Lolita Lempicka will launch a new version of Lolita Lempicka called L'Eau en Blanc (Water in White - an allusion to a wedding gown) from April 2012. The composition is named after the white-violet accord it features in the heart...
Vanderbilt have launched a new perfume called Little Gloria in reference to Gloria Vanderbilt's nickname used in her childhood. It is actually dedicated to young women rather than children. The design of the flacon is reportedly inspired by the boudoir...
Guerlain have launched a new flanker to the original Guerlain Homme and later, Homme L'Eau, called Homme L'Eau Boisée. The composition, signed by in-house perfumer Thierry Wasser, is inspired by a specific quality of vetiver found in Southern India. Guerlain...
Reportedly, perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain lost it once more and pronounced insulting words, of a discriminatory nature, towards Eurostar employees, as well as launched in a wholesale verbal attack on France. Arriving late and being bound in a wheelchair, he was...
Bucket of Cherries by Carducius Plantagenet Ream, 1880.This spring 2012, Guerlain, Elizabeth Arden and L'Occitane en Provence have introduced three new perfumes inspired by cherries, be it by the fruit, the blossom or the wood. They are Guerlain La Petite...
Following up on Vanille Insensée, which came out last year, Atelier Cologne are preparing to launch their first "Oriental" cologne - quotes are theirs - called Ambre Nue from May 2012.It is their 7th "cologne absolue" (quotation marks added) -...
For people who love food and food books, there is one destination not to be missed this week with the Festival du Livre Culinaire taking place in Paris at the Centquatre (104) from March 7th to March 11th 2012. In...
French magazine Arts Sacrés devoted their January/February 2012 issue to the religious history of two sacred perfumery materials, myrrh and incense with a feature entitled "L'encens et la myrrhe...Parfums Sacrés". It is a follow-up to their issue last year which...
Jacomo are releasing a new, revisited version of their 1978 classic Silences. It is now called Silences Eau de Parfum Sublime. The composition was entrusted to perfumer Serge Majoullier of Mane."Secrets are silences..Silences collect the body's emotions, as water captures...
Davidoff will introduce a new, more sensual version of Davidoff Cool Water Woman (1996) inspired by the sun called Cool Water Sensual Essence. The bottle reflects the turnaround mood with golden yellow while model Bianca Balti on the advert is...
This is yet another picture taken last year during the spring in Paris. Right now the weather is overcast, rainy, and it's still officially winter at any rate. I wonder how the ivy has grown since a year ago and...
This picture was actually taken last year. One of the great pleasures of living in Paris is to take whimsical strolls throughout its streets. I am always surprised to discover "new doors" by which I mean, doors that have existed...
Floris will issue a commemorative perfume on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II named Royal Arms, the Diamond Edition.The fragrance was originally created in 1926 under the same name "Royal Arms" to fête the birth of...
Molinard are releasing a newly tweaked version, in a new concentration, of the 1920s classic, Habanita (1921) inspired by the then emerging culture of feminine statement smoking as a sign of gender emancipation.Resting on a seminal vetiver-and-vanilla accord rather...
The 1975 Chloé, a bold, monolithical tuberose perfume tinted a rather deep ambery and russet color is usually thought to be discontinued.Having spotted it occasionally on the shelves at Sephora in France and having just spied it on the Target...