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 Tiny Idols, a label specializing in the creation of miniaturized replicas of real-life celebrities have had the idea to add an aromatic twist to their basic concept and look more like Harajuku Lovers trinkets while doing so. Prince and Princess are two new perfumes to add to the list of Catherine-Middleton and Prince-William inspired wedding memorabilia in scented form...
Continue reading "Tiny Idols Prince and Princess (2011): Royal Wedding Party Favors {New Perfumes} {Celebrity Fragrances}" »
 Karl Lagerfeld has partnered with his publisher Steidl to create a perfume inspired by the smell of books called Paper Passion. A well-known bibliophile who owns around 300 000 books, Lagerfeld readily confesses that he cannot refrain from buying more tomes. His passion has even pushed him to be the owner of a book store and a publishing house in Paris located at 7, rue de Lille, both known under the name 7L. Steidl and Lagerfeld plan to open another bookstore in New York City soon. A tentative name is Word and Image...
Continue reading "Karl Lagerfeld + Steidl Paper Passion by Geza Schön (2011) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
More details have surfaced about the upcoming debut fragrance by designer Elie Saab which had been announced back in September 2009. The name has not been unveiled yet but the inspiration has. The jus will be reportedly inspired by the country of origin of the fashion designer, Lebanon, and is evocative of his childhood. Saab said, "One finds in it a trace of childhood. There are always smells that hang onto memory such as orange blossoms, or the jasmine that grew around the house. I am a Mediterranean. While creating this perfume I thought a lot about my childhood memories. I like the naïve aspect of things." ...
Continue reading "More News About Upcoming Elie Saab Perfume: There's a Link with Kate Middleton {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Business magazine Forbes says that celebrity fragrance still makes for good-business sense these days. Here is a list of the top ten best-selling charismatic juices of last year, with a few ties. White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor remains on the Mount Everest of sales while some newcomers surprise. Although I reviewed NYC by Sarah Jessica Parker, I did not expect it to come fourth place. Who knew strawberry could be so attractive? At least the olfactory message is easy to remember...
Continue reading "Top Ten Best-Selling Celebrity Fragrances in 2010 {Perfume List} {Celebrity Perfumes} {Fragrance News}" »
The upcoming wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William has already had an impact on the art of perfumery. While no official perfume seems to have been commissioned by the royal house, fragrant homages have been offered to celebrate the rare occasion to take place on April 29th, 2011 while garnering a little publicity in so doing. Here is a run-down of perfumes dedicated to the royal wedding. Roja Dove of Harrods Haute Parfumerie has commissioned Clive Christian to create a special luxurious set engraved with the initials of the betrothed. The crystal bottles are adorned with diamond solitaires and house an already existing perfume often advertized as being the most expensive one in the world, The No.1 Perfume..
Continue reading "The Wedding of Kate Middleton & Prince William Encourages the Art of Perfumery {Fragrance List} {Celebrity Perfumes}" »
 We're memorializing Elizabeth Taylor through fragrance. Here is a quote we found which reveals how much of a leading engine Liz Taylor was in shaping the celebrity-fragrance market thanks to her charisma and unique pull. In 1991, when White Diamonds was launched following Passion in 1987 and Passion for Men in 1989, it was thought to be a daring idea to introduce a second celebrity fragrance built around the same person, for the same audience of fans.
The conventional thinking was that a celebrity scent had to be the distillation of the celebrity's essence, therefore, there could not be more than one quintessential appraisal of the personality. Today, this view has been completely turned topsy-turvy and one expects without batting an eyelash many fragrances from the same star, even several at the same time as for Reese Witherspoon Expressions most recently. Elizabeth did it before her, with her collection of Fragrant Jewels in 1993...
Continue reading "Scented Quote of the Day, about White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor" »
Husband and wife country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will release a special limited-edition of Fragrance DVDs at Walmart from April 2011. "Each distinctive Faith Hill and Tim McGraw set includes a classic fragrance paired with a limited edition DVD featuring never-before-seen concert video of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw performing a song live, as well as behind-the-scenes footage."....
Continue reading "Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Fragrance DVDs: Not Just a Duo, a Duet Too {Fragrance News - Limited Editions}" »
 In the summer of 2010, country star Tim McGraw released his third perfume called McGraw Silver. It came after the reported success of McGraw (2008) and Southern Blend (2009.) The message of the cologne was to play up to the countryside versus big-city mentalities while promising that McGraw Silver would resolve the tension into a harmonious whole with the promise contained in the tag line "Where Down Home Meets Downtown."...
