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Luggage brand Coach has issued a new limited-edition bottle for its debut eponymous fragrance, Coach launched last year. It picks up the same decorative logo theme as found on the original flacon but colors it in bright shades. That's the good news for fans of the fragrance. The bad news is that it is already sold out online. You will need to cross your fingers and hunt it down by calling different Coach stores.
The new in-house perfumer for Guerlain, Thierry Wasser, explains to L'Express that as Guerlain launches on average 20 perfumes a year, that "one can't do everything". The next major Guerlain feminine launch will thus be the fruit of his collaboration with Annick Menardo, an ex co-author of fragrances. She also created Bois d'Arménie for Guerlain.....
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Tom Ford announced that they are planning the launch of 3 new Private Blend fragrances. Italian Cypress will be exclusive to the Milan Tom Ford boutique; persisting in his avowed taste for the Seventie's (see Gucci pour Homme and Yves Saint Laurent M7) Ford said,
"It's a very Seventie's gentlemen's fragrance, the kind that you don't encounter very much any more." .....
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The new Perry Ellis for Men is generating quite a buzz,what with the handsome bottle, the glam Italianate advertising and the teasing scent strips in the glossies from the end of spring 2008. After TSS posted earlier on about the upcoming cologne, there was a palpable surge of interest for the fragrance both from people on the blog and via email. Readers asked questions about its whereabouts as it has been tricky to track down the fragrance in stores and online. The local Boston Macy's men's perfume counter rep unexpectedly stated that they did not carry Perry Ellis fragrances. Perry Ellis had the following to say,....
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 Crystal-maker Lalique will launch a new fragrance for men called Lalique White, first next week, exclusively at Harrods in London, and then worldwide in September 2008. The US and Middle East will only discover it in 2009. The scent is described as a fresh hesperidic perfume and was composed by perfumer Christine Nagel who reportedly was interested in bringing out the fresh, cool facets of spices.....
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After announcing last year that the Musée International de la Parfumerie (International Museum of Perfumery), located in the south of France in the historical center of perfumery that Grasse is, would reopen in early 2008, the inauguration was delayed but is now scheduled for October 18, 2008, according to Fashion Mag.fr On your right, an ad for the famous Papier d'Arménie from the 1890s, which is part of the Museum's collection, showing its purifying properties: it roots out evil angels and other miasma of that same order. The tag line is "Parfume, Assainit" (Perfumes, Cleanses)
(For a contemporary take on Papier d'Arménie, see Francis Kurkdjian's version.)
A radiant and very preggy Angelina Jolie with Brad Pitt at Cannes Festival 2008 © Wireimage According to Cosmetics International, Emma Watson is not meant to be in the future of Chanel to replace Keira Knightley as the spokesmodel for Coco Chanel, as the rumor had been spreading lately. Chanel is officially denying the "gossip".
One celebrity out, another celebrity in. Angelina Jolie on the other hand is reported to be in talks with Coty to become their next celebrity to develop a perfume. You have to love the way CI puts it, "Jolie, who models Shiseido cosmetics in Asia, would arguably be the biggest star yet to work with Coty, outshining even Jennifer Lopez and Sarah Jessica Parker."
It feels like watching stocks go up on Wall Street.
We thought that this advertising from Chanel this week in WWD regarding their trademark qualms was interesting enough to warrant a post. Especially since we ourselves used "Oscarized" recently and could be tempted to use "Chanel-like", if not already done;....
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 Cosmétique Mag, a reference beauty trade magazine in France, has attributed its 2008 Oscars to their picks for the best in beauty in their 19th edition. 34 Oscars were given out including 4 special ones. In brief,
• Francis Kurkdjian was elected perfumer of the year • Chanel is enterprise of the year • Youcef Nabi of L'Oréal is manager of the year ......
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Don't you just love the concept? The ambiance is half fashion cat-walk, half Barbie or Ken-dressing activity thanks to this new collection of 12 smart designs for your perfume bottle by Diesel creative director Wilbert Das and his team. They started out with a jute and zipper pouch for Diesel Fuel for Life for men and a lacy socket pouch for the Diesel Fuel for Life for women. They looked good. Then there were chains and bling. Now there is even more......
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An article in the Herald.ie seems to allude to the upcoming new perfume by Serge Lutens. Serge Lutens creates three fragrances a year, two exports and 1 non-export, the latter being exclusive to the Salons Shiseido at the Palais Royal. In 2007, there were Rousse, Louve, and Sarrasins. If the schedule is the same, it should be a reference to a non-export scent. Please note how the journalist is at pains not to name the perfume throughout the article.
"A very sexy Serge Lutens perfume came into my office the other day. It was a gorgeous scent, all spicy and incredibly complex. It seemed to change every time I took a sniff of the bottle and everyone smelt something different in it."
Read more in Do You Smell So Good That You'd Nibble Yourself?
