tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1 2010-02-08T17:45:45Z Perfume & Beauty Blog with the latest news, reviews, trends, shopping tips, interviews, analysis, criticism, and social commentary. Sniffing and testing around the globe to bring you the best, the unconventional, and the latest in fragrances and beauty products. A proud member of the Glam Network, Beauty Blog Network, Coutorture, Alltop, Delightful Blogs, Top Ten Sources, and Best of the Blogs. Movable Type 4.32-en tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3802 2010-02-08T14:44:58Z 2010-02-08T14:44:58Z

Jeanne can offer a beautiful, simple connotation as a first name. It is the feminine pendant of "Jean" which like Pierre and Paul are de facto household given names in (Christian) Europe. Jeanne is the name of historical French heroine,...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3800 2010-02-05T00:06:18Z 2010-02-05T00:06:18Z

It is with pleasure that I am able to report that independent Italian perfumer Laura Tonatto has now a new website which functions as an international e-commerce. It was until recently difficult to come by her fragrances unless you were...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3797 2010-02-04T14:00:26Z 2010-02-04T14:00:26Z

This spring Chanel will launch a new, more delicate flanker of the original Chance (2003) called Chance Eau tendre (Chance Tender Eau). The new perfume is described as a fruity and floral interpretation of Chance Eau de Parfum......

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3795 2010-02-03T14:43:49Z 2010-02-03T14:43:49Z

Lancôme will release a new perfume called Trésor in Love at the end of March 2010 which is characterized as a free interpretative exercise on the original Trésor launched in 1990 and created by Sophia Grojsman. It was a landmark...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3792 2010-02-03T11:49:25Z 2010-02-03T11:49:25Z

Secrets de Rose (Rose Secrets) is the 16th rose composition by Les Parfums de Rosine which specialize in sculpturing the different facets and interpretations of the queen of flowers. It was created in 2009 based on particular qualities of...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3794 2010-02-02T20:12:58Z 2010-02-02T20:12:58Z

Dita von Teese, Jean Paul Gaultier, Naomie Campbell and Guest attend the Fashion Dinner for AIDS at the Pavillon d'Armenonville on January 28, 2010 in Paris, France.Fashion Dinner for AIDS - SidactionWe get some quick thoughts about the sometimes symbiotic...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3790 2010-02-02T14:26:27Z 2010-02-02T14:26:27Z

Image via Wikipedia Here is an excerpt from Ode to the Nightingale by John Keats which was written in the month of May 1819. In it, as the poet imagines his vision dimming with the passing of daylight, his sense...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3789 2010-02-02T12:57:02Z 2010-02-02T12:57:02Z

Celine Dion, who strikes you as someone who could appeal to very different constituencies for different reasons - there is a counter-cultural streak in her despite her classic voice-based diva popularity (unconventional beauty, much older husband-mentor, unusual stage-kid past...) -...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3769 2010-02-01T12:44:29Z 2010-02-01T12:44:29Z

Untitled (with a parenthesis if you are a purist) by Maison Martin Margiela is the debut perfume of a fashion label known for its untrammelled creativity. If you think that an interesting mind can apply itself to a medium which...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3778 2010-01-31T16:16:04Z 2010-01-31T16:16:04Z

Hermès will launch a new major perfume for them in April 2010 called Voyage d'Hermès. The scent is part of the group of perfumes called "parfums-romans" (perfume-novels) dedicated to retelling the story of Hermès's patrimony. In a subtle evolution and...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3787 2010-01-30T19:18:08Z 2010-01-30T19:18:08Z

From February 2010, Donna Karan will launch a new women's scent called Pure DKNY named after one of their clothing lines but which most of all wants to affirm a certain way of life. The tag line is "Go Pure."...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3786 2010-01-30T15:24:12Z 2010-01-30T15:24:12Z

Chloé have launched a trio of perfumes that have the looks and smells of sophisticated splash colognes. They are called Eau de Fleurs Capucine (nasturtium), Lavande (lavender) and Néroli. Capucine is a representative of the green family, Lavande seems to...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3785 2010-01-30T01:00:55Z 2010-01-30T01:00:55Z

Varsaw appears to be at the forefront of thinking on convivial perfumeries. Polish architect Marcin Kwietowicz created a perfumery enclave in the capital city of Poland which is atypical of most modern perfume shopping experience......

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3784 2010-01-29T23:55:08Z 2010-01-29T23:55:08Z

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring Summer Haute Couture collection for 2010 was truly haute-couture in the sense that it made you dream. It was extravagant, it affirmed the reign of fantasy and imagination over practical mundane limitations. It refused to be...

Marie-Helene Wagner tag:www.mimifroufrou.com,2010:/scentedsalamander//1.3783 2010-01-29T19:51:16Z 2010-01-29T19:51:16Z

Socialite and beauty entrepreneur Paris Hilton announced via Twitter and her blog that she is preparing to launch her 10th fragrance. She tweeted,"On set of the photo shoot for my new fragrance. I can't believe this is my 10th fragrance!...

Marie-Helene Wagner