The following quotes are not "scented" in their usual sense, but in a metaphorical sense of conveying goodness and faith in humanity. If you have heard of the traditions of the fragrant saints, you know what we mean. RIP...
December 2013 Archives
Aftelier Perfumes Cuir de Gardenia (2013) {New Perfume} {Green Fragrances}
San Francisco based Aftelier Perfumes have launched a new perfume called Cuir de Gardenia, which was composed by perfumer Mandy Aftel, a pioneer figure in the independent natural perfumery movement in the United States and the teacher of many...
Reiss Grey Flower (2013): The Cultivated Scent of Excess {Perfume Review & Musings}
Grey Flower by Reiss is one of the two debut perfumes by the fashion label, which are pretending only in appearance to abide by the conventional rules of launching a her-and-him duo. I am going slowly through new perfumes...
Richard E. Grant to Release Marijuana-Infused Perfume (2014) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scent}
British actor Richard E. Grant of cult movie Whitnail and I fame, is preparing to launch a signature unisex perfume next spring in 2014, which will feature an infusion of weed - not tweed - weed, for a touch of controversy......
Sonia Kashuk Pink Innocencia, Purple Seductia, Yellow Alluriana, Red Promisia (2013) {New Fragrances}
Makeup artist Sonia Kashuk has introduced a new collection of perfumes both fine and for the bath and body. True to her original calling, she is color-tagging the fragrances baptized Pink Innocencia, Purple Seductia, Yellow Alluriana, and Red Promisia....
Cartier Pasha Edition Noire (2013) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}
Cartier have launched a new iteration of Pasha (1992) called Pasha Edition Noire......
Bath & Body Works Forever Red Vanilla Rum (2013) {New Perfume}
Bath & Body Works have launched a new flanker fragrance in their more upscale collection Signature Collection Forever Red with Forever Red Vanilla Rum, a perfume which offers an overdose of the vanilla-rum accord found in the original Forever...
Top 10 Fragrances in France in 2012 {Perfume List}
As we move towards 2014 and as we pause and look back on 2012 while the 2013 figures are yet to be determined and solidified during the holidays season - a critical period for appraising yearly perfume sales -...
Karl Lagerfeld to Launch Duo of Perfumes in 2014 {Fragrance News}
Karl & Choupette, ForeverThe designer is gaga over his cat, in case you were living under a rock. You need to know that if you want to understand 21st century fashion. Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is preparing to launch a...
Desigual Sex, Fun, & Love (2013) {New Fragrances}
Spanish apparel brand Desigual launched their debut fragrances to mark their 30th anniversary, yesterday on December 2, 2013. They released a trio of perfumes called Sex, Fun and Love named after their 2013 spring-summer collection. Like their patchwork-y, post-flower-power-era clothes, the...
Les Liquides Imaginaires Les Eaux Sanguines Dom Rosa, Bloody Wood & Bello Rabelo (2013) {New Perfumes}
French designer Philippe di Méo continues his exploration of improbable fragrances with his new Trilogie II, Les Eaux Sanguines (Bloody Waters) launched under his label Les Liquides Imaginaires. This second set - see first here - is inspired by "divine wines with...
Thierry Mugler Mugler Show (2013) {New Perfume}
Thierry Mugler released a travel exclusive this year called Mugler Show, a name which takes on its full meaning when you discover that the fashion designer is now into show business with an upcoming spectacle, Mugler Follies......
Yves Rocher Cerisier en Fleurs (2014) {New Fragrance}
Yves Rocher will add a new women's perfume to their collection Un Matin au Jardin with Cerisier en Fleurs from January 2014. The fragrance was composed by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian of Takasago......
I Profumi di Firenze Spezie dé Medici (1990): A Christmas Pomander from the Renaissance {Perfume Review & Musings}
Spezie dé Medici by I Profumi di Firenze, a niche fragrance house from Florence in Italy is not meant to be a Christmas perfume - unlike Nuit de Noël by Caron, or Parfum Sacré by Caron - but it...