Déclaration, composed by perfumer Jean Claude Ellena, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a luxurious new casing made out of leather sewn with white stitches. It makes sense for perfume brands to celebrate such anniversaries because a perfume that lasts is bound to have some qualities and it also functions as publicity for collectors and new wearers.
Déclaration is one of Cartier's best-sellers and can easily be worn by women as well thanks to its unisex leaning. It is fresh, spicy, yet also warm. Ellena was inspired by the idea of translating Russian tea into a fragrance although to our nose, it smells more like Indian or Kashmiri cardamom chai......
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 Vintage-fragrance-lovers alert! A set of re-editions of vintage Worth fragrances was sighted; it includes the classic Dans La Nuit (1924), Vers Le Jour (1925), Sans Adieu (1929), Je Reviens (1932), and Vers Toi (1934). As you may or may not know, you can still find Dans La Nuit and Je Reviens, the latter also in the so-called "Couture" edition (blue ribbed art deco bottle) which is closest to what we remember Je Reviens smelling like in the 1980s, but the rest of them are discontinued......
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"An Evening with Gucci" directed by Ryan Bennett is the 2008 winner of the 1st annual Vogue and Fragrance Foundation Film Festival contest. TSS previously reported on the new festival here. "In honor of this years’ FIFI®Awards, filmmakers nationwide were called upon to submit short films that expressed their love of fragrance, fashion and film. We had a great response with a total of 34 short films!".....
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Artist Biliana Velkova has something to say about celebrity fragrances, whose impact on pop culture she recognizes by organizing an exhibition called Breathless at the Jeffrey Boone Gallery in Vancouver. All the trappings of a celeb's launch are here except for the jus itself and the celeb herself or himself. What is the point exactly?.....
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Queen Latifah in the movie Chicago (2002) Parlux Fragrances, one of the companies specializing in celebrity perfumes with brands like Paris Hilton and Maria Sharapova, and also Jessica Simpson, GUESS, Nicole Miller, XOXO, Ocean Pacific (OP), Andy Roddick, babyGund, and Fred Hayman Beverly Hills, have added a new name and face to their portfolio, Queen Latifah. The singer and actress's first fragrance will debut in the fall of 2009 in the US and then roll out internationally. According to the press release, "Named one of People Magazine’s Most Beautiful People in May 2008, she strives to empower women and instill knowledge and confidence with every opportunity. Transcending the “urban” label, Latifah has a passionate following that crosses race, age and gender boundaries. The top Renaissance woman in the entertainment industry, she has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a first for a hip hop artist now turned award-winning actress and singer"......
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Fashion couturier Yves Saint Laurent died at the age of 71 at his house in Paris on Sunday. He had been ill for many years and his health deteriorated in the last week. He was born in Oran, Algeria in 1936, in a family of pied-noir French settlers there. He would become an assistant to Christian Dior, later offering his own YSL fashion brand in 1962 with the help of Pierre Bergé before founding his own first ready-to-wear boutique called Rive Gauche in 1966.
Just like he was a major influence on 20th century fashion and images of feminine beauty, he also left his mark on the universe of luxury perfumes. If he was not a perfumer himself, he was an exacting and demanding designer of fragrances, seeing to the smallest details for the creation of the Opium flacon or encouraging the breaking of puritanical codes in perfume advertising with Pour un Homme for which he himself posed naked in 1971 or M7 which featured a frontal view of a male nude model, Aïkido champion Samuel de Cubber.....
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 Estée Lauder is gearing towards their big launch this summer. Their new fragrance called Sensuous (see previous report) billed as the first of its kind, a "woody amber", puts the spotlight on woods no longer seen as supporting roles but main characters. A new "Melted Woods Nature Print" accord is part of the equation. For starters, a micro-website www.SensuousIs.com goes live today May 30th 2008. Visitors can discover more information about the four models incarnating different facets of femininity, the fragrance, as well as register in a sweepstakes for a chance to win a grand prize. "The sweepstakes will run through June 15 on “Sensuous Is.” We will award one lucky winner and a guest a trip to New York City to attend the Estée Lauder Sensuous launch event in July and meet our models. The grand prize also includes two $500 Bloomingdale’s gift certificates, a pampering spa experience, two Estée Lauder Sensuous gift baskets and luxury hotel accommodations."........
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Japanese company Nihon Chemifelt has found a new way to recycle the green tea leaves used at an industrial level by tea brand Ito En while proposing an eco-friendly deodorizing solution for your toes: the green tea shoe insoles. Ito En is committed to a green policy and has launched a research program several years ago to come up with solutions to recycle its mountains of refuse.....
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Somehow after reporting on the faux new Galerie Noémie White Spirit relaunched rather than launched, as it turns out, in 2007, the Expeau 2 which debuted later that same year in November flew under our radar. So here is the belated news: Expeau 2 is indeed new and is described as a more voluptuous and gourmand version of Expeau, one of the three first fragrances of the brand introduced in 2002: Noir d'Encre, Expeau, and White Spirit......
