Video game Angry Birds has launched an unisex perfume in the shape of Red Bird simply called Angry Birds. This is the limited-edition scent released for the French market. The bottle differs, as well as the fragrance notes, when you...
November 2013 Archives
New Fragrance: Marni Rose - I Kid You Not (2013) {Perfume Review & Musings}
Marni Rose is the newest launch by the quirky and haute Italian fashion label, succeeding the orginal Marni released earlier this same year. While the debut fragrance seemed to me a bit restrained compared with the zany house aesthetics,...
Dita Von Teese Erotique - Only if You're a Very Bad Girl (2013) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}
American burlesque performer Dita Von Teese released her fourth fragrance to date called Erotique at a launch party at Fred Segal on November 21, 2013 - we would have loved to attend, Jas, but alas, were too far afield to...
Roger et Gallet Lavande Royale (1899): Hidden Gem {Perfume Short (Review)}
The Eau Fraîche opens on top notes of lavender which quickly fade into a soft, woody impression bearing the seal of something sligtly askance and unusual. You can't quite put your finger on it and it feels intriguing. Lavande...
New Fragrance: Jennifer Lopez JLove (2013) {Celebrity Perfume}
Jennifer Lopez released her 28th fragrance called JLove. When she was a new mom to her twins Max and Emme she launched My Glow which was about motherly love. Now that she is kind of single once more, she is...
New Fragrance: Givenchy eaudemoiselle Ambre Velours (2013)
Givenchy have introduced a second flanker to the original eaudemoiselle launched in 2010 called eaudemoiselle Ambre Velours. It succeeds eaudemoiselle Bois de Oud. The new composition by the François Demachy olfactive team is said to be a suave perfume, an...
The Body Shop White Musk Smoky Rose (2013): All-Around Easy {Perfume Review & Musings}
Continuing boldly our exploration of recent & new rose perfumes market-wide (here too), today I turn to the latest from masstige standard-bearer The Body Shop, and to White Musk Smoky Rose in particular, which they released in two concentrations, eau de toilette and...
Calyx Rediscovered by Clinique with Creator Explaining Genesis {New Perfumes in 2013}
Calyx, which was launched initially in 1986, has been "rediscovered" per the new tag line and brand Clinique taking it over from Prescriptives. If you recall, in 2009, Prescriptives announced a somewhat complicated exit plan for the popular fragrance...
Fred Segal The Blend Kit No.1 For You DIY People Out There {New Fragrances in 2013}
Santa-Monica-originating retailer Fred Segal have launched The Blend, a coffret of 10 perfume oils to be mixed and matched at leisure. "THE BLEND is a one-of-a-kind line of pure perfume oils founded at Fred Segal in Santa Monica. Based on...
Coach Leatherware No.01, No.02 & No.03: Three Ways to Smell the Scent of Baseball Gloves {New Fragrances in 2013} {Men's Colognes}
Coach have launched a collection of three perfumes all inspired by the iconic scent of leather baseball gloves. Leatherware No.01, Leatherware No. 02 and Leatherware No. 03 come in three shades of amber from light to amber and finally...
Paco Rabanne Invictus (2013): Intensely Yours, or Not {Perfume Review & Musings} {Men's Cologne}
Invictus is from the start an intricate, intense and pushed far along association of "new freshness" and ambergris. The sensation it creates is animalic, sweaty but also fruity; many male fragrances nowadays add that fruity note which pushes them...
Bond No.9 The Scent of Peace for Him (2013) {New Perfume}
It can be a bit daunting to keep track of all the Bond No.9 launches as they have now clearly branched off from their initial strict olfactory mapping of New York City and gone more commercial- rather than arty-minded... ...
Tocca Margaux (2013) {New Perfume}
Tocca have released a new addition to their lineup of feminine fragrances with Margaux. Each and everyone of their perfumes are baptized with a feminine surname - the contrary of the trend of masculinizing women's name in the name...
Lalique Encre Noire Sport (2013) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
The crystal house of Lalique have introduced a new men's fragrance, which is a flanker to the original Encre Noire (2006). Encre Noire Sport explores the more dynamic potential of the composition by adding a fresh accord to the formula......
Fresh Life: About the Four Elements (2013) {New Fragrance}
Boston-born beauty and perfume brand Fresh have launched a new perfume called Life. What they mean is not so much existential as that the fragrance is about an unison with nature encompassing all the four elements, each being represented...