Lancôme released a new flanker to La Vie est Belle (2012) on its first anniversary called La Vie est Belle Eau Légère. The advertizing campaign continues to be fronted by actress Julia Roberts lending her smile to the juice bottled in...
July 2013 Archives
Jo Malone Saffron Cologne Intense (2013) {New Perfume}
Jo Malone introduced a new unisex perfume called Saffron Cologne Intense in their special collection dedicated to the Middle East, the Colognes Intenses which debuted in 2010. See for instance review of Rose Water and Vanilla and Iris and White Musk......
Diesel Loverdose Tattoo (2013) {New Perfume}
Diesel will launch a new version of Loverdose called Loverdose Tattoo from August 12, 2013. The ad campaign is fronted by model Anna Brewster and shot by Daniel Jackson. The composition, which is touted as a new aphrodisiac potion,...
Lolita Lempicka Elle L'Aime (2013) {New Perfume}
Perfume house Lolita Lempicka will launch a new women's perfume from September 16, 2013 called Elle L'Aime (She Loves Him/Her/It). The composition is said to be about a woman in full command of her destiny which she sees fulfilled...
Further Update: Chanel Announce Arrival of Perfumer Olivier Polge at Laboratoires Parfums Chanel - Father Jacques Polge to Stay On {Fragrance News}
After communicating directly with the French Chanel press office, we've learned that there is actually no plan for retirement for in-house perfumer Jacques Polge who's been at the helm of Chanel since 1978. The news is about the arrival...
Update: Perfumer Olivier Polge to Start "Cultural Integration" Process at Chanel with Father Jacques Polge & Christopher Sheldrake {Fragrance News}
A picture of perfumer Ernest Beaux, the first in-house perfumer at Chanel and name behind the No.5 In a scenario which will please both perfume lovers and institutionally-minded people, but most of all, the French, the news of the...
Happy 4th of July!
Red, blue and white market flowers in Paris Some blue, red and white flowers to mark the day. Hoping that everyone who is able and fit is having a good time in America, and wherever else Independence Day is...
Perfumer Sandrine Videault Passed Away Yesterday {Fragrance News}
New-Caledonia-based, young French perfumer Sandrine Videault, the perfumer of Manoumalia by Les Nez (UK Fifi Awards Finalist 2010) but also of home fragrances such as Ambre Indien by Esteban or Violeta by Les Néréides, known in particular for...
Liz Clairborne Curve Connect for Women (2008) {Perfume Short Review}
-- Calling attention to a perfectly nice women's perfume that might otherwise get neglected because of its image. Launched in 2008 for the generation that wants to connect, Curve Connect by Liz Clairborne was like a mirror reflection...
Jimmy Choo Exotic is for the Long, Hot Summer of 2013 {New Fragrance}
The upcoming Jimmy Choo Exotic for women takes on a pink fuschia, intense raspberry hue while including a note of the fruit as well Jimmy Choo will launch a new women's perfume from August 2013, an ephemeral edition called...
Debut Repetto Perfume Advertising Campaign Started Today in France {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Adverts}
French prima ballerina Dorothée Gilbert in a behind-the-scenes shot Announced as early as in December 2011, Repetto inaugurated their fragrance advertising campaign for their debut perfume today in France. Prima ballerina Dorothée Gilbert is the star of the TV...
PMP Perfumes Dreckig Bleiben is Inspired by Worldview of Hamburg Punks (2013) {New Perfume}
New niche house PMP Perfumes have released a new, counter-cultural fragrance called Dreckig bleiben in German, an allusion to the greeting phrase used by the Punk movement in Hamburg. Meaning "Stay dirty!" it is a code phrase for adhering...
Fendi L'Acquarossa (2013) {New Perfume}
Fendi will introduce a new pillar women's perfume from September 2013 called in Italian L'Acquarossa, "Red Water" literally. Actress Chiara Mastroianni is the face for the fragrance. Red in perfume is definitely a renewed trend at this point in...
Elizabeth Arden Untold (2013) {New Perfume}
Elizabeth Arden have launched a new women's fragrance called UNTOLD, dubbed a "sensual floral". The name alludes to the many untold facets of a woman. Perfumer Clément Gavarry of IFF composed the perfume explaining, "When I first arrived in...