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February 2012 Archives
Jicky by Guerlain, The Ultimate Aphrodisiac for Both Sexes? {Scented Thoughts}
On Valentine's Day 2012, a somewhat playfully whimsical thought occurs to me. Yesterday I was perusing through a few books containing recipes of aphrodisiacs as I was searching for some information on sandalwood, my Valentine's Day note of choice for...
Jicky de Guerlain: L'aphrodisiaque ultime pour les deux sexes? {Pensées Parfumées}
En ce jour de la Saint Valentin 2012, une pensée un peu mutine me vient: j'ai lu hier quelques ouvrages contenant des recettes aphrodisiaques car je recherchais des renseignements sur le santal, ma note de la Saint Valentin pour cette...
Jennifer Lopez Glowing Fetes 10th Anniversary of Glow (2012) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
Jennifer Lopez will launch her latest fragrance called Glowing this spring 2012 to fête the 10th anniversary of Glow, the scent that revolutionized the celebrity-perfume market in the beginnning of the 21st century. Even if White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor...
Glowing de Jennifer Lopez, 10 Ans Après Glow (2012) {Nouveauté Parfum} {Parfum de Célébrité}
Jennifer Lopez lancera son tout dernier parfum ce printemps avec Glowing, 10 ans après Glow, le parfum qui révolutionna le marché du parfum de célébrité en ce début du 21ème siècle. En effet, même si White Diamonds de Elizabeth Taylor...
A New Version of Voyage d'Hermès is Expected this Spring - Une Nouvelle Version de Voyage d'Hermès est Attendue ce Printemps (2012) {New Fragrance - Nouveauté Parfum}
Hermès will offer a new version of their 2010 release, Voyage, this 2012 springtime. For now, all that has filtered is that the juice sees its base notes gain in depth in the range of ambery and woody notes. The...
Etat Libre d'Orange Bijou Romantique (2012): Is it Making Fun of Aspirational Luxury Perfumery, or Not? - Tordra t-il le Cou aux Stéréotypes du Parfum de Luxe? (2012) {New Fragrance}
The latest opus by Etat Libre d'Orange, the Parisian perfume house with an itch for irreverence has been suavely baptized Bijou Romantique (Romantic Jewel) (I almost wrote "Bisou (Kisu) Romantique" which would have been very cute, you have to admit)...
Givenchy Very Irresistible Electric Rose, Need You Tonight Sang Liv Tyler - Lancement de Very Irresistible Electric Rose sur un Air de INXS (2012) {New Fragrance - Nouveauté Parfum}
Givenchy Parfums are launching a new fragrance this spring 2012 with Very Irresistible Electric Rose. The new scent includes notes of blueberry and aniseed on a backdrop of velvety musks, we learn. Liv Tyler, the muse for the Very Irresistible...
2 New Feminine Fougères on your Radar + 1 to Borrow - 2 Nouvelles Fougères pour Les Femmes à Humer + 1 à Emprunter {Fragrance News}
As we mentioned it the other day when proposing a selection of the best of rose fragrances for Valentine's Day 2012, we noticed that the re-edition of Fifi Chachnil in its eau de toilette variant for Le Club des Créateurs...
Yves Rocher Un Matin au Jardin Rose Fraîche, Lilas Mauve, Agrumes en Fleurs (2012) {New Fragrances}
Yves Rocher, the leader in feminine fragrances in France according to Kantar Worldpanel Usage (12 months in December of 2010), will launch a new collection of three fragrances in April 2012 dedicated to capturing the delicate and fresh scents of...
La Femme aux Roses de Théodore de Banville et Jean-Jacques Pradier: Texte & Sculpture {Scented Quote of the Day} {Cultural Notes}
A sculpture by / une sculpture de Jean-Jacques Pradier Chloris caressée par Zéphyr (1849): And an anecdote plus a poem both by poet Théodore de Banville about "The Woman with Roses", the inspiration behind the sculpture (apocryphal source suspected) and...
Serenading the Carnation at Ladurée's - Un Parfum d'Oeillet chez Ladurée (2012) {New Home Fragrance}
Ladurée Beauté, the beauty arm of the temple of delights that is pastry-maker Ladurée, have launched a new fragrance for the home centering on the carnation flower. It's called Sérénade and is available both in decorative candle form and in...
American Beauty Beloved Red Rose (2009): Bedroom Accord {Perfume Review & Musings}
With Valentine's day right around the corner, roses, especially red ones, seem to exert a magnetic pull on one's psyche. It is like the three drops of ruby red blood which suddenly fell onto the white snow in a medieval...
Agnès B Eau de Parfum à la Rose Roll-On {Perfume Shopping Tip}
There is a flash sale at Le Club des Créateurs de Beauté going on today. Rose-perfume fiends can add one more rose fragrance to their collection and purchase French designer Agnès B Eau de Parfum à la Rose in a...
Jean-Paul Guerlain to be Judged for Racial Insults on February 9th, 2012 {Fragrance News}
Perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain, the last nose of the Guerlain family, will be facing the court on Thursday February 9th 2012 for a racial incident that was broadcast on television on October 15th 2010. He interjected some remarks using the N...