Continue reading "Tim McGraw Silver (2010): Urban Cowboy {Newly Referenced Fragrance} {Celebrity Scent} {Perfume Images & Ads}" »
 Lady Gaga dishes about her beauty routine in the March 28th issue of People magazine. Apparently, she is not ready to be the spokesperson for a makeup remover as she confesses to sleeping every night with makeup on. She will have to create a line of makeup that is nourishing and treats your skin if she wants to go on doing that. The singer who is preparing to launch her debut signature perfume for spring 2012, making sure it will smell controversial and interesting, also reveals in the same article what fragrances she used to wear growing up...
Continue reading "Lady Gaga Liked To Wear... Guess What Scents {Celebrity & Fragrance}" »
 Rams have been trying to make their voices heard from amongst the lambs. Mariah Carey's fans, also known as Lambs, have set up a petition page over at Facebook in an unprecedented move to make the celebrity be more gender-sensitive to her masculine followers...
Continue reading "Make it Smell Unisex Mariah: a Plea by the Lambies {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
Today Chanel unveiled the full length of their new commercial film starring Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knighley entitled Coco Mademoiselle, directed by Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice; Atonement; The Soloist.) The music of the film is James Brown's It's a Man's Man's World. Knightley portrays a fiercely independent woman whose secret of seduction lies in part in her perfume Coco Mademoiselle. Apparently, Knightley in real life encountered the fragrance before she became the face for it. A long-time aficionada of masculine scents but wanting to graduate to a woman's perfume, a friend recommended Coco Mademoiselle and the actress has worn it ever since, appreciating its masculine undertones. This biographical detail seems to form the basis of the concept for the commercial. The brand this time is almost sending the message that the scent of Coco Mademoiselle is unisex or at the very least as much feminine as endowed with virile qualities...
Continue reading "Coco Mademoiselle, The Full Short Film, Enfin! {Perfume Images & Ads} {Celebrity-Endorsed}" »
 Actress Reese Witherspoon is following up this month on the successful launch of her debut fragrance In Bloom by Avon (2009) with a more multi-faceted project called Expressions.
The new trio of perfumes is meant to capture different nuances of her personality as a mom, woman, Global Ambassador for Avon and Hollywood thespian. Each scent has a name which reads like an inspirational message: Love to the Fullest, Live without Regrets, and Laugh Often...
Continue reading "Avon Expressions by Reese Witherspoon: Love to the Fullest, Live without Regrets, Laugh Often (2011) {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Perfumes}" »
Actress Eva Mendes will be the new face of fragrance Angel by Thierry Mugler, one of the most memorable scents to appear towards the end of the 20th century and a current global bestseller (see interview with Pierre Aulas, artistic director at Mugler.) She succeeds her colleague Naomi Watts to hopefully bring back some idea of spice and fire to the franchise, per the brand. “While Naomi Watts’ ethereal beauty embodied the angelic aspect of the fragrance, Thierry Mugler chose to reignite the enticing and explosive dimensions of the fragrance with the sultry Mendes,”...
Continue reading "Eva Mendes is the New Angel at Thierry Mugler's {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Ads} {Celebrity-Endorsed}" »
Actress Emma Watson will be the face of a new women's fragrance by Lancôme called Trésor Midnight Rose, a flanker to the modern classic Trésor created by perfumer Sophia Grojsman in 1990. Chosen by the company to embody a new generation of women, she will succeed the daughter of Isabella Rossellini, Elettra Wiedemann who was the spokesperson for another flanker, Trésor in Love, aimed at touching a similar age group. Sassi Sam blog reports that the president of Lancôme International Youcef Nabi confessed being impressed by the millions of followers of the Harry-Potter franchise actress on Facebook...
Continue reading "Emma Watson to be Face of Trésor Midnight Rose by Lancôme {Fragrance News} {Celebrity-Endorsed Perfume}" »
Paris Hilton is launching this spring 2011 her first collection consisting of a trio of perfumes united by an overarching theme: the jet-set life between Tokyo, Paris and South Beach. The tag line of the Passport Collection is "Come travel with me!." So far the celebrity has stuck to a more classic formula of single releases centering around her image. For the first time too, Paris takes the jump and appears as a cartoon on the packaging after having gone in the direction of costuming as a siren or Marilyn Monroe. She has not dressed like a Geisha this time, but as a toon wears pupil-enhancing contact lenses which are popular beauty items in Japan to create a doll-like look resting on dilated pupils and enormous eyes.There is also visibly an attempt to add a hip cuteness factor to her label by getting inspiration from Japanese animes and toy-inspired fragrance franchises like Harajuku Lovers. The Passport Collection scents are not necessarily targeting markets in Asia but are certainly tapping into the vogue for oh-so-cute Nippon pop culture...
Continue reading "Paris Hilton Passport Tokyo, South Beach, Paris (2011) {Perfume Reviews} {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scent}" »
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