspired by the lotus flower."Take a wander through...

Creed Royal-Oud (2011) {New Perfume}

Earlier this year, Creed launched their own oud opus called Royal-Oud. It has become a must to release an oud fragrance these days. Faithful to their usual privileged sources of inspiration, Creed are moreover proposing a cross-cultural oud perfume which...

Evelyn Lauder Passed Away Today (1937-2011)

  "The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) today announced the passing of Evelyn H. Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President and Head of Fragrance Development Worldwide, at the age of 75 from complications of non-genetic ovarian cancer. Mrs. Lauder died on November...