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While on the topic of Fahrenheit, here is the new travel packaging for Fahrenheit 32 made to resist shocks during traveling.....as well as outbursts of rage where you throw a perfume bottle at your lover. It looks very armored. A beautiful design that is also innovative.
The 40 ml "vaporisateur de voyage" is priced at 45, 44 €. Via Profession-Beauté
 Dior is organizing an international contest in partnership with Leica to invite people to interpret the values and universes of fragrances Fahrenheit and Fahrenheit 32 in digital photographies following 4 distinct themes: 1) The Imaginary Voyage 2) Wide Open Spaces 3) The Power of Elements 4) The Infinite Man. The galleries of photos created will be evaluated both by a jury of specialists and submitted to the popular vote. The Judges' Special Award includes a Leica M8 camera and the 10 most popular galleries for Fahrenheit and Fahrenheit 32 will receive the Web Community Award which includes a full range of products.....
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Can Can by Paris Hilton is now pursuing its career in London, UK. In pure celebrity-fragrance style, the celebrity is a key element of the composition (especially in this case). Paris works the crowd and touts her latest scent incarnation with a little help from her mother Kathy Hilton, her boyfriend Benji Madden and a hat. A celeb in a conversation-piece hat, this is probably what Can Can needs to smell its best, thanks to glamorous diverting thought-associations that make you forget it never meant to be a Guerlain......
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Actor Josh Hartnett will be the face of the upcoming Armani fragrance for men called Emporio Armani Diamonds pour Homme, to be released this summer according to one US source and in September of 2008 according to a French source, a country where the fragrance might make a delayed entry. The new scent is meant to be the counterpart to Emporio Armani Diamonds fronted by singer Beyoncé Knowles, both borrowing from star charisma to seduce new scent aficionados......
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In an interesting twist of events, Guerlain have announced that they have hired perfumer Thierry Wasser to be the exclusive in-house nose starting in June for the venerable institution which was established in 1828. This move is part of a trend of recapturing the identity and standing of a traditional perfume house by employing a nose who is more or less absolutely exclusive to it and whose creations in principle bear a common signature thereby reinforcing the image of the brand. Guerlain being owned by luxury group LVMH, an in-house nose is also probably felt to add to the representation of exclusivity conveyed by the brand name, like for example Demachy for Dior also owned by LVMH. It can be a very positive development from the point of view of perfume creation in the sense that it can encourage a perfumer to take more risks instead of having to compete immediately with other perfumers for a brief.
 Guerlain since its founding has had members of five generations of the Guerlain family at its helm until its incorporation into the LVMH group in 1994. Jean-Paul Guerlain is the last nose from the Guerlain dynasty to preside over the destinies of the brand. Officially retired, he continues to officiate (see his latest Figue-Iris) and according to Cosmetics News will guide Wasser's steps as he moves into his new role while Sylvaine Delacourte will collaborate closely with him as artistic director......
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Image © Wireimage Vera Wang Princess continues to blaze the trail. It entered the German market on April 24th 2008. Designer Vera Wang attended the launch party at the KaDeWe in Berlin.....
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 Guerlain have released a sumptuous coffret of four fragrances inspired by the Four Seasons of Vivaldi and composed by Jean-Paul Guerlain. Entitled Les Quatre Saisons, it includes three perfumes from the house catalog as well as a new creation dedicated to celebrating the passage from summer to fall.
The four seasons quartet as seen by Guerlain are: Muguet de Printemps, a lily-of-the-valley soliflore that is traditionally released yearly on the first of May, Quant Vient L'Eté (When Summer Comes), a luminous composition inspired by fields of yellow rape in the summer, Brume d'Automne (Fall Mist), the newest creation, and Winter Délice, once part of the Aqua Allegoria line and which centers on wintry impressions during the Holidays..........
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Actress Naomi Watts in Los Angeles on May 5th 2008 Hot off the wire. In a move to link perfume and Hollywood glamor, it has been announced today that actress Naomi Watts will be the new icon for the fragrance Angel by Thierry Mugler starting this fall. As underlined by the press release, previous advertising campaigns for the first oriental gourmand that is Angel were graced in the past by beautiful feminine models but this time, "the new incarnation is more star than ever." Advertising campaign will break in national publications from October 2008. This is an interesting choice and goes well with the image of the perfume, we think, especially if you recall Mulholland Drive. Angel despite its international success still manages to keep a little bit of a strange flavor, a quirkiness in the midst of success and Naomi Watts offers this quality......
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French architect Jean Nouvel is the 2008 laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. We wanted to go back to this news as we read somewhere that the bottle he designed for the limited edition of L'Homme this year, a transparent glass test-tube on a black base, which seemed classically phallic for a perfume bottle for men albeit done in an avant-garde and frank style had this floating device in it to evoke nostalgic memories of going fishing when a child......
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